MOLTEN CARBONATE FUEL CELL SYSTEM VERIFICATION AND SCALE-UP.

A three year project is reported for the purpose of demonstrating the operability of a molten carbonate cell stack, an advanced fuel processor and critical system components in a subscale power plant context. The project activities comprise three technical tasks: (1) testing a nominal 2-kw stack of the configuration resulting from other EPRI sponsored work (RP114-2), (2) testing a nominal 2-kw stack at elevated pressures, and (3) testing a pressurized 20-kw ″breadboard″ power plant comprising advanced fuel processing, a stack of more than 100 cells and ancillaries necessary for operation of dispersed generator power plants. The breadboard power plant will operate on distillate liquid fuels from petroleum and coal.