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Fuel Cells For Transportation
Fuel Cells For Transportation
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN
FUEL
FUEL
CELL
CELL
FUEL
FUEL
PROCESSOR
PROCESSOR
H2- Rich
Gas
Durability
(hours)
5000
600
2000
300*
1000*
Energy
Efficiency
(%)
80 78*
15*
85*
Transient
Response
(10-90% Power)
(sec)
6*
<1
30
10
Cost
($/kW)
<0.5
10*
CO Content
Steady State
(ppm)
Fuel
Water
Vaporize
Preheat
Air
)H<0
)H~0
Reformer
Sulfur
Removal
Shifter
350C
350-200C
700C
Heat
)H<0
)H<0
CO
Removal
100-200C
)H<0
Burner
Exhaust
Fuel
Cell
80C
multiple steps.
Fuel
ATR
Reactor
Fuel
Vaporizer
Shift
Reactor 1
Shift
Reactor 2
PROX
1
Sulfur
Removal
H2 - Rich
Gas
Heat
xchange
60
H2
50
40
30
CO2
20
CO
10
0
600
CH4
620
640
660
680
700
720
740
760
780
Reactor Temperature, C
1on
a nitrogen-free basis
Systems
l
Plug Power/NUVERA
NUVERA
IFC
IFC
Energy Partners,
Honeywell
ANL
FY01: $7.6M
Stack Subsystem
Components
l
McDermott
l
l
l
Plug Power
Honeywell
Arcadis
U. Michigan/Nextech
FY01: $21.5M
Energy Partners,
AlliedSignal,
IFC, Plug Power
IGT, Electrochem
3M, SwRI/Gore,
Foster-Miller
l Vairex, A.D. Little,
Honeywell, Meruit
l
l
l
Spectracorp
LANL, LBNL
FY01: $12.4M
Argonne
Nuvera
McDermott
International Fuel
Cells
Gasoline
Or
Alcohol
2,000 ppm
CO
10%
CO
REFOR MER
or
PARTIAL
OXIDIZER
CO + H2O CO2 + H 2
<100 ppm
CO
PREFERENTIAL
OXIDIZER
O2
H2
FUEL CELL
STACK
H=
-9.7 kcal/mol
80.00
60.00
%
40.00
ms
T=650 C
S:C = 6
Feed = 2.54 ccm
Conversion
Selectivity to H 2
%H2 in effluent
0.00
0
13kW Achieved
=2.3
20.00
10
20
30
40
50
60
2100 W/L
Progress in Fuel-Flexible
Fuel Processing
Full Scale Fuel Processing Being Demonstrated
Gasoline
1997:
1999:
2000:
Fuel Cell
Power
reformers.
o A large part of our program focuses on reformate tolerant stacks,
70
H2
60
50
Oxygen/Fuel = 8, Water/Fuel = 8
40
30
20
10
0
550
CH4
600
650
700
750
Temperature, C
800
CO
CO2
850
Autothermal reforming of
diesel (D-2) fuel yielded 50% H2
60
H2
50
40
Oxygen/Fuel = 8, Water/Fuel = 8
30
CO 2
20
CO
10
0
760
CH4
780
800
820
840
Temperature, C
860
880
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