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AFC are looking for partners to test and demonstrate our alkaline fuel cell technology.
Technology
An alkaline fuel cell is a device that converts oxygen (from the air) and hydrogen (from a supply) into electrical energy and heat. It’s chemically comparable to a battery that will provide electric power continuously, as long as you feed it with hydrogen and air.
There is only one by-product – water.
Excluding water, an alkaline fuel cell is a zero emission device.
AFC Energy is targeting to produce a 3.5 kW system at a cost of below £2,600 (based upon a production rate of 1,000 kW per annum).
Advantages
- No combustion
- Increased safety – eliminates need to flare waste hydrogen
- No harmful NOx or SOx
- No danger of igniting other gas streams
- Highly efficient conversion of hydrogen to electricity
- Quiet operation
- Design
- Simple – reducing maintenance
- Few moving parts
- Small footprint – efficient use of space
- Modular and scaleable
- Energy security
- On site generation of power
- Reduced dependence on additional power imports
Applications
The chlor-alkali industry is our primary market. These large consumers of energy can reclaim energy and return it to the power grid, without harmful emissions. We’re providing a new, sizeable revenue stream to an industry that:
The amounts of available waste hydrogen in the global chlor-alkali industry could support in excess of 3,000 MW per annum of generating capacity, representing a potential market of £2 billion.
AFC Energy has partnered with Akzo Nobel, a major international chemicals giant, and the fourth largest chlor-alkali producer in Europe.
Within 2 years, Akzo Nobel is expected to make large sums of money from the conversion of waste hydrogen into electrical power into the national grid.
Knut Schwalenberg, General Manager Chlor-Alkali of Akzo Nobel stated: “The Chlor-Alkali industry is energy intensive, so improving energy efficiency is a top priority to keep the processes sustainable. Huge amounts of hydrogen are produced in the electrolysis process as by-product of chlorine and caustic lye. The immediate conversion of this hydrogen into electricity, based on locally installed fuel cells, and the use of this electricity back in the electrolysis process would create an ideal loop. Akzo Nobel regards the technology of AFC Energy as promising and we are looking forward to the results of the cooperation.”
About AFC Energy
AFC Energy PLC is a commercially focussed, very low-cost fuel cell company, and we’re entering the market place by targeting waste hydrogen applications.
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