Fuel cell electric power production
Abstract
A process for generating electricity from a fuel cell includes generating a hydrogen-rich gas as the fuel for the fuel cell by treating a hydrocarbon feed, which may be a normally liquid feed, in an autothermal reformer utilizing a first monolithic catalyst zone having palladium and platinum catalytic components therein and a second, platinum group metal steam reforming catalyst. Air is used as the oxidant in the hydrocarbon reforming zone and a low oxygen to carbon ratio is maintained to control the amount of dilution of the hydrogen-rich gas with nitrogen of the air without sustaining an insupportable amount of carbon deposition on the catalyst. Anode vent gas may be utilized as the fuel to preheat the inlet stream to the reformer. The fuel cell and the reformer are preferably operated at elevated pressures, up to about a pressure of 150 psia for the fuel cell.
- Inventors:
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- Livingston, NJ
- Frenchtown, NJ
- Westfield, NJ
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 865478
- Patent Number(s):
- 4522894
- Assignee:
- Engelhard Corporation (Iselin, NJ)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10G - CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-79ET15383
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fuel; cell; electric; power; production; process; generating; electricity; hydrogen-rich; gas; treating; hydrocarbon; feed; normally; liquid; autothermal; reformer; utilizing; monolithic; catalyst; zone; palladium; platinum; catalytic; components; therein; metal; steam; reforming; air; oxidant; oxygen; carbon; ratio; maintained; control; amount; dilution; nitrogen; sustaining; insupportable; deposition; anode; utilized; preheat; inlet; stream; preferably; operated; elevated; pressures; pressure; 150; psia; generating electric; fuel cell; reforming zone; reforming catalyst; components therein; electric power; steam reforming; normally liquid; elevated pressure; generating electricity; rich gas; power production; hydrogen-rich gas; hydrocarbon reforming; hydrocarbon feed; inlet stream; carbon deposition; cell electric; liquid feed; /429/
Citation Formats
Hwang, Herng-Shinn, Heck, Ronald M, and Yarrington, Robert M. Fuel cell electric power production. United States: N. p., 1985.
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"Fuel cell electric power production". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/865478.
@article{osti_865478,
title = {Fuel cell electric power production},
author = {Hwang, Herng-Shinn and Heck, Ronald M and Yarrington, Robert M},
abstractNote = {A process for generating electricity from a fuel cell includes generating a hydrogen-rich gas as the fuel for the fuel cell by treating a hydrocarbon feed, which may be a normally liquid feed, in an autothermal reformer utilizing a first monolithic catalyst zone having palladium and platinum catalytic components therein and a second, platinum group metal steam reforming catalyst. Air is used as the oxidant in the hydrocarbon reforming zone and a low oxygen to carbon ratio is maintained to control the amount of dilution of the hydrogen-rich gas with nitrogen of the air without sustaining an insupportable amount of carbon deposition on the catalyst. Anode vent gas may be utilized as the fuel to preheat the inlet stream to the reformer. The fuel cell and the reformer are preferably operated at elevated pressures, up to about a pressure of 150 psia for the fuel cell.},
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year = {1985},
month = {1}
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