Control of a solid oxide fuel cell power plant in a grid-connected system

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-413

  Li, Y H ^a   Rajakaruna, S ^a   Choi, S S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Feasible operating area; Fuel cell (FC); Power flow control

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NATURAL GAS; POWER CONTROL; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

FEASIBLE OPERATING AREA; POWER CONDITIONING UNIT; POWER FLOW CONTROL;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34249779236     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2005.853756     Document Type: Article

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