Distributed Generation by Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: A Review

Author

Kirubakaran, A. ; Nema, R.K. ; Jain, Shailendra Kumar

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Maulana Azad Nat. Inst. of Technol., Bhopal

fYear

2008

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

The private power producers are increasing rapidly to meet rising load demand in domestic, commercial and Industrial sector. In this scenario distribution generation system (DGs) plays increasingly important role over fossil fuel generation. A review is therefore carried out in this area of distributed generation system (DGs) with emphasis on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). The study is performed to review the impact of SOFC´s characteristics and associated control strategies on system dynamic behavior in standalone/grid connected applications with the constraint of providing good quality supply to the customers. The main aim of this review is to support researchers in the above field to carry out further research work so as to evolve/design an effective dynamic model/power conditioning unit with overall reduced system cost and increased life span & efficiency of generating system.

Keywords

distributed power generation; fossil fuels; fuel cell power plants; solid oxide fuel cells; distributed generation; distribution generation system; fossil fuel generation; reduced system cost; solid oxide fuel cell; Cogeneration; Costs; Distributed control; Distributed power generation; Fossil fuels; Fuel cells; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Solids; Wind energy generation; Distributed generation system; hybrid system; lifetime; low frequency current ripple; real/reactive power; solid oxide fuel cell;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power System Technology and IEEE Power India Conference, 2008. POWERCON 2008. Joint International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1763-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1762-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPST.2008.4745286

Filename

4745286