DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & HUMANITIES
POLYGON-09
RECENT TRENDS IN POWER GENERATION-TECHNICAL APPROACH
Presented by,
R.Mohammed Zahir-08ITR048
G.K.Palani Selvam-08ITR052
B.TECH-IT
ABSTRACT:
All over the world, electricity remains to be a vital component of national development. Electrical energy is easy to transport and convert to other forms of energy, and available at the flick of a switch, it has kept its place as the main source of energy in commercial and residential applications and in many industrial and transportation applications.
But there are increasing challenges faced by the people throughout the world to secure a reliable, safe and sustainable energy supply to meet their needs. In developing countries, the demand for commercial energy is growing quickly. These countries are faced with substantial financial, growing environmental and energy security problems.
The implementation of renewable energy systems, make a major contribution to finding solutions to these challenges by stimulating the early implementation of economically viable sustainable energy technologies. One among them is the fuel cell technology.
The paper will give the answers about the fuel cell technologies, providing a short description of how they work, areas of operation and cost considerations. This paper addresses the technical viability and economy of using various types of fuel cells to replace all the existing conventional power plants .
INTRODUCTION:
. The hydrogen economy consists of many physical and chemical processes linked in an interdependent network that connects production, distribution, storage, and use. Hydrogen in its various forms flows throughout the network, linking primary sources like hydrocarbons or seawater to storage media like alanates to end-use functions like fuel cells
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The gap between present-day technology and commercial viability is vast. Bridging the gap requires not only creative engineering, but