Development of New Model of Fuel Cell Systems

Abstract

Tokyo Gas has developed a residential fuel cell CHP system named “ENE-FARM” jointly with Panasonic, and began to sell ENE-FARM as the world’s first commercial fuel cell cogeneration system in May 2009. Following the first-generation model of ENE-FARM, the second-generation was released in 2011, and the third-generation in 2013. The cumulative sales of ENE-FARM have reached 40,000 units as of January 2015. After the third-generation, the new fourth-generation model of ENE-FARM has been launched since April 2015. This new model was developed in order to meet customer expectations such as reduced cost, integration of optional units for a power outage and greater flexibility of installation. These improvements can contribute to the customer satisfactions and the expansion of ENE-FARM spread. In this paper, specifications and main features of the new model ENE-FARM are described