SITE: POINT LOMA SUB BASE (SITE LAYOUT CLICK HERE)
LOCATION: SAN DIEGO
BUILDING APPLICATION: 501 BEQ
CHP LOOPS WORK PLAN

Site Description

San Diego, CA was a chosen site for eight Plug Power GenSysTM 5CS- 5kW PEM fuel cells. They are distributed between two bases. Point Loma Sub Base has three of the eight units. These fuel cells reform natural gas into a hydrogen fuel source, CO2 and water vapor. The GenSys 5kW fuel cells offers uninterruptible power to a critical load in the event of grid disturbance, but in this demonstration project the critical load is not connected. They are only connected to the grid and set to allow 2.5kW output from the fuel cell. This allows for a capacity factor of about 50% due the fuel cell primarily operating at half of its rated capacity. These fuel cell installations also capitalize on a combined heat and power (CHP) utilizing the fuel cells waste heat to be recovered to supplement an existing hot water system. The sites were chosen based on their CHP utilization.

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