Distributed Generation by Solid Oxide Fuel Cell: A Review

The private power producers are increasing rapidly to meet rising load demand in domestic, commercial and Industrial sector. In this scenario distribution generation system (DGs) plays increasingly important role over fossil fuel generation. A review is therefore carried out in this area of distributed generation system (DGs) with emphasis on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs). The study is performed to review the impact of SOFC's characteristics and associated control strategies on system dynamic behavior in standalone/grid connected applications with the constraint of providing good quality supply to the customers. The main aim of this review is to support researchers in the above field to carry out further research work so as to evolve/design an effective dynamic model/power conditioning unit with overall reduced system cost and increased life span & efficiency of generating system.

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