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Title: Fuel cell systems for a sustainable energy production

Abstract

When talking about fuel cell systems for stationary applications, two of the advantages are claimed to be a high inherent efficiency and environmentally favourable characteristics. It should, however, be obvious to everybody that in order to call an energy production route environmentally benign, it is not enough that just the energy production step itself has a low negative environmental impact, but that all steps involved (e.g. fuel pre-treatment, fuel processing etc.) should be subjected to the same constraints if the overall production process is to be considered environmentally friendly. In order to evaluate the technical possibilities of a biomass fuelled MCFC unit for stationary applications a system study of a 40 MWe biomass-fired MCFC system is currently carried out at The Royal Institute of Technology, as part of the international co-operation within the IEA Advanced Fuel Cell Programme Annex 1, Balance of Plant of MCFC Systems. In addition to the present work, other recent studies involving biomass and fuel cells can be found in literature.

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  1. Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden)
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Research Org.:
Fuel Cell Seminar Organizing Committee (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
460253
Report Number(s):
CONF-961107-Absts.
ON: TI97001494; TRN: 97:001723-0106
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Conference: Fuel cell seminar, Kissimmee, FL (United States), 17-20 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]; Related Information: Is Part Of Fuel cells seminar; PB: 794 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELLS; EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS

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Kivisaari, T. Fuel cell systems for a sustainable energy production. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/460253.
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title = {Fuel cell systems for a sustainable energy production},
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abstractNote = {When talking about fuel cell systems for stationary applications, two of the advantages are claimed to be a high inherent efficiency and environmentally favourable characteristics. It should, however, be obvious to everybody that in order to call an energy production route environmentally benign, it is not enough that just the energy production step itself has a low negative environmental impact, but that all steps involved (e.g. fuel pre-treatment, fuel processing etc.) should be subjected to the same constraints if the overall production process is to be considered environmentally friendly. In order to evaluate the technical possibilities of a biomass fuelled MCFC unit for stationary applications a system study of a 40 MWe biomass-fired MCFC system is currently carried out at The Royal Institute of Technology, as part of the international co-operation within the IEA Advanced Fuel Cell Programme Annex 1, Balance of Plant of MCFC Systems. In addition to the present work, other recent studies involving biomass and fuel cells can be found in literature.},
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year = {Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996},
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