Advantages of Fuel Cells Over Conventional Power Plants
- It is quite in operation and less polluting.
- Energy conversion efficiency into electrical power is higher.
- No cooling water needed.
- Heat generated can be rejected directly to atmosphere, the process being isothermal.
- Fuel cells can be installed at the point of use thus reducing the power losses due to transmission and distribution.
- By use of series-parallel combination of fuel cells, the output power rating at any voltage and current can be obtained.
- The capacity can be increased as the demand grows.
- Space requirement is much less.
- It has long life.