JX Nippon Oil & Energy announced that the company will reduce the price of the current ENE-FARM and will start the sale of new ENE-FARMs, which is of the SOFC type, in autumn this year.
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1. To reduce the price of the ENE-FARM (PEFC-based micro-CHP system) being currently sold by about 20%.
2. To launch the sale of new ENE-FARMs, or SOFC-based micro CHP systems, in October this year.
3. Features of new ENE-FARM: 1) remarkable size reduction of about 40% (volume ratio) when compared with the current machine, and 2) the rated power generation efficiency = 45%.
4. Customers will have more flexible choice when buying the ENE-FARM, with addition of the new SOFC ENE-FARM.
5. To outsource production of the new ENE-FARMs to Dainichi Co., Ltd. (Niigata city).
6. To reveal the SOFC ENE-FARM in “FC EXPO 2011”, March 2 to 4, Tokyo Big Site.
Source: News release
2011年2月25日金曜日
PEFC Operable in Intermediate Temperature Region
Another Fuel Cell Operable in the intermediate temperature region (100 to 200 Celsius degree) was already developed. The fuel cell is a PEFC of the non-humidification type. A unique solid electrolyte membrane is used which is a PBI/H3PO4 composite membrane made of polybenzimidazole (PBI) doped with phosphoric acid. Possible applications of the technology are alkaline fuel cell, MFC and others, in addition to the PEFC.
Developer: Lab team led by Masahiro Rikukawa, professor of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Sophia University.
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Sources: Tech-On!
I found the technology when writing other related articles, but I missed to refer to this technology.
Developer: Lab team led by Masahiro Rikukawa, professor of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Sophia University.
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Sources: Tech-On!
I found the technology when writing other related articles, but I missed to refer to this technology.
2011年2月19日土曜日
Micro-tubular SOFC Directly Reforms Hydrocarbon Fuel at 450℃ or Lower and Generates Electric Power
A micro SOFC has been recently developed. It is a micro-tubular SOFC. The operating temperature of the micro SOFC is 450 Celsius degree or lower. The developers = AIST and Prof. Nigel Sammes, Colorado School of Mines.
The micro-tubular SOFC is featured by:
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The micro-tubular SOFC is featured by:
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2011年2月5日土曜日
“Hydrogen Town Project” is going on in Japan
The project has started on January 15, 2011.
The fuel cell systems using pure hydrogen as their fuel are demonstration tested in a (Kitakyushu) hydrogen town. In the town, ordinary homes, condominiums, commercial and public facilities are installed with different types of fuel cell systems (1 kw, 3 kw and 1,000 kw). Hydrogen gas is produced in Nippon Steel Yawata Works, located near the hydrogen town. Hydrogen gas produced is delivered to the hydrogen town, through the pipelines that are laid in the city area of the hydrogen town. The project is very unique.
To read more, visit HERE.
The fuel cell systems using pure hydrogen as their fuel are demonstration tested in a (Kitakyushu) hydrogen town. In the town, ordinary homes, condominiums, commercial and public facilities are installed with different types of fuel cell systems (1 kw, 3 kw and 1,000 kw). Hydrogen gas is produced in Nippon Steel Yawata Works, located near the hydrogen town. Hydrogen gas produced is delivered to the hydrogen town, through the pipelines that are laid in the city area of the hydrogen town. The project is very unique.
To read more, visit HERE.
2011年1月26日水曜日
Car and Energy Sectors Actually Move toward Early Stage Market of FCVs in Japan
The Japanese FCV industries, including car and energy, take a large step toward the early stage market of FCVs in 2015.
Recently, in Japan, three big automakers and ten energy companies issued a joint statement declaring that the companies make active efforts to build the infrastructure for supplying hydrogen gas to fuel cell vehicles (FCV), which will enter the early market stage in around 2015. About 100 hydrogen stations will be built in the major metropolitan cities of Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka.
The FCV driving demonstration test using FCV buses has started from the middle of December last year. The FCV buses regularly run on the routes, including the highway, between Haneda airport and two locations in Tokyo. The demonstration test using the hired-car will be conducted before long. The hired-car runs on the highway between Narita airport and the center of Tokyo.
The way for the hydrogen station to obtain hydrogen gas is different between 1) the hydrogen station coupled to the bus route and 2) that coupled to the hired-car route.
