Open AccessSOLID STATE ENERGY CONVERSION ALLIANCE DELPHI SOFC
Author(s) -
Steven Shaffer,
Sean Kelly,
Subhasish Mukerjee,
David Schumann,
H. Skip Mieney
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/821425
Subject(s) - automotive industry , solid oxide fuel cell , auxiliary power unit , process engineering , automotive engineering , engineering , work (physics) , manufacturing engineering , anode , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , chemistry , electrode , voltage , aerospace engineering
The objective of Phase I under this project is to develop a 5 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell power system for a range of fuels and applications. During Phase I, the following will be accomplished: Develop and demonstrate technology transfer efforts on a 5 kW stationary distributed power generation system that incorporates steam reforming of natural gas with piped-in water (Demonstration System A); and Initiate development of a 5 kW system for later mass-market automotive auxiliary power unit application, which will incorporate Catalytic Partial Oxidation (CPO) reforming of gasoline, with anode exhaust gas injected into an ultra-lean burn internal combustion engine. This technical progress report covers work performed by Delphi from July through December 2002 under Department of Energy Cooperative Agreement DE-FC-02NT41246 for the 5 kW mass-market automotive (gasoline) auxiliary power unit. This report highlights technical results of the work performed under the following tasks for the automotive 5 kW system: Task 1--System Design and Integration; Task 2--Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack Developments; Task 3--Reformer Developments; Task 4--Development of Balance of Plant (BOP) Components; Task 5--Manufacturing Development (Privately Funded); Task 6--System Fabrication; and Task 7--System Testing