Catalyst Screening Unit 01 vertical Nov 2006
Dushyant Shekhawat of the Office of Research and Development at the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory and Bill Grimes of Parsons are preparing the Catalyst Screening Unit (CSU) located in NETL's Reactor Laboratory for diesel reforming runs. The Department of Energy is sponsoring development of high-temperature fuel cell power systems based on solid oxide technology through its Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program. The program is geared at mass manufacturing of fuel cells for high volume markets and multiple applications. One of those markets/ applications is a diesel-fueled auxiliary power unit (APU) for long-haul truck transportation. The fuel processor is a critical component of this system and must be able to provide a clean, tailored synthesis gas to the fuel cell stack for long-term operation. The CSU is a highly flexible lab-scale unit to explore fundamental and applied fuel processing R&D issues. These issues include: long-term catalyst performance, catalyst development and characterization, anode recycle, process parameter optimization, fuel desulfurization, and fundamental understanding of reforming process. Additionally, the CSU is going to be used to evaluate the advanced concepts for fuel reforming such as plasma-assisted reforming. Funding for this project is provided by NETL's SECA program.
Catalyst Screening Unit 01 vertical Nov 2006
Dushyant Shekhawat of the Office of Research and Development at the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory and Bill Grimes of Parsons are preparing the Catalyst Screening Unit (CSU) located in NETL's Reactor Laboratory for diesel reforming runs. The Department of Energy is sponsoring development of high-temperature fuel cell power systems based on solid oxide technology through its Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) program. The program is geared at mass manufacturing of fuel cells for high volume markets and multiple applications. One of those markets/ applications is a diesel-fueled auxiliary power unit (APU) for long-haul truck transportation. The fuel processor is a critical component of this system and must be able to provide a clean, tailored synthesis gas to the fuel cell stack for long-term operation. The CSU is a highly flexible lab-scale unit to explore fundamental and applied fuel processing R&D issues. These issues include: long-term catalyst performance, catalyst development and characterization, anode recycle, process parameter optimization, fuel desulfurization, and fundamental understanding of reforming process. Additionally, the CSU is going to be used to evaluate the advanced concepts for fuel reforming such as plasma-assisted reforming. Funding for this project is provided by NETL's SECA program.