On-site municipal fuel cell power plant: Feasibility and applications guide

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5936888· OSTI ID:5936888

Fuel cells represent a power source of the future. Though they have been experimented with for decades, their potential is just beginning to be utilized in applications that vary in size from multi-megawatt power stations to one kilowatt units used in aerospace applications. Public utility and industrial power is currently being provided in a few cases by carefully monitored fuel cells. The Gas Research Institute and United Technologies Corporation, have also been conducting tests on flexible, modular 40 kilowatt on-site fuel cells. United Technologies Corporation is currently developing a 200 kilowatt unit. These latter on-site power generators may have applications in municipal operations. The city of Albuquerque has examined the performance record of the 40 kilowatt units and the projected performance of the 200 kilowatt units. Energy demands for several ''typical'' municipal facilities have also been studied. By comparing the cost of energy production from the fuel cells and the cost of conventional energy used by existing facilities, this report examines both the current and future feasibility of using fuel cells at several facilities. During the course of this project, an applications guide was developed by the Gas Research Institute and applied to the facilities examined in this study. 8 figs., 9 tabs.

• Research Organization: Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives (USA). Energy Task Force
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-78IR05106
• OSTI ID: 5936888
• Report Number(s): DOE/IR/05106-T78; ON: DE89013842
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300500* -- Fuel Cells
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320603 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Public Utilities-- (1980-)
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ENERGY SOURCES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
FUEL CELLS
MANAGEMENT
OPERATION
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES
USES