Holistic Analysis of Fuel Cells for Residential Application

The development of an index to compare different sources of energy is presented; the index address the appraisal of the source of energy from its sustainable performance and also using the factors that influence the user's decision making process of adopting an alternative energy. The index is used to compare the fuel cell system and the traditional grid system powered by coal fired power plants, for a typical residential unit located in the rural Appalachian region in Ohio.

Department dc:contributor.department

Building Construction

Grantor dc:publisher

Georgia Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Ospina Alvarado, Angelica Maria

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Castro-Lacouture, Daniel

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Gentry, T. Russell
• Thomas-Mobley, Linda

• Feasibility of fuel cells
• Holistic analysis
• Multi-criteria analysis
• Fuel cell
• Fuel cell for housing

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1853/19746

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.gatech.edu:1853/19746