Power quality in distributed generation system based on fuel cell technology - a case study

Author

Paulillo, G. ; Impinnisi, P.R. ; Cantão, M.P. ; Garcia, F.R.

Author_Institution

Electricity Dept., LACTEC, Curitiba, Brazil

fYear

2004

fDate

12-15 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

608

Lastpage

612

Abstract

This paper presents a case study involving one of the main technologies of distributed generation - dg, commercially available, fuel cell, focusing the aspects related to the quality of the electric power supplied by such devices, especially harmonic and voltage imbalances, the measurements and evaluation were made in a fuel cell, PC25C™, 200 kW power plants, based on phosphoric acid fuel cells, installed in the LACTEC facilities, in Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Finally, the work will present the main obtained conclusions, indicating the main aspects of power quality, which must be considered in the application of this device to distribution networks.

Keywords

distributed power generation; distribution networks; fuel cell power plants; phosphoric acid fuel cells; power supply quality; power system harmonics; 200 kW; Brazil; LACTEC; PC25C; distributed generation system; distribution networks; electric power supply; fuel cell technology; harmonic imbalance; phosphoric acid fuel cells; power plants; power quality; voltage imbalance; Character generation; Cogeneration; Computer aided software engineering; Distributed control; Fuel cells; Power generation; Power quality; Power supplies; Power system harmonics; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Harmonics and Quality of Power, 2004. 11th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8746-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHQP.2004.1409422

Filename

1409422