FuelCell能源公司获190万美元资金

FuelCell Energy today announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded it approximately $1.9 million for the Development of a Microchannel High Temperature Recuperator for Fuel Cell Systems. The award will be funded from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.

FuelCell能源公司今天宣布，美国能源部（DOE）的授予它约190万美元开发微通道换热器高温燃料电池系统。该资金来自2009年度美国恢复和再投资计划。

The programme&qpos;s goal is to improve the performance and cost of fuel cell power plants that are integrated with unfired gas turbines in combined cycle applications such as FuelCell Energy&qpos;s patented Direct FuelCell/Turbine, by using advances in microchannel technology.Microchannels are tiny passages in the heat exchangers (recuperators) that significantly enhance heat recovery effectiveness and potentially reduce recuperat.FuelCell Energy, in partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will fabricate and test a 15 kilowatt and a 150 kilowatt thermal recuperato.This project involves the development of design, scalability analysis, fabrication, and commercialapplicability of microchannel-based recuperators for fuel cell systems.

该项目的目标是提高燃料电池装置性能和降低其成本，包括换热器的测试分析、模型验证测试、以及设计大小适当的兆瓦级的燃料电池系统。FuelCell能源公司与西北太平洋国家实验室（PNNL）合作，将制造和测试了15万千瓦和150千瓦热换热器。该项目涉及设计开发，可扩展性分析，制造和微通道为基础的燃料电池系统换热器的商业化应用。