• DocumentCode
    343142
  • Title

    Fuel cells in distributed generation

  • Author

    O´Sullivan, John B.

  • Author_Institution
    EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    18-22 Jul 1999
  • Firstpage
    568
  • Abstract
    In the past the vertically integrated electric utility industry has not utilized distributed generation (DG) because it was viewed as competition to central station power production. This paper addresses the status of the developing fuel cell technologies, primarily a US perspective, and their application to various market areas within the context of DG
  • Keywords
    electric power generation; electricity supply industry; fuel cell power plants; fuel cells; USA; developing technologies; distributed power generation; electric utility industry; fuel cell power plants; Cogeneration; Costs; Distributed control; Engines; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Hardware; Power generation economics; Power industry; Power quality;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Edmonton, Alta.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5569-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESS.1999.784411
  • Filename
    784411