Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 191, Issue 2, Pages 433-441Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.02.048
Keywords
Distributed power generation; PEMFC; Exergy analysis; Overall efficiency; Thermal energy conversion (TEC)
Funding
- National Natural Science Fundation of China [50835006]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities (NCET)
- Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China [20050056006]
- China Scholarship Council
- University of Michigan
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Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have shown to be well Suited for distributed power generation due to their excellent performance. However, a PEMFC produces a amount of heat in the process of electrochemical reaction. It is desirable to use thermal energy for electricity generation in addition to heating applications. Based oil the operating characteristics of a PEMFC in advanced thermal trial energy conversion system using ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) technology is applied to exploit the thermal energy of the PEMFC for electricity generation. Through thiS combination of technology. this unique PEMFC power plant not only achieves the combined treat and power efficiency, but also adequately utilizes treat to generate more valuable electricity. Exergy analysis illustrates the improvement of overall efficiency and energy flow distribution in the power plant. Analytical results show that the overall efficiency of the PEMFC is increased by 0.4-2.3% due to the thermal energy conversion (TEC) system. It is also evident that the PEMFC Should operate within the optimal load range by balancing the design parameters of the PEMFC and of the TEC system. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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