Zinc air fuel cell for industrial and specialty vehicles

Author

Smedley, Stuart

Author_Institution

Metallic Power Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

12

fYear

2000

fDate

12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

22

Abstract

Metallic Power has demonstrated a regenerative zinc air fuel cell for applications in industrial and specialty vehicles. The fuel cell uses zinc pellets and atmospheric oxygen to generate electric current; the reaction product is zinc oxide, which is collected in a tank. In its present stage of development the 36 V fuel cell will deliver approximately 6 kWh, with a maximum power of 4 kW. The device is refueled at a zinc recycling/refueling station where zinc pellets are pumped into each cell; ZnO is pumped from the tank and replaced with KOH electrolyte. The recycling/refueling unit uses an electrolytic process to convert zinc oxide powder into zinc pellets

Keywords

electric vehicles; electrolytes; fuel cells; zinc; 36 V; 36 V fuel cell; 4 kW; 6 kWh; KOH; KOH electrolyte; Metallic Power; Zn air fuel cell; Zn pellets; Zn recycling/refueling station; Zn-O₂; ZnO; atmospheric oxygen; electrolytic process; industrial vehicles; maximum power 4 kW; specialty vehicles; Anodes; Batteries; Cathodes; Fuel cell vehicles; Fuel cells; Metals industry; Particle separators; Power system management; Recycling; Zinc oxide;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.891975

Filename

891975