JTP Elec: Ceramic Fuel Cells
Combined Electrical & Electronic and Mechanical Joint Technical Program Event, organised by Electric Energy Society of Australia and the Society for Sustainable and Environmental Engineers.
Engineers House, Chapman Hall, 11 Bagot Street, North Adelaide
6.15pm Wednesday 8th August 2007
Refreshments from 5:30pm
Speaker: Dr Karl Föger, Chief Technology Officer, Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd
Micro-CHP (combined heat and power) appliances play a significant role in the sustainable supply of energy to the residential sector. Due to the increasing drive for more energy efficient buildings, heating energy needs are decreasing rapidly in particular in a number of European countries. For example, in Germany buildings constructed before 1980 needed about 300kWh/m2annum for heating while for current buildings this requirement is commonly <100kWh/m2annum, and model houses have already been built with even lower energy needs (<15kWh). Electricity is the high value product generated by a micro-CHP unit, and the prime requirements for maximum economic and environmental benefits are (i) high electric efficiency, preferably >45% LHV (requires significant advantage over the fuel efficiency of the current and future electric grid); and (ii) low heat/electric ratio to achieve maximum annual running hours. Only micro-CHP based on high temperature fuel cells (SOFC) are capable to deliver these objectives using currently available fuels (NG, LPG, liquid hydrocarbons, bio-fuels). Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd (CFCL) headquartered in Melbourne and listed on the ASX and AIM equity market has chosen this market segment for commercialising its SOFC technology. The company has designed and built several generations of prototype systems with a 1kW net AC output, and is field-testing them in a number of locations, primarily in Europe.
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