VERFAHREN ZUR ERZEUGUNG VON ELEKTRIZITÄT MITTELS EINES FESTELEKTROLYTSTAPELS UND ETHANOL

摘要

A fuel processing method for a solid oxide fuel cell stack comprising the steps of:
(a) supplying a feed stream comprising ethanol to a methanation reactor containing catalytic material for the methanation of ethanol;
(b) processing the feed stream in the methanation reactor under adiabatic conditions to produce an effluent fuel comprising methane;
(c) transferring the effluent fuel comprising methane to the anode of a solid oxide fuel cell stack comprising at least one solid oxide fuel cell;
(d) providing the cathode of the solid oxide fuel cell stack with an oxygen-containing gas; and
(e) converting the fuel comprising methane and the oxygen-containing gas to electricity in the solid oxide fuel cell stack.