Suitability of fuel cell technology for electricity utility standby power applications

INTELEC, International Telecommunications Energy Conference (Proceedings)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Jacobs, Thomas ^a   Beukes, Johan ^b  

^a ESKOM   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INSTALLATION; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATER; UTILITY TELECOMMUNICATION SITES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 37649028314     PISSN: 02750473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INTLEC.2006.251669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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