Fuel partialization and power/heat shifting strategies applied to a 30 kWel high temperature PEM fuel cell based residential micro cogeneration plant

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 41, 2015, Pages 14224-14234

  Najafi, Behzad ^a   Mamaghani, Alireza Haghighat ^a   Rinaldi, Fabio ^a   Casalegno, Andrea ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cogeneration; Fuel processor; High temperature PEM fuel cell; Partialization; Power to heat shifting

Indexed keywords

COGENERATION PLANTS; EFFICIENCY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

COGENERATION; FUEL PROCESSORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELLS; PARTIALIZATION; POWER TO HEAT SHIFTING;

FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS;

EID: 84948719456     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.08.088     Document Type: Article

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