Performance of a fuel cell can be enhanced by constructing a hybrid system with a heat engine. In a fuel cell ? heat engine hybrid system, the heat released from a fuel cell is used for a high temperature heat resource for the operation of the heat en...
Performance of a fuel cell can be enhanced by constructing a hybrid system with a heat engine. In a fuel cell ? heat engine hybrid system, the heat released from a fuel cell is used for a high temperature heat resource for the operation of the heat engine and produces additional power. Hybrid systems are theoretically applicable from small scale distributed generations to large scale power plants. In the present study, performance characteristics of fuel cell ? heat engine hybrid systems with different power classes are discussed.