FUEL-CELLS - AN ATTRACTIVE OPTION FOR USE IN INDUSTRY

In energy generation, environmental loads caused by fossil fuels are o ne of the motivations for the development of effective processes, incl uding new technologies. According to a present assessment, fuel cell e ngineering can reserve some niches in this decade from the point of vi ew of costs. Technically almost mature is especially the phosphoric an d fuel cell. Its use may make sense in the industrial range, if as an industrial by-product hydrogen-rich gases are available, which can be used as fuel for the fuel cell. In the present contribution, an applie d case is described and some statements on the engineering and cost-ef fectiveness are made.