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<p>This study focuses on overview and general economic viability evaluation of four types of portable electric generators: diesel and petrol internal combustion engines, batteries/accumulators and inverter systems (especially lithium polymer and lithium-ion battery systems), hydrogen fuel cell systems and combination (hybrid) of the latter. It does not include the rarely used, inefficient forms of energy conversion, such as steam turbines, as well as energy generators that are difficult to adjust with consumption and supply variations (variable forms of RES like wind and solar energy). The main targets of the study are battery/inverter systems, hydrogen fuel cell systems, and hybrid battery/inverter and hydrogen fuel cell systems, with hydrogen fuel cell systems being the thematic core.</p>
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This study focuses on overview and general economic viability evaluation of four types of portable electric generators: diesel and petrol internal combustion engines, batteries/accumulators and inverter systems (especially lithium polymer and lithium-ion battery systems), hydrogen fuel cell systems and combination (hybrid) of the latter. It does not include the rarely used, inefficient forms of energy conversion, such as steam turbines, as well as energy generators that are difficult to adjust with consumption and supply variations (variable forms of RES like wind and solar energy). The main targets of the study are battery/inverter systems, hydrogen fuel cell systems, and hybrid battery/inverter and hydrogen fuel cell systems, with hydrogen fuel cell systems being the thematic core.

A Technical and Economic Study of Sustainable Power Generation Backup

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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This study focuses on overview and general economic viability evaluation of four types of portable electric generators: diesel and petrol internal combustion...

A Technical and Economic Study of Sustainable Power Generation Backup

Publié en ligne: 18 juil. 2024

Pages: 75 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0029

Mots clés
Battery/inverter systems, economic evaluation, electric generators, hydrogen fuel cell systems, NPV

© 2024 A. Backurs et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A Technical and Economic Study of Sustainable Power Generation Backup

Publié en ligne: 18 juil. 2024

Pages: 75 - 88

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0029

Mots clésBattery/inverter systems, economic evaluation, electric generators, hydrogen fuel cell systems, NPV

© 2024 A. Backurs et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Battery/inverter systems, economic evaluation, electric generators, hydrogen fuel cell systems, NPV