4. 8-MW fuel-cell demonstrator. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6065601

The 4.8-MW Demonstrator Program is an outgrowth of a determined effort on the part of private industry to develop the fuel cell into a practical commercial electrical generator. In 1973, after a one-year, $3-million study, United Technologies embarked on a $49-million program to develop a modular 27-megawatt fuel cell power plant, designated the FCG-1, for application to the nation's utility systems as a dispersed generator. From 1975 through 1977 the focus of this program was on construction and test of a one-megawatt fuel cell pilot plant. This unit provided the first demonstration that subsystems could be scaled up to commercial sizes and that substantial power could be generated efficiently by a fuel cell for utility use. The plant was completed in late 1976 and successfully tested in early 1977. The basic building-block elements of the pilot plant (cells, reformer tubes, power poles, etc), when assembled in greater numbers, would form the basis of larger units, including the 4.8-megawatt dc modules and 9.2-megawatt ac power conditioners which constituted the FCG-1 design at that time. The overall project is described in detail. (WHK)

• Research Organization: United Technologies Corp., South Windsor, CT (USA). Power Systems Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-76ET13112
• OSTI ID: 6065601
• Report Number(s): FCR-3278; ON: DE83011436
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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300501* -- Fuel Cells-- Design & Development
ACID ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS
COAL TAR OILS
CONTROL
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DISTILLATES
ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ENERGY SOURCES
FABRICATION
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL CELL POWER PLANTS
FUEL CELLS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GAS GENERATORS
GASES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS
HYDROGEN GENERATORS
INORGANIC ACIDS
NAPHTHA
NATURAL GAS
OILS
OPERATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM DISTILLATES
PETROLEUM FRACTIONS
PHOSPHORIC ACID
POWER CONDITIONING CIRCUITS
POWER PLANTS
POWER RANGE 1-10 MW
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
TESTING