Development of PROX (Preferential Oxidation of CO) System for 1 kW e PEMFC

Seong Ho Lee; Jaesung Han; Kwan Young Lee

doi:10.1007/BF02697152

Development of PROX (Preferential Oxidation of CO) System for 1 kW _e PEMFC

Seong Ho Lee, Jaesung Han, Kwan Young Lee

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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Abstract

PROX is known as one of the most promising technologies which prevent the anode of PEMFC from being poisoned by carbon monoxide. Hence, commercialization of the PEMFC system is highly dependent on the development of the corresponding PROX system. This study is focused on the development of the PROX system for 1 kW_e PEMFC, and the results can be used to predict the performance of a higher-scaled system. Pt-Ru/Al₂O₃ catalyst made by incipient wetness method has been used for the reaction, since this catalyst shows high activity and selectivity for CO oxidation over a wide range of temperature. With the catalyst, a l kW_e proto-type PROX system was set up and its performance was evaluated for the steady state as well as the transient conditions. The outlet CO concentration of the system was below 10 ppm at its steady state. Also, even at transient conditions, in which sudden flow rate change occurred, the resulting CO concentration still remained under 10 ppm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	431-433
Number of pages	3
Journal	Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02697152
Publication status	Published - 2002 May

Keywords

CO Oxidation
Hydrogen
PEMFC
PROX
Pt-Ru

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemistry(all)
Chemical Engineering(all)

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