Transportable fuel cell powerplant for the United States Army

Conference · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5881696

Abens, S; Farooque, M; Jacobs, R

Energy Research Corporation has developed a fuel cell driven automatic powerplant for the U.S. Army. The start-up of this powerplant from room temperature is obtained in less than 15 minutes. The powerplant output automatically follows load change from all operating conditions. At rated DC output, the thermal efficiency of the generator set is about 26% (LHV). Successful operation of the powerplant for over one hundred hours demonstrated the fuel cell driven generator to be a viable alternative to the conventional small size engine driven generator sets for transportable power generation applications.

• Research Organization: Energy Research Corporation, Danbury, CT
• OSTI ID: 5881696
• Report Number(s): CONF-840804-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States) Journal Volume: 2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
200100* -- Fossil-Fueled Power Plants-- Power Plants & Power Generation
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
300500 -- Fuel Cells
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
LOAD MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
MILITARY FACILITIES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERFORMANCE
POWER PLANTS
START-UP
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
US DOD
US ORGANIZATIONS