TY - CHAP
T1 - High-temperature fuel cell plants and applications
AU - Cigolotti, Viviana
AU - McPhail, Stephen J.
AU - Devianto, Hary
AU - Steinberger-Wilckens, Robert
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - High-temperature fuel cells (HTFCs) have real and imminent potential for implementation of clean, high-efficiency conversion of renewable and wastederived fuels. Thanks to their capability to operate relatively easily on hydrocarbon- based fuels, and to their increased durability and higher tolerance to inevitable contaminants in the alternative fuels utilized, these integrated solutions are constantly spreading world-wide. The modular build-up of HTFCs makes them adamantly suitable to a decentralised energy infrastructure, which relieves dependencies on primary energy carrier imports and encourages local productivity. In the transitional phase from fossil to renewable fuels, utilization of natural gas in HTFCs allows for the immediate implementation in the established grid infrastructure, reduces CO2 emissions and accelerates the development to full maturity necessary for large-scale market penetration.
AB - High-temperature fuel cells (HTFCs) have real and imminent potential for implementation of clean, high-efficiency conversion of renewable and wastederived fuels. Thanks to their capability to operate relatively easily on hydrocarbon- based fuels, and to their increased durability and higher tolerance to inevitable contaminants in the alternative fuels utilized, these integrated solutions are constantly spreading world-wide. The modular build-up of HTFCs makes them adamantly suitable to a decentralised energy infrastructure, which relieves dependencies on primary energy carrier imports and encourages local productivity. In the transitional phase from fossil to renewable fuels, utilization of natural gas in HTFCs allows for the immediate implementation in the established grid infrastructure, reduces CO2 emissions and accelerates the development to full maturity necessary for large-scale market penetration.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4471-2369-9_9
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4471-2369-9_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84883165819
SN - 9781447123682
VL - 45
T3 - Green Energy and Technology
SP - 145
EP - 162
BT - Green Energy and Technology
ER -