The Electricity Supply of the Registration Desk
by a GenCore® Installation from Plug Power Inc.
Plug Power Inc. with their headquarter in Latham, NY, USA, was providing the electricity for the registration desk at the *NHA Annual Hydrogen Conference 2008.
This installation was to proof, that hydrogen and a fuel cell system are viable options for the power supply, used at a remote station as backup or standby, in this demonstration case it was used for the electrical supply of the registration desk with all their electrical users, like servers, laptops, printers for nametags and the like (even a coffee machine can be operated in this modus). Plug Power Inc. was exhibiting at HANNOVER FAIR 2001, '02, '03, '04,
'06, '07, '08
The yellow line shows the flow of electricity from the GenCore® cabinet to the registration desk.
The yellow line shows the flow of electricity from the GenCore® cabinet to the registration desk.
The yellow line shows the flow of electricity from the GenCore® cabinet to the registration desk.
The Hydrogen Storage Module HSM contains six bottles with hydrogen stored inside, three on each side. Gaseous hydrogen (99,95 Dry at a pressure of 80 ±16 psig = 5,5 ± 1,1 bar) is used as the energy carrier. It can be produced from different sources, in the long run it will have to come direct from solar energy (without electrolyser and without reforming)
The Electrical Energy Storage Module (EESM), Type GenCore® 5T48 provides the actual electricity by means of the PEM fuel cell system (stacks), in this case 48,0 to 55,5 Vdc at a max. current of 115 Amps DC. In the demonstration use, the DC from the fuel cell system was transformed by means of a DC/AC unit (not shown). In an installation at remote telecom stations, the 48 V (or 24 V) DC provided by the GenCore® System will be used directly, without changing it to AC.
This is the transfer point from the Hydrogen Storage Module to the GenCore® unit. The yellow line shows the flow of electricity from the GenCore® cabinet to the registration desk.
The installation is controlled by microprocessor and a Graphical Service Interface (SI) software allows local or remote monitoring and control of the GenCore® system.
Inside view of the Electrical Energy Storage Module (EESM), Type GenCore® 5T48. In the middle you can clearly see the actual fuel cell stack. The fuel cells are producing electricity by a clean electrochemical reaction that releases only water when hydrogen is the fuel of choice. Depending on the method, how this hydrogen was produced, practically no pollutant by-products will occur here.
Arno A. Evers was very impressed with this installation provided by Plug Power Inc. The GenCore® System was working very reliable, without any interruption, during the operational time of the registration desk, which was open from March 30 through April 3. Let all hope to see more and more of these useful examples worldwide.
Many thanks to all at Plug Power Inc., who took the challenge to get this installation working. They have done well! |
CV Arno A. Evers 
Lebenslauf Arno A. Evers 
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Visit at the Italian demonstration plant of MagneGas™ on February 7th and 8th, 2011
Hydrogen Plant of Emirates Industrial Gases Co. Ltd ( EIGC) at Dubai, UAE 
Huerta Solar en Tabernas, Spain, October 2009 
AFCC Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation, Burnaby, BC, Canada June 2009 
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Dreieich 2012
