Design, Simulation and control of a 100 MW-class solid oxide fuel cell gas turbine hybrid system

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0310071-03100711

  Mueller, Fabian ^a   Tarroja, Brian ^a   Maclay, James ^a   Jabbari, Faryar ^a   Brouwer, Jacob ^a   Samuelsen, Scott ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blower recirculation; Integrated system control; Modular design; Parametric analysis; Solid oxide fuel cell

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MODULAR DESIGNS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; RECIRCULATIONS;

BLOWERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DESIGN; DISTURBANCE REJECTION; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; FEEDBACK; GAS TURBINES; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTEGRATED OPTICS; POWER ELECTRONICS; RECUPERATORS; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); STATE FEEDBACK; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; SYNTHESIS GAS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TURBOMACHINERY;

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS;

EID: 77955447846     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3207868     Document Type: Article

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