The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply

The application of a power-quality control center (PQCC) to provide an unbundled quality of electricity supply is examined. The center consists of back-to-back power converters, a dc bus and a solid-oxide fuel-cell distributed generator (SOFCDG). The purpose is to use the flexibility offered by the...

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Main Authors: Zhan, Y., Li, Y., Choi, S., Rajakaruna, Sumedha, Vilathgamuwa, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: IEEE Power Engineering Society 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10753
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author Zhan, Y.
Li, Y.
Choi, S.
Rajakaruna, Sumedha
Vilathgamuwa, D.
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Li, Y.
Choi, S.
Rajakaruna, Sumedha
Vilathgamuwa, D.
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description The application of a power-quality control center (PQCC) to provide an unbundled quality of electricity supply is examined. The center consists of back-to-back power converters, a dc bus and a solid-oxide fuel-cell distributed generator (SOFCDG). The purpose is to use the flexibility offered by the converters and SOFCDG to realize varied levels of ac supply quality to the loads. Through the concept of a feasible operating area of the SOFCDG, analysis shows that the ability of the PQCC to accommodate instantaneous power demand change is constrained. This is due to limits imposed on the fuel utilization factor of the SOFCDG. A feasible PQCC operating scheme is then proposed. It fully exploits the ability of the converters and the distributed generator to respond to external disturbances. In the event of a system voltage disturbance, the PQCC is to operate in one of two scenarios in accordance to the severity of the disturbance. Based on the dynamic model derived for the power network, a design procedure of the PQCC control system is also described. Simulation results show the efficacy of the proposed scheme.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-107532017-01-30T11:20:50Z The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply Zhan, Y. Li, Y. Choi, S. Rajakaruna, Sumedha Vilathgamuwa, D. unbundled PQ supply power-quality control center (PQCC) fuel cell (FC) voltage sag Distributed generator (DG) The application of a power-quality control center (PQCC) to provide an unbundled quality of electricity supply is examined. The center consists of back-to-back power converters, a dc bus and a solid-oxide fuel-cell distributed generator (SOFCDG). The purpose is to use the flexibility offered by the converters and SOFCDG to realize varied levels of ac supply quality to the loads. Through the concept of a feasible operating area of the SOFCDG, analysis shows that the ability of the PQCC to accommodate instantaneous power demand change is constrained. This is due to limits imposed on the fuel utilization factor of the SOFCDG. A feasible PQCC operating scheme is then proposed. It fully exploits the ability of the converters and the distributed generator to respond to external disturbances. In the event of a system voltage disturbance, the PQCC is to operate in one of two scenarios in accordance to the severity of the disturbance. Based on the dynamic model derived for the power network, a design procedure of the PQCC control system is also described. Simulation results show the efficacy of the proposed scheme. 2006 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10753 IEEE Power Engineering Society fulltext
spellingShingle unbundled PQ supply
power-quality control center (PQCC)
fuel cell (FC)
voltage sag
Distributed generator (DG)
Zhan, Y.
Li, Y.
Choi, S.
Rajakaruna, Sumedha
Vilathgamuwa, D.
The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply
title The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply
title_full The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply
title_fullStr The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply
title_full_unstemmed The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply
title_short The Design of a Fuel-Cell-Based Power-Quality Control Center to Realize Unbundled Power-Quality Supply
title_sort design of a fuel-cell-based power-quality control center to realize unbundled power-quality supply
topic unbundled PQ supply
power-quality control center (PQCC)
fuel cell (FC)
voltage sag
Distributed generator (DG)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10753