Fuel cells as distributed generation

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy

Volumn 222, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 707-720

  Cruden, A ^a   Houghton, T ^a   Gair, S ^a   Duerr, M ^b   Agnew, G D ^b   Stewart, E M ^c   Lutz, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; POWER TRANSMISSION; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

CURRENT STATES; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; DISTRIBUTED GENERATIONS; DISTRIBUTED POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL GENERATIONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODELS; FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES; GRID-CONNECTED; HYDROGEN GASSES; POWER SOURCES; PRIMARY FUELS; STATIONARY POWERS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 56449130163     PISSN: 09576509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09576509JPE609     Document Type: Article

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