Integrated anode-less PEM fuel cells (iaPEM-FC) - beyond hydrogen
Reference Number
EP/N013778/1
Title
Integrated anode-less PEM fuel cells (iaPEM-FC) - beyond hydrogen
Status
Completed
Energy Categories
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen end uses (incl. combustion; excl. fuel cells))
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Stationary applications)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Mobile applications)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Stationary applications)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen storage)
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Fuel Cells, Mobile applications)
Research Types
Basic and strategic applied research
Science and Technology Fields
PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Chemistry)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation
Not Cross-cutting
Principal Investigator
Dr L Torrente Murciano
Chemical Engineering
University of Bath
Chemical Engineering
University of Bath
Award Type
Standard
Funding Source
EPSRC
Start Date
01 April 2016
End Date
31 December 2019
Duration
45 months
Total Grant Value
£498,835
Industrial Sectors
Energy
Region
South West
Programme
Energy : Energy
Investigators
Principal Investigator
Dr L Torrente Murciano, Chemical Engineering, University of Bath
Other Investigator
Dr K Black, Centre for Materials and Structures, University of Liverpool
Dr F Marken, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath
Dr F Marken, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath
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Abstract
Due to their great versatility, fuel cells have the possibility of powering everything from small microchips on mobile phones (small voltage) to vehicles (medium voltage) to space shuttles and submarines (high voltage applications). However, despite their potential, the strict requirement of a highly pure hydrogen feed presents difficult challenges regarding storage, safety and economical purification, compromising the widely-accepted view of hydrogen as a competitive alternative to fossil fuels in a renewable energy future. This project will produce a step-change technological evolution of the existing PEM fuel cells by switching the anode process to indirect hydrogen. The resulting technology will be part of a revolution in energy supply where energy from waste, energy surplus, industry energy recycling will complement and surpass fossil fuels. It will transform our understanding of the H2-economy, broadening the concept into renewable hydrogen vectors such ammonia reservoirs (urea, farm waste, municipal waste streams, industrial waste, etc.) and carbohydrate reservoirs in the future (waste streams, cellulosic materials or neoteric fuels from carbon dioxide) providing a renewable, affordable, accessible and non-polluting energy
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