Compact Reliable Robust (CORE) Power System for Auxiliary Power Applications

Abstract

Under support from TARDEC, an effort to develop a 10 kWe compact reliable robust power system for combat-vehicle applications is well underway. This system operates on battlefield-spec JP-8 to provide silent auxiliary power for the vehicle. The reformer converts JP-8 into a hydrogen rich reformate. The power system combines the reformer with a High-Temperature PEM (HTPEM) fuel-cell stack that retains the quick startup time of a PEM fuel-cell stack while dramatically improving the tolerance to fuel impurities to levels closer to that of SOFC stacks. The paper covers the power system development with the emphasis on the 300-hour demonstration of the 10 kWe reformer operating on JP-8 and its current integration with the fuel cell to produce the 10 kWe power system for 1000 hour demonstration and delivery to TACOM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 2009
Accession Number
ADA505892

Entities

People

  • Archana Bhalerao
  • Dan Maslach
  • Guha Venkataraman
  • Kenneth Lux
  • Kevin Centeck
  • Mehdi Namazian
  • William Elder

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Cells
  • Control Systems
  • Demonstrations
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Engineering
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Fuel Cells
  • Fuels
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Heat Recovery
  • Hydrogen
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Production
  • Systems Engineering
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology