Long-term economic analysis and optimization of an HT-PEM fuel cell based micro combined heat and power plant

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 99, Issue , 2016, Pages 1201-1211

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

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CHP; Degradation; Economic analysis; Genetic algorithm; Multi objective optimization; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARBON; COGENERATION PLANTS; COSTS; DEGRADATION; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS; FUEL CELLS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GROUND VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; MICRO-COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; NET ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PEM FUEL CELL; STEAM-TO-CARBON RATIO;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84959374244     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.02.021     Document Type: Article

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