Fuel cell systems

Overview

ABSTRACT

Fuel cell systems are available in a very wide power range, from a few W to a few MW, covering a wide range of applications. Low-power Fuel Cells (< 100 W) can be used in a variety of portable systems, while medium-power systems (1 kW-100 kW) are ideally suited to light mobility, cogeneration, auxiliary or backup power. Higher-power systems meet the needs of heavy mobility and power plants.

This article presents applications in the fields of fluvial and maritime navigation, aerospace and portable systems.

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AUTHORS

Gilles TAILLADES: Professor, Director of the Energy Department, Charles Gerhardt Institute (ICGM), CNRS, University of Montpellier, France
Michel CASSIR: Professor Emeritus, Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris (IRCP), France
Daniel HISSEL: Professor, Université de Franche-Comté, Institut universitaire de France (IUF), FEMTO-ST, CNRS, Deputy Director, Fédération nationale hydrogène du CNRS
Claude LAMY: Professor Emeritus, Charles Gerhardt Institute (ICGM), CNRS, University of Montpellier, member of France Hydrogène, France

INTRODUCTION

The prospects for fuel cell development have never been better, thanks to research and development efforts, the strategic choices of major industrial groups and the environmental context.

The power of a fuel cell depends on the size of the repeating cell, the number of cells in a stack (from 1 to several hundred) and the number of stacks used, leading to outputs ranging from a few watts to tens of megawatts. Fuel cell systems are particularly relevant in the heavy mobility sector, which requires high power and autonomy. This applies not only to land-based heavy mobility (buses, trucks, trains), but also to non-land-based mobility (ships, aircraft), which will be covered in this article.

The third part of this article looks at fuel cell applications, from low-power (< 100 W) fuel cells that can be used in a variety of portable applications (personal microcomputers, autonomous power sources for camping, telecommunications, drones), to intermediate-power (1 kW) fuel cells that can be used, for example, to power industrial trucks.

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KEYWORDS

portables applications | aerospace | fuell cells | fluvial and maritime navigation | portable systems

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