Bioethanol fuel cell
Bioethanol fuel cell
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Hi, I belong to a company that produces bioethanol, and we are currently looking for fuel cells that can generate energy based on bioethanol. Can someone recommend me a company or someone who is developing such a cell? I was looking at different companies but none has been able to give me a solution. The power we need is not many, around 5Kw.
Thank you
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RE: Bioethanol fuel cell
Keith Cress
kcress - http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Bioethanol fuel cell
There is such a thing as a direct methanol fuel cell. Their efficiency and durability are both still terrible though.
It is possible to reform both methanol and ethanol to produce hydrogen to feed a conventional PEM fuel cell. Complete and total removal of both CO and CO2 is required though, to avoid either the death of the fuelcell catalyst or excessive anode tailgas venting to keep it from dying. It's not really practical either.
RE: Bioethanol fuel cell
We know that it is not a simple solution and we are aware of problems such as those named moltenmetal, but we have seen that some companies already offer some advanced prototype, which is based on the reform of ethanol in hydrogen, and feeding a cell with this hydrogen.
RE: Bioethanol fuel cell
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