TY - GEN
T1 - FUEL CELLS VS. COMPETING TECHNOLOGIES
AU - Srinivasan, Supramanian
AU - Krishnan, Lakshmi
AU - Bocarsly, Andrew B.
AU - Hsueh, Kan Lin
AU - Lai, Chiou Chu
AU - Peng, Alex
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2003 by ASME.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Investments of over $1 B have been made for Fuel Cell R&D over the past five decades, for space and terrestrial applications; the latter includes military, residential power and heating, transportation and remote and portable power. The types of fuel cells investigated for these applications are PEMFCs (proton exchange membrane fuel cells), AFCs (alkaline fuel cells), DMFCs (direct methanol fuel cells), PAFCs (phosphoric acid fuel cells), MCFCs (molten carbon fuel cells), SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cells). Cell structure, operating principles, and characteristics of each type of fuel cell is briefly compared. The performances of fuel cells vs. competing technologies are analyzed. The key issues are which of these energy conversion systems are technologically advanced and economically favorable and can meet the lifetime, reliability and safety requirements. This paper reviews fuel cells vs. competing technologies in each application category from a scientific and engineering point of view.
AB - Investments of over $1 B have been made for Fuel Cell R&D over the past five decades, for space and terrestrial applications; the latter includes military, residential power and heating, transportation and remote and portable power. The types of fuel cells investigated for these applications are PEMFCs (proton exchange membrane fuel cells), AFCs (alkaline fuel cells), DMFCs (direct methanol fuel cells), PAFCs (phosphoric acid fuel cells), MCFCs (molten carbon fuel cells), SOFCs (solid oxide fuel cells). Cell structure, operating principles, and characteristics of each type of fuel cell is briefly compared. The performances of fuel cells vs. competing technologies are analyzed. The key issues are which of these energy conversion systems are technologically advanced and economically favorable and can meet the lifetime, reliability and safety requirements. This paper reviews fuel cells vs. competing technologies in each application category from a scientific and engineering point of view.
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U2 - 10.1115/FUELCELL2003-1723
DO - 10.1115/FUELCELL2003-1723
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85147851699
T3 - ASME 2003 1st International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2003
SP - 225
EP - 232
BT - ASME 2003 1st International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2003
PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
T2 - ASME 2003 1st International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL 2003
Y2 - 21 April 2003 through 23 April 2003
ER -