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Fuel cell operation on landfill gas at Penrose Power Station

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  • Spiegel, R.J
  • Preston, J.L
  • Trocciola, J.C

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This demonstration test successfully demonstrated the operation of a commercial phosphoric acid fuel cell (FC) on landfill gas (LG) at the Penrose Power Station in Sun Valley, CA. Demonstration output included operation up to 137kW; 37.1% efficiency at 120kW; exceptionally low secondary emissions (dry gas, 15% O2) of 0.77ppmV CO, 0.12ppmV NOx, and undetectable SO2; no forced outages with an adjusted availability of 98.5%; and a total of 707h of operation on LG. The LG pretreatment unit (GPU) operated for a total of 2297h, including the 707h with the FC, and documented total sulfur and halide removal to much lower than the specified <3ppmV for the FC. The GPU flare safely disposed of the removed LG contaminants by achieving destruction efficiencies greater than 99%.

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  • Spiegel, R.J & Preston, J.L & Trocciola, J.C, 1999. "Fuel cell operation on landfill gas at Penrose Power Station," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 24(8), pages 723-742.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:24:y:1999:i:8:p:723-742
    DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(99)00022-5
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    1. Spiegel, Ronald J. & Trocciola, J.C. & Preston, J.L., 1997. "Test results for fuel-cell operation on landfill gas," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 22(8), pages 777-786.
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