Re: Solid oxide fuel cell car?



d wrote:

I could dig up some links but the advantage of solid oxide over membrane
fuel cells is the ability to internaly reform fuel.

You need water as the source of hydrogen. The fuel cell combine oxygen ions
with the hydrogen regenerating the water.

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jfg6e/groves/Masters/Chen_2003/Chapter_01.introduction.pdf

There may be some 'CO + H2O = CO2 + H2' going on but the major contribution is 2CO + O2

The difference between PEM and SOFC is that PEM is by proton transport and SOFC is by oxygen ion transport.

Google is your friend.

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