Author Description

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.