Development of some exergetic parameters for PEM fuel cells for measuring environmental impact and sustainability

Adnan Midilli; Ibrahim Dincer

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.02.066

Development of some exergetic parameters for PEM fuel cells for measuring environmental impact and sustainability

Adnan Midilli^*
, Ibrahim Dincer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
Ontario Tech University

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Abstract

This paper presents some new exergy-based parameters for PEM fuel cells to study how some of their operating aspects and system characteristics affect the environment and sustainability, based on some actual and literature data. The exergetic parameters of a PEM fuel cell developed here, in conjunction with environmental impact and sustainable development, are exergy efficiency, exergetic stability factor, environmental benign index and exergetic sustainability index. Any increase in efficiency improves exergetic sustainability. However, any increase in waste exergy ratio, exergy destruction factor, environmental destruction coefficient and environmental destruction index results in an increasing environmental impact of the PEM fuel cell and hence, a decreasing sustainability. Such parameters are expected to quantify how PEM fuel cells become more environmentally benign and sustainable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3858-3872
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	34
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.02.066
Publication status	Published - May 2009
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The authors acknowledge the support provided by Nigde University in Turkey and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council in Canada.

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Nigde University in Turkey
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Efficiency
Energy
Environment
Exergy
Hydrogen
PEM fuel cell
Sustainability

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