Fuel Cell Town — A Feasibility Study

摘要

This article was originally published as manuscript Risk.S04 in the 2006 AACE International Transactions. However, the figure and tables were inadvertently omitted from the article. It is reprinted here with all the information included. To test the feasibility of using fuel cells as the only source of electricity in a stationary urban environment, a fictitious town was used as the basis of this feasibility study. This small town was calculated to have a population of 1,600. For the cost of fuel cells, a model of a 5kW fuel cell and a 250kW fuel cell was used. The cost was plotted at $40,000 for a 5kW fuel cell and $600,000 for a 250kW fuel cell.