Investigations on an advanced power system based on a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and an organic Rankine cycle for heating and power production

Energy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 874-884

  Perna, Alessandra ^a   Minutillo, Mariagiovanna ^b   Jannelli, Elio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; HT PEMFC; Low temperature heat recovery; ORC; System modeling

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMING CYCLE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RANKINE CYCLE; TEMPERATURE; WASTE HEAT;

COGENERATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC GENERATION SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; LOW TEMPERATURE HEAT RECOVERY; ORC; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; SYSTEM MODELING;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTROKINESIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FUEL CELL; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84940435611     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.07.027     Document Type: Article

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