Characteristics of candidate sites selected for onsite fuel cell power plant testing
The Onsite Fuel Cell Program is a $100 million, multi-year effort which is jointly funded by the Gas Research Institute, U.S. Department of Energy and over thirty gas and electric utilities. A portion of the Program involves field testing forty-nine, 40-kW onsite fuel cell power plants. This paper describes the energy characteristics of 82 different sites that have been selected as potential field test locations. The 82 sites include multi-family residential, commercial and light industrial buildings that represent 26 market segments throughout the United States and Japan. Each one of the 82 sites has been instrumented with a standard data acquisition system to obtain hourly thermal and electrical energy consumption data. This energy data will help determine each site's compatibility with a 40-kW fuel cell power plant, and will provide an extensive data base which may be useful in other energy studies.
- Research Organization:
- Science Applications Inc., LaJolla, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 5373360
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-830812-
- Journal Information:
- Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States) Vol. 4; ISSN PIECD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
FIELD TESTS
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
GAS UTILITIES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
JAPAN
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SITE SELECTION
TESTING
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA