Status of commercial phosphoric acid fuel cell power plant system developmentA technology development and commercial feasibility evaluation is presented for phosphoric acid fuel cells (PAFCs) applicable to electric utility operations. The correction of identified design deficiencies in the control card and water treatment subsystems is projected to be able to substantially increase average powerplant availability from the 63 percent achieved in recent field tests of a PAFC system. Current development work is proceeding under NASA research contracts at the output levels of a multimegawatt facility for electric utility use, a multikilowatt on-site integrated energy generation facility, and advanced electrocatalysts applicable to PAFCs.
Document ID
19870046503
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Warshay, M. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)