To learn more, visit HERE.
Recently, in Japan, three big automakers and ten energy companies issued a joint statement declaring that the companies make active efforts to build the infrastructure for supplying hydrogen gas to fuel cell vehicles (FCV), which will enter the early market stage in around 2015. About 100 hydrogen stations will be built in the major metropolitan cities of Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka.
The FCV driving demonstration test using FCV buses has started from the middle of December last year. The FCV buses regularly run on the routes, including the highway, between Haneda airport and two locations in Tokyo. The demonstration test using the hired-car will be conducted before long. The hired-car runs on the highway between Narita airport and the center of Tokyo.
The way for the hydrogen station to obtain hydrogen gas is different between 1) the hydrogen station coupled to the bus route and 2) that coupled to the hired-car route.
To learn more, visit HERE.
2011年1月21日金曜日
Another micro SOFC operating at 450 Celsius degree or lower
A micro-tubular SOFC, co-developed by AIST and Prof. Nigel Sammes, Colorado School of Mines.
It is capable of generating electric power by directly reforming any of various kinds of hydrocarbon fuels into hydrogen fuel even at 450 Celsius degree or lower.
A ceria layer of nanometer-size (reforming catalyst) is formed on the inner wall of the tube.
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It is capable of generating electric power by directly reforming any of various kinds of hydrocarbon fuels into hydrogen fuel even at 450 Celsius degree or lower.
A ceria layer of nanometer-size (reforming catalyst) is formed on the inner wall of the tube.
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2011年1月15日土曜日
SOFC and PEFC, their Operating Temperatures Go toward Intermediate Temperatures
In the PEFC and SOFC fields, it seems that much development efforts are directed to the technologies to stably operate those types of the fuel cells at the intermediate temperatures in practical levels.
The fuel cell that Nordic Power Systems uses operates at temperatures higher than 100 Celsius degree, the limit operating temperature of the PEFC.
SiEnergy Systems, LLC (USA) has fabricated a prototype of the micro-SOFC, which operates at 300 Celsius degree.
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In connection with this, the lab team led by Prof. Yuichi Shimakawa (Kyoto University) discovered the fact that the oxygen ions anisotropically diffuse in the solid oxide at 300 Celsius degree or lower. The discovery shows that the perovskite-structure oxide exhibits the oxygen ion conductivity in the intermediate temperature region. The discovery is a big discovery when considering the current development trend to operate the fuel cells at the intermediate temperatures. The news on the discovery was released at about this time of the last year. I have carelessly forgotten to refer to the discovery news in my related articles although I wanted to do so. The technical paper describing the discovery was posted to the journal Nature Chemistry and was published on its online version.
SiEnergy: http://www.alliedminds.com/Portfolio/SiEnergy_Systems/index.htm
Nature Chemistry：
http://www.ehcc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/eh10/index.php?plugin=attach&refer=%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87/Publications&openfile=133_NatureChemistry_SrFeO2film.pd
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The fuel cell that Nordic Power Systems uses operates at temperatures higher than 100 Celsius degree, the limit operating temperature of the PEFC.
SiEnergy Systems, LLC (USA) has fabricated a prototype of the micro-SOFC, which operates at 300 Celsius degree.
[Copyright by FuelCell japan]
In connection with this, the lab team led by Prof. Yuichi Shimakawa (Kyoto University) discovered the fact that the oxygen ions anisotropically diffuse in the solid oxide at 300 Celsius degree or lower. The discovery shows that the perovskite-structure oxide exhibits the oxygen ion conductivity in the intermediate temperature region. The discovery is a big discovery when considering the current development trend to operate the fuel cells at the intermediate temperatures. The news on the discovery was released at about this time of the last year. I have carelessly forgotten to refer to the discovery news in my related articles although I wanted to do so. The technical paper describing the discovery was posted to the journal Nature Chemistry and was published on its online version.
SiEnergy: http://www.alliedminds.com/Portfolio/SiEnergy_Systems/index.htm
Nature Chemistry：
http://www.ehcc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/eh10/index.php?plugin=attach&refer=%E8%AB%96%E6%96%87/Publications&openfile=133_NatureChemistry_SrFeO2film.pd
My site：http://www.fcpat-japan.com/SiEnergy.htm
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