Fall 2013 Composite Data Products Backup Power, December 2013

Fall 2013 Composite Data Products Backup Power

J. Kurtz, S. Sprik, C. Ainscough, G. Saur, M. Post, and M. Peters

Technical Report NREL/TP-5400-60949December 2013NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of EnergyEfficiency & Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308NOTICEThis report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States government. Neither the United States government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States government or any agency thereof.

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Cover Photos: (left to right) PIX 16416, PIX 17423, PIX 16560, PIX 17613, PIX 17436, PIX 17721 Printed on paper containing at least 50% wastepaper, including 10% post consumer waste.CDP-BU-01Backup Power Fuel Cell Systems Deployed

#Updated Project information changed legacy data3CDP-BU-02Deployed kW Capacity for Backup Power

#Updated project information changed legacy data4CDP-BU-03Backup Power Deployments

#5CDP-BU-04Fuel Cell System Starts by Month

#Investigating the missing failed start6CDP-BU-05Fuel Cell System Run Hours by Month

#7CDP-BU-06Cumulative Hydrogen Consumed by Month

#8CDP-BU-07Fuel Cell System Starts by Day of Week

#9CDP-BU-08Fuel Cell System Starts by Time of Day

#10CDP-BU-09Continuous Fuel Cell System Run Time

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CDP-BU-10Interrupted Operation Categories #12CDP-BU-11Time Between System Starts

#13CDP-BU-12System Start Ambient Temperature

#14CDP-BU-13System Operation Time

#15CDP-BU-14Site Capacity

#Whats the 78%?16CDP-BU-15Backup Power Operation With Grid Outage from 01/2010 to 08/2013

#Was this updated? 01/2010-?17CDP-BU-16Operation Hours Per Month

#18CDP-BU-17Average Starts Per Month

#19CDP-BU-18Site Capacity

#Average Hurricane label needs adjusting20CDP-BU-19Unit Locations

#21CDP-BU-20Power Outages per Year

#22CDP-BU-21Operation Hours vs. Calendar Days

#Labels23CDP-BU-22Annualized Cost by Runtime

#24CDP-BU-23Annualized Cost of Ownership

#25CDP-BU-248-hour Annualized Cost of Ownership

#26CDP-BU-2552-hour Annualized Cost of Ownership

#27CDP-BU-2672-hour Annualized Cost of Ownership

#28CDP-BU-27176-hour Annualized Cost of Ownership

#29CDP-BU-28Annualized Cost of Ownership Heat Map

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