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Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Marketing Issues

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Clean and sufficient energy is an important precondition for the continued growth in global wealth. Solutions must be found to utilize the remaining fossil fuels more efficiently and also to ensure that new environmentally friendly fuels can secure power production in the post-fossil fuel era. This is the essence of the global energy challenge.

This chapter was originally published as part of the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology edited by Robert A. Meyers. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4419-0851-3

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Abbreviations

APU:

Auxiliary power unit – device providing power in addition to main power train.

DG:

Distributed generation. Combined heat and power plant with typical capacities from 50 kW to several MW.

micro-CHP:

Micro-combined heat and power. Capacities up to say 10-kW.

SOEC:

Solid oxide electrolyzer cell.

SOFC:

Solid oxide fuel cell.

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Hansen, J.B., Christiansen, N. (2013). Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Marketing Issues. In: Kreuer, KD. (eds) Fuel Cells. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5785-5_20

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