3. Examples of realizations

3.1 Domestic micro-cogeneration

The most developed cogeneration market today is that of domestic micro-cogeneration. To date, more than twenty suppliers, mainly based in Asia (Japan, Korea), the USA and Germany, offer individual fuel cell micro CHP boilers based on PEMFC and SOFC technology.

Tables 4 , 5 and 6 give the technical characteristics of the main models on the market or being demonstrated, for PEMFC, HT-PEMFC and SOFC fuel cells respectively. Due to its robustness, PEMFC technology dominates the market. SOFC technology, which has been in decline for several years due...