Fuel cell based power system for backup applications: Telecom Italia and other field test results

Author

Gianolio, Giuseppe ; Rosso, Ilaria ; Cherchi, Pierpaolo ; Pedrazzo, Francesco ; Torrelli, Aristide ; Calzetti, Giuseppe ; Gamarino, Sergio

Author_Institution

Electro Power Syst., Alpignano

fYear

2007

fDate

Sept. 30 2007-Oct. 4 2007

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

287

Abstract

Fuel cell power system are currently under test by several different Telecommunication operators worldwide for backup applications. Compared to traditional systems (battery based ups, genset), the PEM fuel cell based power systems have both benefits (higher efficiency and better environmental impact) and drawbacks (higher cost, hydrogen supply need). In this paper a 7 kW fuel cell power system is described and the experimental data related to telecommunication and AC field tests are reported. The field test demonstrated a very good system performance either in terms of power delivery and reliability.

Keywords

proton exchange membrane fuel cells; AC field tests; PEM fuel cell; Telecom Italia; backup applications; fuel cell based power system; power 7 kW; Batteries; Costs; Fuel cells; Hydrogen; Power system reliability; Power systems; System performance; System testing; Telecommunications; Uninterruptible power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 2007. INTELEC 2007. 29th International

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1627-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1628-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.2007.4448783

Filename

4448783