The promise of fuel cell-based automobiles

Fuel cell-based automobiles have gained attention in the last few years due to growing public concern about urban air pollution and consequent environmental problems. From an analysis of the power and energy requirements of a modern car, it is estimated that a base sustainable power ofca. 50 kW supplemented with short bursts up to 80 kW will suffice in most driving requirements. The energy demand depends greatly on driving characteristics but under normal usage is expected to be 200 Wh/km. The advantages and disadvantages of candidate fuel-cell systems and various fuels are considered together with the issue of whether the fuel should be converted directly in the fuel cell or should be reformed to hydrogen onboard the vehicle. For fuel cell vehicles to compete successfully with conventional internal-combustion engine vehicles, it appears that direct conversion fuel cells using probably hydrogen, but possibly methanol, are the only realistic contenders for road transportation applications. Among the available fuel cell technologies, polymer-electrolyte fuel cells directly fueled with hydrogen appear to be the best option for powering fuel cell vehicles as there is every prospect that these will exceed the performance of the internal-combustion engine vehicles but for their first cost. A target cost of $ 50/kW would be mandatory to make polymer-electrolyte fuel cells competitive with the internal combustion engines and can only be achieved with design changes that would substantially reduce the quantity of materials used. At present, prominent car manufacturers are deploying important research and development efforts to develop fuel cell vehicles and are projecting to start production by 2005.     

等离子喷涂燃料电池连接板LSM薄膜的性能研究

采用等离子喷涂法在SUS 430连接板基体上制备了LSM(La0.8 Sr0.2 MnO3)薄膜。用X射线衍射仪、扫描电镜和电子探针分别研究了喷涂前后LSM的相组成、薄膜的表面形貌和元素分布。用图像分析法计算了薄膜的孔隙率。二支点法测量了有与无LSM薄膜的SUS 430基体在130～800℃时的电导率。结果发现,薄膜与基体结合良好,薄膜孔隙细小,均匀分布,且非连通;LSM的相组成在喷涂前后保持一致;当温度<330℃时,有LSM保护膜的连接板的电导率小于无LSM薄膜的连接板的电导率;温度>330℃,结果相反。有LSM保护膜的连接板在空气中,130～800℃下,最大电导率为0.60Ω-1·cm-1。     

V_2O_5催化剂上甲醇乙醇一步合成醛类化合物的研究

在固定床反应器上研究了V2O5催化剂上甲醇、乙醇一步催化合成异丁醛等醛类化合物的反应。当反应在常压、350℃、进料比n(甲醇)/n(乙醇)=2、空速2.0h-1条件下进行时,乙醇转化率为89.05%,总醛产率达87.3%,其中异丁醛、乙醛、丙醛产率分别为16.71%、52.03%、18.56%,其余为丙醇、甲醛等化合物。当空速降为为0.5h-1时,乙醇转化率达到97.04%,异丁醛产率达29.07%,但总醛收率降为69.6%。该反应系统的反应历程被探讨。     

聚乙烯醇膜的阻醇及导电性能(Ⅱ)戊二醛交联聚乙烯醇膜

为提高直接甲醇燃料电池(DMFC)用膜的阻醇性能，采用在渗透蒸发领域广泛使用且具有良好分离效果的聚乙烯醇(PVA)为主要材料，制备了戊二醛(GA)交联PVA膜，考察了此类膜的阻醇及质子导电能力。PVA(GA)膜的阻醇效果较目前在DMFC中广泛使用的Nation膜有显著提高，但其自身不具有质子导电能力，需外加电解质溶液以提高其电导率。     

燃料性质对加热炉腐蚀结焦的影响及其防治

从加热炉燃料变化情况入手 ,分析了加热炉目前存在的炉管结垢 ,预热器烟气露点腐蚀以及炉体腐蚀等问题。从机理上进行了探讨 ,从而提出了原油脱金属、燃料气脱硫、燃料油优化、化学除垢以及预热器改造等防护措施。     

影响喷气燃料与橡胶相容性的因素

采用几种具有不同初始物理性能及不同丙烯腈含量、不同硫化剂和硫化程度的丁腈橡胶，考察了其配方和物理性能对采用不同工艺条件生产的喷气燃料的相容性。结果表明，喷气燃料与橡胶的相容性不仅与喷气燃料的加工工艺有关，而且与橡胶的组成及其制备工艺有关。采用非加氢工艺生产的喷气燃料与橡胶的相容性好于采用加氢工艺(特别是加氢裂化工艺)生产的喷气燃料。橡胶材料的初始力学性能的好坏并不完全决定其与喷气燃料相容性的好坏，橡胶材料的耐过氧化物侵蚀能力才是影响相容性好坏的主要因素。橡胶的组成和其制备工艺决定了橡胶在喷气燃料中萃取物的数量和组成，不同萃取物的综合作用给相容性带来不同程度的影响。用硫作硫化剂的橡胶虽然原始强度低于用过氧化物作硫化剂的橡胶，但前者与喷气燃料的相容性却远好于后者。     

用添加剂改善柴油的颜色稳定性

利用实验室筛选出的一种柴油安定性改进剂改善柴油的颜色稳定性。贮存实验表明：成品柴油(催化裂化柴油组分占30％)中加入该剂300～400μg/g，可改善比色0．5-1．5个号，同时可抑制柴油氧化沉渣的生成，改善柴油的氧化安定性和颜色稳定性。     

FEM model of the ohmic resistance of IP-SOFCs

In the present work, the ohmic resistance of an integrated planar-SOFC (IP-SOFC) has been evaluated by developing a model whose equations have been solved numerically through an FEM method. The model allows to estimate the distribution of voltage and current density in the cell. A comparison between simulated and experimental data of area specific resistance is reported, which shows satisfactory agreement. The mathematical model has also been used to carry out some parametric studies for optimisation purposes. Indeed, a reduction in cell pitch length and an increase in electrode thickness are predicted to lead to a reduction in ohmic losses in IP-SOFCs.     

NiCoFe/C cathode electrocatalysts for direct ethanol fuel cells

A direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC), which is less prone to ethanol crossover, is reported. The cell consists of PtRu/C catalyst as the anode, Nafion^® 117 membrane, and Ni–Co–Fe (NCF) composite catalyst as the cathode. The NCF catalyst was synthesized by mixing Ni, Co, and Fe complexes into a polymer matrix (melamine-formaldehyde resins), followed by heating the mixture at 800 °C under inert atmosphere. TEM and EDX experiments suggest that the NCF catalyst has alloy structures of Ni, Co and Fe. The catalytic activity of the NCF catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was compared with that of commercially available Pt/C (CAP) catalyst at different ethanol concentrations. The decrease in open circuit voltage (V_oc) of the DEFC equipped with the NCF catalysts was less than that of CAP catalyst at higher ethanol concentrations. The NCF catalyst was less prone to ethanol oxidation at cathode even when ethanol crossover occurred through the Nafion^®117 film, which prevents voltage drop at the cathode. However, the CAP catalyst did oxidize ethanol at the cathode and caused a decrease in voltage at higher ethanol concentrations.     

用于气煤炼焦的新型直立炉

论述了陕西省子长气煤在新型直立炉炼焦的工艺过程及炉型特点，分析了产品质量及经济效益。