Development of molten carbonate fuel cell technology at M-C Power Corporation
- M-C Power Corp., Burr Ridge, IL (United States)
M-C Power Corporation was founded in 1987 with the mission to further develop and subsequently commercialize molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFC). The technology chosen for commercialization was initially developed by the Institute of Gas technology (IGT). At the center of this MCFC technology is the Internally Manifolded Heat EXchange (IMHEX) separator plate design. The IMHEX technology design provides several functions within one component assembly. These functions include integrating the gas manifold structure into the fuel cell stack, separating the fuel gas stream from the oxidant gas stream, providing the required electrical contact between cells to achieve desired power output, and removing excess heat generated in the electrochemical process. Development of this MCFC technology from lab-scale sizes too a commercial area size of 1m{sup 2} has focused our efforts an demonstrating feasibility and evolutionary progress. The development effort will culminate in a proof-of-concept- 250kW power plant demonstration in 1996. The remainder of our commercialization program focuses upon lowering the costs associated with the MCFC power plant system in low production volumes.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 269284
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-96-0945; CONF-9509355-; ON: DE96010752; TRN: 96:003872-0015
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: U. S. Russian workshop on fuel cell technologies, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 26-28 Sep 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings -- US Russian workshop on fuel cell technologies; Baker, B.; Sylwester, A. [comps.]; PB: 695 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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