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High temperature PEM fuel cell integrated with a cellular membrane methanol steam reformer: Experimental and modelling

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  • Ribeirinha, P.
  • Abdollahzadeh, M.
  • Pereira, A.
  • Relvas, F.
  • Boaventura, M.
  • Mendes, A.

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In this work, the methanol steam reforming catalyst was considered into the anodic compartment of a high temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell (HT-PEMFC), where reforming and electrochemical, reactions occur simultaneously. To avoid the anode electro-catalyst poisoning by methanol, a Pd-Ag membrane, with a thickness of a few micrometres, was considered between the reforming catalyst and the membrane electrode assembly. A 3-dimensional non-isothermal simulator was developed in Fluent (Ansys™) considering a packed bed membrane reactor cell (PBMR-C) combined with a HT-PEMFC in a single unit. The performance of the combined unit depends on the permeability, selectivity and stability of Pd-Ag membrane at 473 K. Therefore, a self-supported Pd-Ag membrane with a thickness of 4 μm, was produced with no defects by magnetron sputtering. The membrane showed a H2/N2 molar selectivity of ca. 5800 and permeability of 2.94 × 10–6 mol·m·s–1·m–2·bar−0.8 at 473 K. The novel PBMR-C/HT-PEMFC after proper validation was analysed by simulation, showing high performance, similar to the one obtained with a HT-PEMFC fed with hydrogen and allowed efficient heat integration between electrochemical and MSR reaction. The PBMR-C/HT-PEMFC also demonstrated to be very compact. The advantageous and limitations of the combined PBMR-C/HT-PEMFC unit are discussed based on the simulated results.

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  • Ribeirinha, P. & Abdollahzadeh, M. & Pereira, A. & Relvas, F. & Boaventura, M. & Mendes, A., 2018. "High temperature PEM fuel cell integrated with a cellular membrane methanol steam reformer: Experimental and modelling," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 659-669.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:215:y:2018:i:c:p:659-669
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.029
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