SCI和EI收录∣中国化工学会会刊

›› 2010, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (6): 988-994.

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A 10kW-scale Distributed Power Plant of Natural Gas-Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

包成1, 苏庆泉1, 米万良1, 李志远1, 毕全1, 冀中华2, 刘志祥3, 毛宗强3   

  1. 1. Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Hanergy Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 102209, China;
    3. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 收稿日期:2010-04-12 修回日期:2010-06-03 出版日期:2010-12-28 发布日期:2010-12-28
  • 通讯作者: BAO Cheng, E-mail: baocheng@me.ustb.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Supported by the Beijing Municipal Major Science & Technology Project(D0406001000091);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50706019)

A 10kW-scale Distributed Power Plant of Natural Gas-Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

BAO Cheng1, SU Qingquan1, MI Wanliang1, LI Zhiyuan1, BI Quan1, JI Zhonghua2, LIU Zhixiang3, MAO Zongqiang3   

  1. 1. Department of Thermal Science and Energy Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
    2. Hanergy Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing 102209, China;
    3. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2010-04-12 Revised:2010-06-03 Online:2010-12-28 Published:2010-12-28
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the Beijing Municipal Major Science & Technology Project(D0406001000091);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(50706019)

摘要: A 10 kW-scale natural gas fueled proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) distributed power plant is presented in this paper,which is designed for cogeneration of power and heat. With homemade catalysts for CO removal in a two-stage methanation process and integrated reactor in the fuel processing system,the reformed fuel with CO molar fraction less than 10-5 is obtained for the fuel cell stack. Based on Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow and xPC Target platform,a rapid control prototype(RCP) is developed for real-time condition management,signal tracking and parameter tuning,data storing,and man-machine interaction. In a typical running with 4.3 kW stack power,the hydrogen production efficiency,gross power generation efficiency and heat recovery efficiency approach to 76%,41% and 50%,respectively. The peak stack power reaches 7.3 kW. Though there is still considerable distance to long-term operation at 10 kW-scale net power generation,it is a milestone for the PEMFC-based stationary application in China.

关键词: proton exchange membrane fuel cell, natural gas, 10kW-scale, power plant, two-stage methanation, xPC-based rapid control prototype

Abstract: A 10 kW-scale natural gas fueled proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) distributed power plant is presented in this paper,which is designed for cogeneration of power and heat. With homemade catalysts for CO removal in a two-stage methanation process and integrated reactor in the fuel processing system,the reformed fuel with CO molar fraction less than 10-5 is obtained for the fuel cell stack. Based on Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow and xPC Target platform,a rapid control prototype(RCP) is developed for real-time condition management,signal tracking and parameter tuning,data storing,and man-machine interaction. In a typical running with 4.3 kW stack power,the hydrogen production efficiency,gross power generation efficiency and heat recovery efficiency approach to 76%,41% and 50%,respectively. The peak stack power reaches 7.3 kW. Though there is still considerable distance to long-term operation at 10 kW-scale net power generation,it is a milestone for the PEMFC-based stationary application in China.

Key words: proton exchange membrane fuel cell, natural gas, 10kW-scale, power plant, two-stage methanation, xPC-based rapid control prototype