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Feasibility Study of Producing Fuel Cell mCHPs in Iran

Rezvanpour Befrajard, Vahid | 2021

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 54628 (01)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Industrial Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Fatahi Valilai, Omid; Mostafavi, Mostafa
  7. Abstract:
  8. Today, with increasing population and technological advances, the use of energy and fuel has greatly increased, and since the main source of energy supply in the world is fossil fuels, this increase plays a significant role in air pollution, climate change and the most importantly environmental degradation.One of the basic methods whose technology has developed rapidly in the last decade is the use of fuel cells to supply electricity and heat simultaneously electrochemically. In this method, which can be considered as reverse electrolysis, the chemical energy stored in fossil fuels is extracted without combustion. These systems are more efficient than other methods and produce very little pollution. If the fuel used in these cells is hydrogen, their pollution will be zero, which can be a great solution to prevent the destruction of the environment and thus sustainable and long-term development.Due to the fact that fuel cells produce electricity chemically, they will be much better than combustion. They do not have limitations such as the thermodynamic laws of conventional power plants; so fuel cells will be much more efficient at producing energy than a single common fuel. In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report estimating that about 32% of global energy consumption in 2010 was by buildings, and predicts that this number will double or triple by 2050.Fuel cell-based mCHPs can generate both electricity and heat, which can be used to power a home, and its heat can be used to heat hot water in homes. These mCHPs generated 16.6% of Germany's electricity in 2014. In Japan in 2007, about 60% of the energy consumption of residential buildings was from fossil fuels, 22% from nuclear energy and 7% from hydraulic energy.The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of producing fuel cell packages in Iran. In the present study, after examining the costs and revenues before and after installing these mCHPs, we conclude that the use and subsequent production of fuel cell-based mCHPs in Iran is not economically justified.
  9. Keywords:
  10. Fuel Cell ; Feasibility Study ; Energy ; Environment ; Micro Combined Heat and Power (MCHP)System ; Economic and Technical Study

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