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8. CONCLUSION
Furthermore the system has been modeled as steady state which adds
to the uncertainty of the economical calculations.
In hot climates it might be a good idea to utilize as much of the waste
heat as possible for cooling instead of hot water, which can be produced
cheaper by other means, e.g. solar collectors. Each kW of waste heat can
give around 1,5kW of cooling but only about 1kW of hot water.
Sum up
The project has shown that integrating a SOFC with an absorption
cooling unit should be a thermodynamically good match, and the market
investigations suggest that for certain applications there could be an
economical potential as well. But before a specific market area is chosen,
more detailed economical calculations should be made, and the time
variation of demand for electricity, cooling and hot water should be taken
into account.
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