Recent commitment from automotive industry to manufacture prototype fuel cell vehicles in the near future has highlighted the need for fuel processing systems ready for automotive integration. Epyx Corporation (a subsidiary of Arthur D. Little) has developed an integrated fuel processing system designed for automotive load-following conditions. The system, a product of numerous design iterations and basic development, integrates a fuel processing assembly (FPA), CO clean-up device (PrOX), anode tailgas combustor (TGC), and a full control system. System development is ongoing to produce a fuel processing system ready for integration into automotive prototypes by the end of 2000. While continued fuel processor development is critical in creating a successful fuel cell system, issues such as air management, water recovery, hybridisation, heat rejection, and turndown are major factors in system design. Epyx is coupling fuel cell system integration and testing with extensive modelling efforts to address these issues. Recent subsystem performance and modelling work shows the potential for a reliable system achieving greater than 40% system efficiency. Initial prototypes may not immediately realise this efficiency potential, but should compare favourably to existing automotive systems. Meanwhile, a clear technology development path exists to achieve >40% system efficiency within automotive constraints.


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    Titel :

    Automotive fuel processing systems for PEM fuel cells


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    KFZ-Treibstoffaufbereitungssystem für PEM-Brennstoffzellen


    Beteiligte:
    Hagan, M. (Autor:in) / Northrop, W. (Autor:in) / Bowers, B. (Autor:in) / Rumsey, J. (Autor:in) / Prabhu, S. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2000


    Format / Umfang :

    8 Seiten, 6 Bilder, 24 Quellen



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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    Hagan,M. / Northrop,W. / Bowers,B. et al. | Kraftfahrwesen | 2000


    Automotive Fuel Processing Systems for PEM Fuel Cells

    Bowers, Brian / Rumsey, Jennifer / Hagan, Mark et al. | SAE Technical Papers | 2000


    2000-01-0007 Automotive Fuel Processing Systems for PEM Fuel Cells

    Hagan, M. / Northrop, W. / Bowers, B. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000


    Gasoline automotive fuel processing systems

    Prabhu,S. / Nuvera Fuel Cells,US | Kraftfahrwesen | 2001


    Fuel Cells for Automotive

    Kalhammer, F. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2002