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Power Control and Ground Fault Simulations for a Distribution System with a Fuel Cell Power Plant

  • Hwang, Jin-Kwon (Fire and Safety Engineering, Woosuk university) ;
  • Choi, Tae-Il (Head of Technology Development Team of Smart Grid Office)
  • Received : 2009.09.25
  • Accepted : 2010.07.01
  • Published : 2010.07.31
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Abstract

Fuel cell (FC) distributed generation (DG) is gradually becoming more attractive to mainstream electricity users as capacity improves and costs decrease. New technologies including inverters are becoming available to provide a uniform standard interconnection of DGs with an electric power system. Some of the operating conflicts and the effect of DG on power quality are addressed and investigated through simulations on a real distribution network with an FC power plant. The results of these simulations have proved load tracking capability following the real and reactive power change of the load and have shown the flow of overcurrent from an FC power plant during the ground fault of a distribution line.

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