Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Advanced Hybrid Power System Controls and their Role in Transfiguring the Grid

摘要

Distribution generation (DG) and microgrids integrated into die nation's distribution grid are the future of the nation's power supply; at die heart of any distributed generation model is reliable and resilient locally produced electricity. Developing the optimum platform for DG power generation - a platform that is acceptable to the utilities and to regulators - is of paramount importance for commercialization and marketplace acceptance. To that end, DERP TECH and the HyPer Lab at NETL in Morgantown WV have entered into a CRADA relationship (which is a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement) in order to design and optimize Advanced Hybrid Power Control Systems. This work is being done to advance distributed generation and microgrid controls for hybrid power that are for the utility industry; they will enable locally produced power generating stations to incorporate both fossil fuels (natural gas turbines) and non-fossil fuel sources (including PV solar), as well as integrating the most advanced fuel cell technologies for resilience and super-efficiencies. The CRADA will enable DERP Technologies to pursue its goal of designing an interconnection and power management device that enables the local distribution utility to readily integrate locally produced hybrid electricity into the feeder system and to create one or more microgrids per installation in its service territory.