dc.contributor.author | Zhu, YuanChen | |
dc.contributor.author | Robinson, Travis | |
dc.contributor.author | Al-Othman, Amani | |
dc.contributor.author | Tremblay, Andre | |
dc.contributor.author | Ternan, Marten | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-13T05:29:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-13T05:29:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Zhu, YuanChen, Travis Robinson, Amani Al-Othman, Andre Tremblay, and Marten Ternan. "n-Hexadecane Fuel for a Phosphoric Acid Direct Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell." Journal of Fuels 2015, no. 2015 (2015): 9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2314-601X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11073/8502 | |
dc.description.abstract | The objective of this work was to examine fuel cells as a possible alternative to the diesel fuel engines currently used in railway locomotives, thereby decreasing air emissions from the railway transportation sector. We have investigated the performance of a phosphoric acid fuel cell (PAFC) reactor, with n-hexadecane, C16H34 (a model compound for diesel fuel, cetane number = 100). This is the first extensive study reported in the literature in which n-hexadecane is used directly as the fuel. Measurements were made to obtain both polarization curves and time-on-stream results. Because deactivation was observed hydrogen polarization curves were measured before and after n-hexadecane experiments, to determine the extent of deactivation of the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). By feeding water-only (no fuel) to the fuel cell anode the deactivated MEAs could be regenerated. One set of fuel cell operating conditions that produced a steady-state was identified. Identification of steady-state conditions is significant because it demonstrates that stable fuel cell operation is technically feasible when operating a PAFC with n-hexadecane fuel. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Hindawi | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of Fuels | en_US |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/748679 | en_US |
dc.title | n-Hexadecane Fuel for a Phosphoric Acid Direct Hydrocarbon Fuel Cell | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1155/2015/748679 | |