Title :
Fuel cells in distributed generation
Author :
O´Sullivan, John B.
Author_Institution :
EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Abstract :
In the past the vertically integrated electric utility industry has not utilized distributed generation (DG) because it was viewed as competition to central station power production. This paper addresses the status of the developing fuel cell technologies, primarily a US perspective, and their application to various market areas within the context of DG
Keywords :
electric power generation; electricity supply industry; fuel cell power plants; fuel cells; USA; developing technologies; distributed power generation; electric utility industry; fuel cell power plants; Cogeneration; Costs; Distributed control; Engines; Fuel cells; Fuel economy; Hardware; Power generation economics; Power industry; Power quality;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Edmonton, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5569-5
DOI :
10.1109/PESS.1999.784411
