Economics of hydrogen production and utilization strategies for the optimal operation of a grid-parallel PEM fuel cell power plant

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 8804-8814

  El Sharkh, M Y ^a   Tanrioven, M ^b   Rahman, A ^a   Alam, M S ^a  

^a EEB 66   (United States)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economical fuel cell model; Evolutionary programming; Fuel cell; Hydrogen; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC MODELS; EVOLUTIONARY PROGRAMMING; FUEL CELL MODEL; HYDROGEN MANAGEMENT; LOAD DEMAND; LOAD VARIATIONS; LOCAL GRIDS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; OPTIMAL OPERATION; PEM FUEL CELL; THERMAL POWER; THERMAL RECOVERY; UTILIZATION STRATEGY;

CELLS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; FUEL CELLS; GAS PRODUCERS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 77955588037     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.05.108     Document Type: Article

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