Advantages and Disadvantages of Fuel Cells Energy

Advantages and Disadvantages of Fuel Cells Energy Points : advantages and disadvantages of fuel cells energy, merits and demerits of fuel cells energy Advantages

1. As power source can be placed close to load centres, the transportation cost and transmission losses are reduced.
2. It contain high efficiency of convert chemical energy to electrical energy, almost 80% as evaluate to 20 — 30% only in thermal power stations.
3. It do not add air pollution or global warning similar to fossil fuels.
4. Efficiency of fuel cells is independent of their volume.
5. It are dirt free to use.
6. Fuel cells can be operate remotely.
7. It too make useful heat.
8. It are silence in process.

Disadvantages

1. High first cost of fuel cell.
2. One of the main difficulty of fuel cell is that of fuel. Although hydrogen is a suitable fuel, as it is not a primary fuel, as it is not a main fuel, it has to be resulting as of some other primary fuel cause like coal gas, natural gas and so on.
3. It does not contain a reliable life.