Thursday, April 18
01:00 pm
Speaker: Christian Mengel OWI- competence in diesel
reforming
Liquid fuels offer high storage densities and
an already existing infrastructure. In automotive
appliances like auxiliary power units (APU) fuel
cell systems facilitate high motor efficencies
by decoupling all electric devices from the motoric
propulsion.
The Oel-Wärme-Institut (OWI) has developed
a fuel processor to convert liquid fuels into
a hydrogen and carbon monoxide rich gas. The fuel
processor based on catalytic partial oxidation
(CPO) is designed for feed supplies equal to a
power from P = 1 kW up to P = 12 kW thermal.
Christian Mengel
Project Engineer
One of the main activities
of the OWI is the development of fuel processors
for liquid fuels. Specifically Fuel Cell
applications in mobile and stationary processes
in the power range from 1 kW to 50 kW. The
reformer shows good performance as the conversion
of hydrocarbons is close to the equilibrium
concentration.