The NASA LeRC regenerative fuel cell system testbed program for goverment and commercial applications
- NYMA Inc./NASA LeRC Group, 21000 Brookpark Rd., M.S. 309-1, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 (United States)
- NASA LeRC, 21000 Brookpark Rd., M.S. 309-1, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 (United States)
- Jet Propulsion Lab., 4800 Oak Grove Dr., M.S. 125/224, Pasadena, California 91109-8099 (United States)
The Electrochemical Technology Branch of the NASA Lewis Research Center (LeRC) has initiated a program to develop a renewable energy system testbed to evaluate, characterize, and demonstrate fully integrated regenerative fuel cell (RFC) system for space, military, and commercial applications. A multi-agency management team, led by NASA LeRC, is implementing the program through a unique international coalition which encompasses both government and industry participants. This open-ended teaming strategy optimizes the development for space, military, and commercial RFC system technologies. Program activities to date include system design and analysis, and reactant storage sub-system design, with a major emphasis centered upon testbed fabrication and installation and testing of two key RFC system components, namely, the fuel cells and electrolyzers. Construction of the LeRC 25 kW RFC system testbed at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Labortory (JPL) facility at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) is nearly complete and some sub-system components have already been installed. Furthermore, planning for the first commercial RFC system demonstration is underway. {copyright} {ital 1995} {ital American} {ital Institute} {ital of} {ital Physics}
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 165148
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 325, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: 25 Jan 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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