Optimizing the design and deployment of stationary combined heat and power fuel cell systems for minimum costs and emissions - Part II: Model results

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

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

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon dioxide emissions; cogeneration; combined heat and power; cost; distributed energy systems; electricity load following; fixed heat to power ratio; fuel cell system; greenhouse gas emissions; heat load following; heat recovery; low voltage electricity distribution networks; maximizing emission reductions and economic savings simulator optimization tool; networked; networks; no load following; operating strategy; optimization; profitability; stand alone; thermal distribution networks; variable heat to power ratio

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; COGENERATION; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS; ELECTRICITY LOAD FOLLOWING; EMISSION REDUCTION; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; HEAT LOADS; HEAT RECOVERY; LOW-VOLTAGE; NETWORKED; NETWORKS; NO LOAD; OPERATING STRATEGY; POWER RATIO; STAND -ALONE; THERMAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; FUEL SYSTEMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INSTALLATION; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC); PROFITABILITY; SALES; SIMULATORS; TAXATION; THERMAL LOAD; WASTE HEAT;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 78650024586     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001757     Document Type: Article

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