TY - JOUR
T1 - Modeling and optimization of a 1 kWe HT-PEMFC-based micro-CHP residential system
AU - Arsalis, Alexandros
AU - Nielsen, Mads Pagh
AU - Kær, Søren Knudsen
PY - 2012/2/1
Y1 - 2012/2/1
N2 - A high temperature-proton exchange membrane (HT-PEMFC)-based micro-combined-heat-and-power (CHP) residential system is designed and optimized, using a genetic algorithm (GA) optimization strategy. The proposed system consists of a fuel cell stack, steam methane reformer (SMR) reactor, water gas shift (WGS) reactor, heat exchangers, and other balance-of-plant (BOP) components. The objective function of the single-objective optimization strategy is the net electrical efficiency of the micro-CHP system. The implemented optimization procedure attempts to maximize the objective function by variation of nine decision variables. The value of the objective function for the optimum design configuration is significantly higher than the initial one, with a 20.7% increase.
AB - A high temperature-proton exchange membrane (HT-PEMFC)-based micro-combined-heat-and-power (CHP) residential system is designed and optimized, using a genetic algorithm (GA) optimization strategy. The proposed system consists of a fuel cell stack, steam methane reformer (SMR) reactor, water gas shift (WGS) reactor, heat exchangers, and other balance-of-plant (BOP) components. The objective function of the single-objective optimization strategy is the net electrical efficiency of the micro-CHP system. The implemented optimization procedure attempts to maximize the objective function by variation of nine decision variables. The value of the objective function for the optimum design configuration is significantly higher than the initial one, with a 20.7% increase.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.081
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.081
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0360-3199
VL - 37
SP - 2470
EP - 2481
JO - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
IS - 3
ER -