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An analysis of the schematic of a power system based on low-temperature proton transfer fuel cells and a fuel processor with a membrane reactor for the steam reforming of CO was carried out. A membrane reactor based on disc diffusion separators of hydrogen and a medium-temperature catalyst of the steam reforming of CO were shown to ensure the thermal efficiency of the fuel processor and the electrical efficiency of a 0.5- to 10-kW power system at a level of 80% and 50%, respectively.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Kirillov, V.D. Meshcheryakov, O.F. Brizitskii, V. Ya. Terent’ev, 2010, published in Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 243–251.
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Kirillov, V.A., Meshcheryakov, V.D., Brizitskii, O.F. et al. Analysis of a power system based on low-temperature fuel cells and a fuel processor with a membrane hydrogen separator. Theor Found Chem Eng 44, 227–235 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579510030012
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