Consumers’ demand for portable audio/video/ICT products has driven the development of advanced power technologies in recent years. Fuel cells are a clean technology with low emissions levels, suitable for operation with renewable fuels and capable, in a next future, of replacing conventional power systems meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol for a society based on sustainable energy systems.Within such a perspective, the objective of the European project MOREPOWER (compact direct methanol fuel cells for portable applications) is the development of a low-cost, low temperature, portable direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC; nominal power 250 W) with compact construction and modular design for the potential market area of weather stations, medical devices, signal units, gas sensors and security cameras. This investigation is focused on a conceptual study of the DMFC system carried out in the Matlab/Simulink® platform: the proposed scheme arrangements lead to a simple equipment architecture and a efficient process.

Compact Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Application / Icardi, UGO ANDREA; Specchia, Stefania; Fontana, G. J. R.; Saracco, Guido; Specchia, Vito. - In: JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES. - ISSN 0378-7753. - STAMPA. - 176:2(2008), pp. 460-467. [10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.08.048]

Compact Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Application

ICARDI, UGO ANDREA;SPECCHIA, STEFANIA;SARACCO, GUIDO;SPECCHIA, Vito
2008

Abstract

Consumers’ demand for portable audio/video/ICT products has driven the development of advanced power technologies in recent years. Fuel cells are a clean technology with low emissions levels, suitable for operation with renewable fuels and capable, in a next future, of replacing conventional power systems meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol for a society based on sustainable energy systems.Within such a perspective, the objective of the European project MOREPOWER (compact direct methanol fuel cells for portable applications) is the development of a low-cost, low temperature, portable direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC; nominal power 250 W) with compact construction and modular design for the potential market area of weather stations, medical devices, signal units, gas sensors and security cameras. This investigation is focused on a conceptual study of the DMFC system carried out in the Matlab/Simulink® platform: the proposed scheme arrangements lead to a simple equipment architecture and a efficient process.
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