Development of TMI Logistic Fuel Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) for Advanced Military Power Generation Systems

Abstract

Power generation systems based on the Technology Management, Inc. (TMI) solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) are an optional modality for military applications requiring small scale, lightweight, compact sources of electrical power for extended missions. An example is a portable power generation system for battery recharging or replacement. Critical is the ability to insert this technology into existing military operations. This requires the ability to use military logistic fuel, preferably directly without pretreatment. Technology Management, Inc., has designed and is implementing a compact, integrated system using TMI's proprietary sulfur-tolerant planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and steam reformer, integrated into a compact unit which converts military logistic fuel into power directly and does not require either fuel pre-processing systems or fuel pretreatment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384206

Entities

People

  • Christopher Milliken
  • Michael A. Petrik
  • Robert C. Ruhl

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Back Pressure
  • Cells
  • Cooling
  • Current Density
  • Data Sets
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fuel Cells
  • Gas Flow
  • Gaseous Fuels
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology