Generic Model of PEM Fuel Cells and Performance Analysis in Frequency Containment Period in Systems with Decreased Inertia

Conference paper (2019)

Authors

F. A. Alshehri Student
José L. Rueda Intelligent Electrical Power Grids - EEMCS
A.D. Perilla Guerra Intelligent Electrical Power Grids - EEMCS
B.W. Tuinema Intelligent Electrical Power Grids - EEMCS
M.A.M.M. van der Meijden Intelligent Electrical Power Grids - EEMCS , TenneT TSO B.V.
P. Palensky Intelligent Electrical Power Grids - EEMCS
Francisco Gonzalez-Longatt Loughborough University
Research Group
Intelligent Electrical Power Grids (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 F. A. Alshehri, José L. Rueda, A.D. Perilla Guerra, B.W. Tuinema, M.A.M.M. van der Meijden, P. Palensky, F. Gonzalez-Longatt
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1109/ISIE.2019.8781346
Renewable energy sources Fuel cells Power system stability Frequency response
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Electrical Sustainable Energy

Research Group

Intelligent Electrical Power Grids

Abstract

The increase in renewable energy sources in addition to the decrease in conventional synchronous generators is leading to significant challenges for the power system operators to maintain generation load balance and to manage the system's decreasing inertia. Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells are characterised by high current density and fast power injection, which makes them ideal for frequency containment. This paper presents a generic model for PEM fuel cells developed in PowerFactory for frequency stability studies and provides an evaluation of its performance in a reduced-size dynamic model of the North Netherlands high voltage transmission network. The results show that the PEM fuel cell provides improved frequency response within the containment period when compared with synchronous generators for the same amount of support reserve.