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Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells for Stationary Applications

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Glossary

ADG:

Anaerobic digester gas.

BOP:

Balance of plant. Involves components other than fuel cell stacks in a power plant.

Bubble pressure:

Ability of a component filled with acid to withstand a given pressure of gas.

Carbonization:

This process involves heating resin-impregnated material to ~ 1,000 ° C to carbonize.

CH4:

Methane.

CHP:

Combined heat and power. Equipment that generates both electrical and thermal energy.

Cloud tower:

Equipment to deposit catalyst onto GDL.

ECA:

Electrochemical area, ideally the Pt surface area available for oxygen reduction or Hydrogen oxidation reaction.

Efficiency:

Energy output/Energy input.

ETU:

Electrolyte take-up: Quantity of electrolyte (H3PO4) taken up by a unit weight of carbon.

FEP:

Fluorinated ethylene propylene.

Floc:

Mixture of carbon-coated catalyst and PTFE®.

GDL:

Gas diffusion layers.

GDL:

Gas diffusion layers or substrates.

Graphitization:

This process involves in heating carbon material to temperatures of 2,500–3,000 °C to improve...

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The authors would like to acknowledge Tom Jarvi for his valuable input into framing the outline for the entry.

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  1. Doosan Fuel Cell America, South Windsor, CT, USA

    Sridhar V. Kanuri & Sathya Motupally

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Kanuri, S.V., Motupally, S. (2012). Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells for Stationary Applications. In: Lipman, T., Weber, A. (eds) Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Production. Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7789-5_150

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