Fuel cell power system fed with industrial hydrogen waste

Author

Brey, José J. ; Castro, África ; Moreno, Enrique

Author_Institution

Greencell S.A., Sevilla, Spain

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

3350

Abstract

The aim of this project is to introduce clean fuel cell technology into an industrial plant located in Valladolid (Spain), to improve the whole process efficiency and reduce the environmental impact at the same time. This plant is devoted to aluminium treatment and produces a waste gas flow containing 500 m³/h of impure hydrogen, which is actually burned in a torch. The goal is to install a fuel cell generating power for the plant from that hydrogen after it has been properly purified; another important objective is to design an energy flow management system able to couple the required and the available electric power.

Keywords

environmental factors; fuel cells; hydrogen economy; metallurgical industries; 100 kW; 500 kW; Spain; Valladolid; aluminium treatment; energy flow management system; environmental impact reduction; fuel cell power system; impure hydrogen; industrial hydrogen waste; process efficiency; waste gas flow; Aluminum; Energy management; Fluid flow; Fuel cells; Fuel processing industries; Hydrogen; Industrial plants; Industrial power systems; Power generation; Power system management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IECON 02 [Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE 2002 28th Annual Conference of the]

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7474-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2002.1182935

Filename

1182935