Open AccessCLIMATE CHANGE FUEL CELL PROGRAM 200 kW - PC25C FUEL CELL POWER PLANT FOR THE ST.-AGNES-HOSPITAL, BOCHOLT, GERMANY
Author(s) -
Dipl.-Ing. Knut Stahl
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/791990
Subject(s) - power station , fuel cells , air conditioning , power (physics) , waste management , environmental science , absorption refrigerator , phosphoric acid , engineering , electrical engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering , chemical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , refrigeration , metallurgy
Since the beginning of the Year 2001, the Saint-Agnes-Hospital in Bocholt, Germany, operates a phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) to provide the base load of electrical power as well as heat in Winter and air conditioning in Summer. The project was made possible by federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy as well as by a strategic alliance with the local utility company, the Bocholter Energie- und Wasserversorgung GmbH (BEW), and with the gas supplier of BEW, the Thyssengas GmbH. The fuel cell power plant is combined with an absorption chiller. It is highly efficient and has an excellent power to heat ratio. The operation during the first Year went smoothly and nearly free of trouble