Modeling, Analaysis and Control of Effects of the Electrical Feedbacks on Psofc Power Conditioning System

The planar solid-oxide fuel cells (PSOFCs) have §emerged as one of the promising candidates for §future energy system because of their high energy §efficiency, fuel flexibility, zero emission, §modularity and high tolerance to the fuel §impurities.§§However, for large-scale commercialization of the §PSOFC technology, there is a strong need of §developing a reliable and highly efficient PSOFC §power system. Development of such a reliable PSOFC §based power system requires knowledge of the several §feedback effects from the power electronics system §and the application loads that may impact the PSOFC §stack and the system as a whole. Therefore, it is §important to develop analytical methodologies to §investigate and mitigate the effects of these §electrical feedbacks on the performance of PSOFC §systems.§§On the whole, the dissertation focuses on i) the §modeling and development of an effective PSOFC power-§system design and system interaction analyses, ii) §cost-constrained PES topology design for PSOFCS and §iii) the design of cost effective optimal controller §and controlling strategy for mitigation of §electrical impacts with higher system efficiency.