Solutions for Industry - Gas Technologies

Fuel Cell as a Distributed Energy Resource

A fuel cell is an electromechemical device that generates electricity without any moving mechanism. A fuel cell works much like a battery except it uses hydrogen as fuel. Hydrogen can be extracted from natural gas through a fuel reformer.

Benefits:

• Environmentally friendly with no harmful emission   
• Quiet with no moving parts   
• Power reliability with onsite generation

Types of Fuel Cells

• Phosphoric Acid   
• Proton Exchange Membrane or Solid Polymer   
• Molten Carbonate   
• Solid Oxide   
• Alkaline   
• Direct Methanol Fuel Cells   
• Regenerative Fuel Cells   
• Zinc Air Fuel Cells   
• Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell

More information can be found on www.fuelcells.org.

A list of fuel cell manufacturers can be downloaded at www.fuelcells.org/StationaryMarket.pdf.

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