The influence of operating temperature on the efficiency of a combined heat and power fuel cell plant

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Au, S F ^a,b   McPhail, S J ^a   Woudstra, N ^a   Hemmes, K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DesignAcell; Flowsheet; Fuel cell; MCFC; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; FLOWCHARTING; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS (MCFC);

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 0042679504     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(03)00345-8     Document Type: Article

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