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Article | REF: D3360 V2

Fuel Cell and Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

Author: Thierry PRIEM

Publication date: February 10, 2014 | Lire en français

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    2. Fuel cells for cogeneration

    2.1 Fuel cell principle

    Discovered in 1839 by Sir William Grove, the fuel cell uses two gases, hydrogen and oxygen, as an electrochemical couple [D 3 340] . The redox reactions in the fuel cell are therefore particularly simple:

    • at the anode :

      H2→2 H++2 e−
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