Engineering Design and Capital Life Cycle Costs (LCC) of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Fuel Cell Systems (FCSs)

摘要

The research analyzes the engineering performance, capital costs, and life cycle costs (LCCs) of state-of-the-art, distributed combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell systems (FCSs). Costs are delineated for different CHP FCS designs, electric power output levels, annual manufacturing production rates, and installation approaches. This work compares the performance and costs of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT PEMFCs), and low temperature (LT) PEMFCs in various stationary FCS sizes (1 kilowatt-electric (kWe), 5 kWe, 25 kWe, and 100 kWe) at various manufacturing production rates.