IRAFC

Development of an Internal Reforming Alcohol High Temperature PEM Fuel Cell Stack

Coordinatore	ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AE EREUNAS & ANAPTYXIS YLIKON & PROIONTONANANEOSIMON PIGON ENERGEIAS & SYNAFON SYMVOULEFTIKON Y PIRESION*ADVEN    more  Organization address address: KIFISIAS 44 KTIRIOU B city: Athens postcode: 15125 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ioannis Cognome: Kallitsis Email: send email Telefono: 302611000000 Fax: 302611000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	2˙427˙821 €
EC contributo	1˙424˙147 €
Programma	FP7-JTI Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives
Code Call	FCH-JU-2008-1
Funding Scheme	JTI-CP-FCH
Anno di inizio	2010
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2010-01-01   -   2013-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AE EREUNAS & ANAPTYXIS YLIKON & PROIONTONANANEOSIMON PIGON ENERGEIAS & SYNAFON SYMVOULEFTIKON Y PIRESION*ADVEN  Organization address address: KIFISIAS 44 KTIRIOU B city: Athens postcode: 15125 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ioannis Cognome: Kallitsis Email: send email Telefono: 302611000000 Fax: 302611000000	EL (Athens)	coordinator	283˙806.00
2	NEDSTACK FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY BV  Organization address address: Westervoortsedijk 73 - Building 533 73 city: ARNHEM postcode: 6827 AV contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Siu Fai Cognome: Au Email: send email Telefono: 31263197634 Fax: 31263197601	NL (ARNHEM)	participant	308˙805.00
3	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS  Organization address address: N PLASTIRA STR 100 city: HERAKLION postcode: 70013 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Theophilos Cognome: Ioannides Email: send email Telefono: 302611000000 Fax: 302611000000	EL (HERAKLION)	participant	266˙255.00
4	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Denis Cognome: Fix Email: send email Telefono: 33388106719 Fax: 33388108612	FR (PARIS)	participant	222˙325.00
5	UNIWERSYTET MARII CURIE-SKLODOWSKIEJ  Organization address address: PL. MARII CURIE-SKLODOWSKIEJ 5 city: LUBLIN postcode: 20-031 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Andrzej Cognome: Machocki Email: send email Telefono: +48 815375514 Fax: +48 815375565	PL (LUBLIN)	participant	180˙409.00
6	INSTITUT FUER MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH  Organization address address: Carl-Zeiss-Str. 18-20 city: Mainz postcode: 55129 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Frank Cognome: Hainel Email: send email Telefono: +49 6131 990 109 Fax: +49 6131 990 201	DE (Mainz)	participant	162˙547.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The main objective of the proposal is the development of an internal reforming alcohol high temperature PEM fuel cell. Accomplishment of the project objective will be made through: • Design and synthesis of robust polymer electrolyte membranes for HT-PEMFCs, which will be functional within the temperature range of 190-220oC. • Development of alcohol (methanol or ethanol) reforming catalysts for the production of CO-free hydrogen in the temperature range of HT PEMFCs, i.e. at 190-220oC. • Integration of reforming catalyst and high temperature MEA in a compact Internal Reforming Alcohol High Temperature PEMFC (IRAFC). Integration may be achieved via different configurations as related to the position of the reforming catalyst. The proposed compact system does away with conventional fuel processors and allows for efficient heat management, since the “waste” heat produced by the fuel cell is in-situ utilized to drive the endothermic reforming reaction. The targeted power density of the system is 0.15 W/cm2 at a cell voltage of 0.7 V. Thus, the concepts of a catalytic reformer and of a fuel cell are combined in a single, simplified direct alcohol (e.g. methanol) High Temperature PEM fuel cell reactor. The heart of the system is the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprising a high-temperature proton-conducting electrolyte sandwiched between the anodic (reforming catalyst Pt/C) and cathodic Pt/C gas diffusion electrodes. According to the configuration and the operating conditions described above, the IRAFC is expected to be autothermal, highly efficient and with zero CO emissions. In addition, the direct consumption of H2 by the MEA (fuel cell) and the electrochemical promotion effect is expected to enhance the kinetics of reforming reactions, thus facilitating the efficient operation of the reforming catalyst at temperatures below 220°C.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU-funded project worked on producing a novel type of fuel cell (FC) that eliminates the need for separate fuel-processing systems. The new technology should be useful for military, transport and portable applications.