FuelConverter

PowerCell is developing a fuel converter which convert standard grade diesel into high quality hydrogen reformate which can be used to fuel our fuel cell system.

Diesel is a complex mixture of numerous hydrocarbons, and it is this complexity that has presented a major challenge in the production of clean hydrogen for automotive applications.

The main difficulty with using diesel is to avoid soot formation of the simpler compounds, while at the same time providing sufficient energy for converting the more complex hydrocarbons in diesel. PowerCell has solved this problem, by designing a system that homogeneously oxidizes the fuel in a pre-reforming chamber, while at the same time providing additional heat for converting the more complex hydrocarbons to a rich, high quality hydrogen gas mixture.

Features:

Converts commercial available fuel, such as diesel, into a hydrogen rich gas.

• Fuel infrastructure neutral
• Scalability
• Clean conversion
• Patent design