Feasibility of fuel cell systems using forest residues

Author

Gómez, Manuel ; Jurado, Francisco

Author_Institution

U.T.E.D.L.T. Sierra Cazorla, Junta of Andalusia, Cazorla

fYear

2007

fDate

24-28 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Time of distributed generation has arrived for dealing with fossil fuel reduction, the reduction gas emissions and the sustainable development. This paper presents the characteristics of forest residues utilization in hybrid systems composed of solid oxide fuel cell and gas turbines. The profitability of these systems is evaluated by tools and methods related to the economic analysis, taking into account the main parameters. Various profitability analyses are completed regarding different scenarios. The profitability index is established as function of the radius, the optimum radius and electric power of system are determined for some scenarios where the project is viable.

Keywords

air pollution control; economics; fossil fuels; solid oxide fuel cells; sustainable development; distributed generation; economic analysis; forest residues; fossil fuel reduction; fuel cell systems; gas emissions reduction; gas turbines; solid oxide fuel cell; sustainable development; Distributed control; Fossil fuels; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Profitability; Solids; Sustainable development; Turbines; Distributed generation; SOFC-GT; biomass; forest residues; gasification; profitability index;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1296-X

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2007.385671

Filename

4275280