The power load pattern of an individual house is a set of loads that fluctuate rapidly. If it is controlled to follow a system at rapid load fluctuation, depending on the response characteristics of the system, the equipment may have poor power quality (voltage and frequency). When introducing a fuel cell system into a house, it is necessary to consider two transient response characteristics: electric power and heat power. Then, the details of the transient response characteristics of the fuel cell system composed from a reformer, a fuel cell, an inverter, a system interconnection device, etc., are investigated by experiment and numerical analysis. As a result, the control variables of the controllers and the relation to the response characteristics of the fuel cell system were clarified. Furthermore, the response characteristics of the system when accompanied by a load fluctuation of power were also clarified. The response characteristics when introducing the energy demand pattern of an individual cold-region house into a fuel cell system geothermal heat pump were analyzed. From this analysis result, the details of operation, including each auxiliary machine of the fuel cell system, were clarified.
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Load Response Characteristics of the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell for Individual Cold-Region Houses
Shin’ya Obara
e-mail: shinya@me.tomakomai-ct.ac.jp
Shin’ya Obara
Associate Professor
Mem. ASME
Tomakomai National College of Technology
, 443 Nishikioka, Tomakomai 059-1275, Japan
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Shin’ya Obara
Associate Professor
Mem. ASME
Tomakomai National College of Technology
, 443 Nishikioka, Tomakomai 059-1275, Japane-mail: shinya@me.tomakomai-ct.ac.jp
J. Fuel Cell Sci. Technol. Feb 2008, 5(1): 011005 (11 pages)
Published Online: January 16, 2008
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April 5, 2006
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December 12, 2006
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January 16, 2008
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Obara, S. (January 16, 2008). "Load Response Characteristics of the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell for Individual Cold-Region Houses." ASME. J. Fuel Cell Sci. Technol. February 2008; 5(1): 011005. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2744054
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