A probabilistic model for 1st stage dimensioning of renewable hydrogen transport micro-economies

Renewable Energy

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 355-362

  Davies, Huw Charles ^a   Datardina, Naeem ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrogen fuel cell; Photovoltaic array; Probablistic model; Transport economy; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION MODELLING; FUEL CELL ELECTRIC VEHICLE; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS; PROBABLISTIC MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT ECONOMY;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; MATLAB; NATURAL RESOURCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WIND TURBINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY PLANNING; HYDROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84879284551     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.05.029     Document Type: Article

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