[Gas cooled fuel cell systems technology development program]

Technical Report · Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6803884· OSTI ID:6803884

Objective is the development of a gas-cooled phosphoric acid fuel cell for electric utility power plant application. Primary objectives are to: demonstrate performance endurance in 10-cell stacks at 70 psia, 190 C, and 267 mA/cm[sup 2]; improve cell degradation rate to less than 8 mV/1000 hours; develop cost effective criteria, processes, and design configurations for stack components; design multiple stack unit and a single 100 kW fuel cell stack; design a 375 kW fuel cell module and demonstrate average cell beginning-of-use performance; manufacture four 375-kW fuel cell modules and establish characteristics of 1.5 MW pilot power plant. The work is broken into program management, systems engineering, fuel cell development and test, facilities development.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Advanced Energy Systems Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-82MC24223
• OSTI ID: 6803884
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/24223-3205; ON: DE93008774
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
ACID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
GAS COOLING
PHOSPHORIC ACID
PROGRESS REPORT
COOLING
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
FUEL CELLS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC ACIDS
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
300501* - Fuel Cells- Design & Development