Fuel Cell Micro-grids

✍ Scribed by Shin'ya Obara (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 264
• Series: Power Systems
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Fuel Cell Micro-grids describes an energy supply method based on a network of two or more proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM-FC). Such a network enables the effective use of exhaust heat, the simplification of the transmission network, the possibility of backup during disruptive hazards and the consideration of regional factors. Furthermore, green energy and renewable energy systems can be connected to the network, to function in cooperation with the fuel cells. For these reasons, it is believed that an increasing number of applications will make use of such fuel cell energy networks.

Fuel Cell Micro-grids analyses the operation plan of these new energy supply methods using genetic algorithms. The book explains the results of the analysis of the optimization operation plan, energy cost, and greenhouse gas discharge characteristics for many application cases of the fuel cell network.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
A Small-scale Fuel Cell Cogeneration System Considering Partial Load and Load Fluctuation....Pages 1-16
Equipment Arrangement Planning of a Fuel Cell Energy Network Optimized for Cost Minimization....Pages 17-42
Effective Improvement in Generation Efficiency due to Partition Cooperation Management....Pages 43-59
Fuel Cell Network System Considering Reduction in Fuel Cell Capacity Using Load Leveling and Heat Release Loss....Pages 61-76
Equipment Plan of a Compound Interconnection Micro-grid Composed of Diesel Power Plants and a Fuel Cell....Pages 77-93
The Effective-use Method of Exhaust Heat for Distributed Fuel Cells....Pages 95-111
Load Response Characteristics of the Fuel Cell for Individual Cold-region Houses....Pages 113-136
Load Response Characteristics of a Fuel Cell Micro-grid with Control of the Number of Units....Pages 137-152
Dynamic Characteristics of a PEM-FC/Woody Biomass Engine Hybrid Micro-grid....Pages 153-168
A Fuel Cell and Hydrogenation Engine Hybrid System Considering Efficiency Improvement for Partial-load Operation....Pages 169-188
CO 2 Discharged from a Compound Micro-grid of a Hydrogenation City Gas Engine and a Fuel Cell....Pages 189-205
Development of a Fast Operation Algorithm of a Fuel Cell System with Solar Reforming....Pages 207-230
Power Characteristics of a Fuel Cell Micro-grid with Wind Power Generation....Pages 231-243
Back Matter....Pages 245-251

✦ Subjects

Electrical Power Generation and Transmission