Modelling results for the thermal management sub-system of a combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell system (FCS)

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 129-149

  Colella, Whitney G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined heat and power (CHP); Domestic heating (cooling) loop; English electricity market structure; Fuel cell system (FCS); Pinch Point Analysis; Thermal and electrical efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT SINKS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; REACTIVE POWER; WASTE HEAT;

THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 0038147144     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(03)00071-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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