Development of reforming technology for a portable generator

Author

Hashimoto, Noboru ; Kudo, Hitoshi ; Adachi, Junji ; Shinagawa, Mikio ; Yamaga, Noriyuki ; Igarashi, A.

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Matsushita Electr. Works Ltd., Osaka, Japan

fYear

1997

fDate

27 Jul-1 Aug 1997

Firstpage

847

Abstract

Butane was investigated as a fuel for a portable generator using a polymer membrane fuel cell (PEFC). A steam reforming technology was applied and Ru was investigated as a catalyst for a reforming process and a selective oxidation process. It was found that Ru realized a high space velocity (SV) which enables reduction of a volume of the reformer. The reformer manufactured was connected with PEFC and operated using butane, indicating that a drop of the cell voltage was small enough. Concentration of CO in the reformate gas was less than 10 ppm

Keywords

catalysts; fuel cells; membranes; oxidation; polymers; power supplies to apparatus; ruthenium; solid electrolytes; CO concentration; PEFC; Ru catalyst; butane; cell voltage drop; high space velocity; polymer electrolyte fuel cell; polymer membrane fuel cell; portable generator; reformate gas; reforming technology; selective oxidation process; steam reforming technology; Biomembranes; Chemical engineering; Chemical technology; Fuel cells; Laboratories; Nickel; Oxidation; Polymers; Space technology; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1997.661879

Filename

661879