Fuel cells technology is probably one of the substantial entries in the field of electricity production. Fuel cells becomes one of the important pillars for energy sources in many industrial applications due to the efficiency and low price compare with other energy sources. This paper investigates the effectiveness of connecting the fuel cells with the public electrical grid on the voltage level based on simulation study. Simscape power systems package in MATLAB was utilized to conduct the simulation. An electrical grid model with 30kVA and 4500 fuel cell components were selected from the software library for constructing a virtual hybrid power plant. Subsequently, the voltage level of the grid was examined with the existence/absence of the fuel cells connection. The simulation results shows that the connection of the fuel cells have increased the voltage level with assurance of grid stability. It is concluded that integrating the fuel cells with the future power plant offer a complementary source of power to the public electrical grid.

Fuel cells technology is probably one of the substantial entries in the field of electricity production. Fuel cells becomes one of the important pillars for energy sources in many industrial applications due to the efficiency and low price compare with other energy sources. This paper investigates t...