Fuel cells for cogeneration
Fuel Cell and Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

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Fuel cells for cogeneration
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 :
$H_{2} \to 2 H^{+} + 2 e^{-}$

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(1) - BOUDELLAL (M.) - La cogénération. - Dunod (2013).
(2) - DWYER (S.) - European smalls calecogen (sub – 100 kWe) : market status and prospects. - CogenerationDays 2012, Prague, 16-17 oct. 2012

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