High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (HT-PEMFCs) for Portable Power 2006-01-3096
A robust electrical power-source is being developed based on a high-temperature (T = 140 to 230°C) polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) that is fed air and hydrogen rich fuel from a hydrocarbon reformer. The chemical to electrical conversion efficiency, η, is projected to be 25 to 40% in a system with a relatively high specific power density of about 0.1 kWatt/kilogram and energy density of about 1000 Watt-hour/kilogram. These projections are based on advances in fuel cell and reformer materials as well as results with a 10-Watt breadboard, which had a HT-PEMFC and methanol steam reformer.
Citation: Gervasio, D., Kinder, J., Hoskins, N., Onyeabor, V. et al., "High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (HT-PEMFCs) for Portable Power," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-3096, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-3096. Download Citation
Author(s):
Don Gervasio, James Kinder, Nneka Hoskins, Victoria Onyeabor, Sogol Taghavi, Ashish V. Pattekar, Karen Fleckner
Affiliated:
Arizona State University, Nu Element, Inc.
Pages: 7
Event:
Power Systems Conference
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Fuel cells
Fuel reformers
Electrolytes
Chemicals
Polymers
Methanol
Hydrocarbons
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