Water and Heat Balance in a Fuel Cell Vehicle with a Sodium Borohydride Hydrogen Fuel Processor

Autor: Ian Eason, Tom Smith, Gregory M. Smith, Richard M. Mohring, Rolf Schaller, Ahmad Pesaran, Doanh Tran, Valerie Hovland
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: SAE Technical Paper Series.
ISSN: 0148-7191
DOI: 10.4271/2003-01-2271
Popis: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) collaborated with Millennium Cell and DaimlerChrysler to study heat and water management in a sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ) storage/processor used to supply hydrogen to a fuelcell in an automotive application. Knowledge of heat and water flows in this system is necessary to maximize the storage concentration of NaBH 4 , which increases vehicle range. This work helps evaluate the NaBH 4 system's potential to meet the FreedomCAR program technical target of 6 wt% hydrogen for hydrogen storage technologies. This paper also illustrates the advantages of integrating the NaBH 4 hydrogen processor with the fuel cell.
Databáze: OpenAIRE