The design process of a SOFC plant dynamic model for a power systems simula
tion (PSS) commercial software package has revealed the trade-off between t
he satisfaction of the network dynamic requirements and a safe and durable
cell operation that the plant controller should implement. This paper descr
ibes the initial fuel cell stack and power conditioner modelling methodolog
ies that have addressed such issues. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rig
hts reserved.