Comparative analysis between a PEM fuel cell and an internal combustion engine driving an electricity generator: Technical, economical and ecological aspects

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorBraga, Lucia Bollini
dc.creatorSilveira, Jose Luz
dc.creatorSilva, Marcio Evaristo da
dc.creatorMachin, Einara Blanco
dc.creatorPedroso, Daniel Travieso
dc.creatorTuna, Celso Eduardo
dc.date2014-12-03T13:09:14Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:10:25Z
dc.date2014-12-03T13:09:14Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:10:25Z
dc.date2014-02-05
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T06:19:14Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T06:19:14Z
dc.identifierApplied Thermal Engineering. Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, v. 63, n. 1, p. 354-361, 2014.
dc.identifier1359-4311
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/112101
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/112101
dc.identifier10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.10.053
dc.identifierWOS:000331021600036
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.10.053
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/922869
dc.descriptionIn the recent years the fuel cells have received much attention. Among various technologies, the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) is currently the most appropriate and is used in several vehicles prototype. A comparative technical, economical and ecological analysis between an Internal Combustion Engine fueled with Diesel driving an electricity Generator (ICE-G) and a PEMFC fed by hydrogen produced by ethanol steam reforming was performed. The technical analysis showed the advantages of the PEMFC in comparison to the ICE-G based in energetic and exergetic aspects. The economic analysis shows that fuel cells are not economic competitive when compared to internal combustion engine driving an electricity generator with the same generation capacity; it will only be economically feasible in a long term; due to the large investments required. The environmental analysis was based on concepts of CO2 equivalent, pollution indicator and ecological efficiency. Different to the ICE-G system, the Fuel Cell does not emit pollutants directly and the emission related to this technology is linked mainly with hydrogen production. The ecological efficiency of PEMFC was 96% considering the carbon dioxide cycle, for ICE-G system this parameter reach 51%. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relationApplied Thermal Engineering
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectEconomic analysis
dc.subjectEcological analysis
dc.subjectTechnical analysis
dc.subjectInternal combustion engine
dc.subjectProton exchange membrane fuel cell
dc.titleComparative analysis between a PEM fuel cell and an internal combustion engine driving an electricity generator: Technical, economical and ecological aspects
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