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dc.contributorDepartment of Building and Real Estate-
dc.creatorChen, JMP-
dc.creatorNi, M-
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-11T08:23:06Z-
dc.date.available2014-12-11T08:23:06Z-
dc.identifier.issn0378-7788-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10397/6552-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rights© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.rightsNOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy and Buildings. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Energy and Buildings, vol. 75 (June 2014), DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.01.053en_US
dc.subjectSolid oxide fuel cellen_US
dc.subjectAbsorption coolingen_US
dc.subjectCogenerationen_US
dc.subjectTrigenerationen_US
dc.subjectHotel energy managementen_US
dc.subjectHong Kongen_US
dc.titleEconomic analysis of a solid oxide fuel cell cogeneration/trigeneration system for hotels in Hong Kongen_US
dc.typeJournal/Magazine Articleen_US
dc.identifier.spage160-
dc.identifier.epage169-
dc.identifier.volume75-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.01.053-
dcterms.abstractSolid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is promising for efficient stationary power generation. The high temperature waste heat from SOFC stack can be recovered for cogeneration/trigeneration. Due to the lack of relevant analysis on SOFC system in Hong Kong, this research is purposely designed to investigate the economics of a SOFC-absorption cooling cogeneration/trigeneration system for building application in Hong Kong. Energy consumption profile of Hotel ICON is adopted for a case study. Existing products of SOFC server and absorption chiller are chosen to configure the system. It is found that the payback period is less than 6 years with the Government subsidy at 50% of the overall system cost for a trigeneration system. Sensitivity analyses show that increases in the rate of electricity and the level of government subsidy increase the payback period of SOFC systems in Hong Kong. Besides certain technological difficulties, obstacles on the way to realize the proposed cogeneration/trigeneration system in Hong Kong are legal and social constraints and space limitation as well. This study highlights the suitability and the environmental impact of the SOFC-based multi-generation for building application in Hong Kong.-
dcterms.accessRightsopen accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEnergy and buildings, June 2014, v. 75, p. 160-169-
dcterms.isPartOfEnergy and buildings-
dcterms.issued2014-06-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000337013200015-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84896801708-
dc.identifier.eissn1872-6178-
dc.identifier.rosgroupidr71701-
dc.description.ros2013-2014 > Academic research: refereed > Publication in refereed journal-
dc.description.oaAccepted Manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.FolderNumberOA_IR/PIRAen_US
dc.description.pubStatusPublisheden_US
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