本研究将燃料电池作为热电联供系统（CHPs）应用于商业建筑，尤其是超市的分布式应用。调查了一家专业制造公司的最新技术数据，并使用半小时历史数据对几座食品零售大楼进行了案例研究分析。之前的出版物（Cedillos等人，2016年，Acha等人，2018年）中描述了一个详细的数学模型，用于模拟燃料电池在每个超市运行一年的性能。模拟采用综合能源市场成本数据和实际信息来评估项目可行性，如安装工程成本。对模拟结果进行了讨论，并进行了技术经济评估，以评估影响燃料电池项目经济性的主要因素。此外，还包括与竞争CHP技术（内燃机）的对比分析。 结果表明，尽管内燃机仍然是一个更可行的选择，但燃料电池在财务上正变得具有竞争力。对于大型超市，安装燃料电池系统的回收期为4.7-5.6年，而内燃机为3.6-5.6年。这项工作还讨论了燃料电池在不同市场和政策情景下的前景，以及技术改进；因此，我们将深入了解能够促进燃料电池安装的关键方面。引用:2018年年度会议，德克萨斯州休斯顿，会议论文

This study investigates fuel cells as combined heat and power systems (CHPs) for distributed applications in commercial buildings, specifically supermarkets. Up-to-date technical data from a specialized manufacturing company was investigated and used to conduct a case study analysis on several food retail buildings using half-hourly historical data. A detail mathematical model, described in previous publications (Cedillos et al. 2016, Acha et al. 2018), was used to simulate the performance of fuel cells through a year of operation in each supermarket. The simulations employ comprehensive energy market costing data and practical information to evaluate project feasibility such as installation work costs. The results of the simulations are discussed and a techno-economic assessment is conducted to evaluate the main factors affecting the economics of fuel cell projects. In addition, a comparative analysis with competing CHP technologies (internal combustion engines) is covered. Results show that fuel cells are becoming financially competitive although combustion engines are still a more viable option. For large-size supermarkets the payback time for installing a fuel cell system is 4.7-5.6 years versus 3.6-5.6 years for internal combustion engines. The work also discusses the prospects of fuel cells under different market and policy scenarios as well as technological improvements; thus, offering insights in what are the key aspects which can foster fuel cell installations.