Internal Reforming in Ceres Power Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

Ceres Power将利用该项目探索和评估直接在其金属支撑固体氧化物燃料电池（SOFC）中进行碳氢化合物燃料内部重整（IR）的技术可行性，该电池在500-600°C下运行，远低于高温SOFC中使用的公认IR范围（720°C）。IR的开发提供了通过设计燃料电池模块（FCM）中的专用间接重整器（或降低其要求）并降低SOFC堆上的冷却负荷来进一步降低总体系统成本并提高效率的机会。该项目将研究，评估，选择和测试合适的催化材料和方法，以使用钢电池进行IR。成功将降低系统成本，并提高Ceres低排放能源发电钢电池技术的可负担性，以用于更广泛的应用。

Ceres Power will use this project to explore and evaluate the technical feasibility of performing internal reforming (IR) of hydrocarbon fuel directly within its metal supported solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), the Steel Cell, which operates at 500-600°C, well below the accepted IR range used in high temperature SOFC (720°C). Exploitation of IR provides an opportunity to further reduce the overall system cost and increase efficiency by designing out (or reducing the requirements of) the dedicated indirect reformer in the fuel cell module (FCM) and reducing the cooling load on the SOFC stack. The project will research, assess, select and test suitable catalytic materials and methods to perform IR with the Steel Cell. Success would reduce system cost and increase affordability of Ceres' low emission energy generating Steel Cell technology for a wider range of applications.