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March 04, 2005
Genesis Fueltech Completes 10,000 Hour Fuel Processor Test
Genesis Fueltech reports on long-term testing of the company’s methanol to pure (99.9999%) hydrogen fuel processor. This processor (or “reformer”) has operated for ten thousand (10,000) hours with greater than 99% availability. Testing also demonstrated the reformer’s ability to respond almost instantaneously to varying fuel demands from a fuel cell.
(PRWEB) March 4, 2005 -- Genesis Fueltech reports on long-term testing of the company’s methanol to pure (99.9999%) hydrogen fuel processor.
This processor (or “reformer”) has operated for ten thousand (10,000) hours with greater than 99% availability. The only problems encountered throughout the test were one clogged fuel line and one thermocouple that had to be replaced. Much of the testing was conducted supplying hydrogen to a 500 watt PEM fuel cell with power delivered through an inverter to an AC load bank
The reformer uses a proprietary higher temperature methanol catalyst developed by Genesis. The catalyst facilitates both the fuel conversion and “shift” reactions. The catalyst has shown no performance deterioration over the life of the test.
This earlier generation fuel processor achieved net peak efficiency of 79% and thermal efficiency of 83%. Testing also demonstrated the reformer’s ability to respond almost instantaneously to varying fuel demands from a fuel cell, for example, from a zero load to 80% load in less than three seconds.
The newest fuel processor developed by Genesis is the Model 20L. This processor has an effective operating range of zero to twenty liters of hydrogen per minute. The reformer automatically “load tracks”, that is, it is completely responsive to the hydrogen needs of a fuel cell system. It achieves a net operating efficiency in excess of 80%
The Model 20L is designed for rack mounting with dimensions of 19 inches by 8.5 inches by 17 inches. It weighs 50 pounds (23 kilograms) and is very quiet (less than 56 decibels at three feet). Parasitic power at full load is 36 watts.
Headquartered in Spokane, Washington, Genesis Fueltech is a world leader in compact, high efficiency alcohol to pure hydrogen processors for the fuel cell industry. For more information contact Phillip Piffer, CEO of Genesis Fueltech, Inc. at 509-534-5787
Posted by Industrial at March 4, 2005 01:57 AM