Part I of II: Development of MERESS model - Developing system models of stationary Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Fuel Cell Systems (FCSs) for reduced costs and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering, and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 541-562

  Colella, Whitney G ^a   Schneider, Stephen H ^b   Kammen, Daniel M ^c   Jhunjhunwala, Aditya ^b   Teo, Nigel ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions; Cogeneration; Combined Heat and Power (CHP); Cost; Distributed energy systems; Electricity Load Following (ELF); Fixed Heat to Power ratio (FHP); Fuel Cell System (FCS); Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG); Heat Load Following (HLF); Heat recovery; Low voltage electricity distribution networks; Maximizing Emission Reductions and Economic Savings Simulator (MERESS) optimization tool; Networked (NW); Networks; No Load Following (NLF); Operating strategy; Optimization; Profitability; Stand Alone (SA); Thermal distribution networks; Variable Heat to Power ratio (VHP)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP); DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC SAVINGS; ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY LOAD; EMISSION REDUCTION; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; HEAT LOADS; HEAT RECOVERY; LOW-VOLTAGE; NETWORKED (NW); NO LOAD; OPERATING STRATEGY; OPTIMIZATION TOOLS; POWER RATIO; STAND -ALONE; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; COST REDUCTION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL CELLS; FUEL SYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; INSTALLATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; SIMULATORS; THERMAL LOAD; WASTE HEAT;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

EID: 77952717641     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/FuelCell2008-65112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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