10. Advantages of fuel cell
1. It has very high conversion efficiencies as high as70
percent.
2. Fuel cells can be installed near the use point, thus
reducing electrical transmission requirements and
accompanying losses.
3.They have few mechanical components: hence, they
operated fairly quietly and require little attention and less
maintenance.
4.Atmospheric pollution is small.
5.There is no requirement for large volumes of cooling
water.
6.As fuel cell do not make noise, they can be readily
accepted in resdential areas.
7.The fuel cell takes little time to go in to operation.
8. The space requirements for fuel cell power plant is
considerably less.
12. Application of fuel cell
1.Fuel cells can be effectively used for load leveling.
2.Fuel cells are also suited for dispersed generation.
3.To meet the demand of isolated sites as construction
sites, military camps and small village communities.
4.Emergency /auxiliary supply to critical loads such as
hospitals etc.
5.Fuel cells can also be used as a mobile power in shuttle
spacecrafts.
6.Fuel cells are also proposed as power source for
propulsion of electric vehicles.
7. Fuel cells can be used to power portable electronic
device.