Distributed fuel cell generation in restructured power systems

Author

Williamson, Sheldon S. ; Emadi, Ali ; Shahidehpour, Mohammad

Author_Institution

Center of Electr. Power & Power Electron., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL

fYear

2004

fDate

10-10 June 2004

Firstpage

2079

Abstract

This paper emphasizes the role of fuel cells as one of the popular options for distributed generation (DG) applications in restructured power systems. Typical topologies of fuel cell-based distributed generation systems are introduced, and major issues concerning interconnection with the utility grid are highlighted. Also presented in the paper are some of the issues related to marketing and standardization of fuel cell DG technology. Finally, a few working examples of fuel cell-based DG systems in the US and around the world are reviewed and their operation and performance characteristics are discussed

Keywords

distributed power generation; fuel cell power plants; power markets; power system interconnection; standardisation; distributed fuel cell generation; marketing; performance characteristics; restructured power system; standardization; utility grid interconnection; Aerospace industry; Distributed control; Distributed power generation; Fuel cells; Power electronics; Power generation; Power system interconnection; Power systems; Solar power generation; Wind energy generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8465-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2004.1373247

Filename

1373247