Integrating fuel cell/electrolyzer/ultracapacitor system into a stand-alone microhydro plant

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1092-1101

  Gyawali, Netra ^a   Ohsawa, Yasuharu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Converters; electrolyzer (ELZ); energy storage; fuel cells (FCs); microhydro; renewable sources; stand alone system; ultracapacitor (UC)

Indexed keywords

CONVERTERS; ELECTROLYZERS; MICROHYDRO; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STANDALONE SYSTEMS; ULTRACAPACITORS;

BUFFER STORAGE; CAPACITOR STORAGE; CAPACITORS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FLYWHEELS; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN STORAGE; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 78649924884     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2010.2066977     Document Type: Article

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