Fuel cell operation on landfill gas at Penrose Power Station

R.j Spiegel, J.l Preston and J.c Trocciola

Energy, 1999, vol. 24, issue 8, 723-742

Abstract: This demonstration test successfully demonstrated the operation of a commercial phosphoric acid fuel cell (FC) on landfill gas (LG) at the Penrose Power Station in Sun Valley, CA. Demonstration output included operation up to 137kW; 37.1% efficiency at 120kW; exceptionally low secondary emissions (dry gas, 15% O2) of 0.77ppmV CO, 0.12ppmV NOx, and undetectable SO2; no forced outages with an adjusted availability of 98.5%; and a total of 707h of operation on LG. The LG pretreatment unit (GPU) operated for a total of 2297h, including the 707h with the FC, and documented total sulfur and halide removal to much lower than the specified <3ppmV for the FC. The GPU flare safely disposed of the removed LG contaminants by achieving destruction efficiencies greater than 99%.

Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(99)00022-5

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