FuelCell Energy Direct FuelCell CHP
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
(NYSERDA –
http://www.nyserda.org) has contracted with the Greenhouse Gas
Technology Center to perform ETV verifications on five new Combined
Heat and Power installations in New York State.
The first of this series is a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) CHP
system manufactured by FuelCell Energy (http://www.fce.com)
under the name “Direct FuelCell” (DFC®) and installed and operated
by State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental
Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. The DFC® 300A unit
specifications indicate both 300,000 BTU/h of heat and 250 kW of
electric power are available to the host site.
FuelCell Energy’s products are called Direct FuelCells because they
can use hydrocarbon fuels without the need to first create hydrogen
in an external fuel processor.
The principle parameters for this ETV Verification are:
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Impacts on
local and regional emissions (NOx, SO2, CO
and CO2);
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Heat recovery
fuel-to-heat efficiency;
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Power generated
and fuel-to-power efficiency;
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Net change in
fuel efficiency;
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Power Factor and impact on power quality.
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