Metal membrane-type 25-kW methanol fuel processor for fuel-cell hybrid vehicle
| Autor: | Seok-Min Lee, Hyuksang Chang, Jaesung Han |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Thermal efficiency
Methanol reformer Hydrogen Waste management Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Energy Engineering and Power Technology chemistry.chemical_element Proton exchange membrane fuel cell Steam reforming Chemical engineering chemistry Hydrogen fuel enhancement Electrical and Electronic Engineering Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Methanol fuel Compressed hydrogen |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Power Sources. 112:484-490 |
| ISSN: | 0378-7753 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0378-7753(02)00440-8 |
| Popis: | A 25-kW on-board methanol fuel processor has been developed. It consists of a methanol steam reformer, which converts methanol to hydrogen-rich gas mixture, and two metal membrane modules, which clean-up the gas mixture to high-purity hydrogen. It produces hydrogen at rates up to 25 N m 3 /h and the purity of the product hydrogen is over 99.9995% with a CO content of less than 1 ppm. In this fuel processor, the operating condition of the reformer and the metal membrane modules is nearly the same, so that operation is simple and the overall system construction is compact by eliminating the extensive temperature control of the intermediate gas streams. The recovery of hydrogen in the metal membrane units is maintained at 70–75% by the control of the pressure in the system, and the remaining 25–30% hydrogen is recycled to a catalytic combustion zone to supply heat for the methanol steam-reforming reaction. The thermal efficiency of the fuel processor is about 75% and the inlet air pressure is as low as 4 psi. The fuel processor is currently being integrated with 25-kW polymer electrolyte membrane fuel-cell (PEMFC) stack developed by the Hyundai Motor Company. The stack exhibits the same performance as those with pure hydrogen, which proves that the maximum power output as well as the minimum stack degradation is possible with this fuel processor. This fuel-cell ‘engine’ is to be installed in a hybrid passenger vehicle for road testing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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