Validation of an Integrated System for a Hydrogen Energy StationCX(s) Applied: B5.1Date: 05/28/2010Location(s): Fountain Valley, CaliforniaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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May 28, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B5.1
Date: 05/28/2010
Location(s): Fountain Valley, California
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Air Products and Chemicals Company Inc., in partnership with FuelCell Energy, is proposing to use Department of Energy (DOE) funding to design, construct, and operate a temporary Fuel Cell Energy Station at the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) in Fountain Valley, California. The project will involve the installation of a demonstration scale high temperature fuel cell, which would use waste digester gas from the sanitation facility to co-produce electricity, heat, and hydrogen. The excess hydrogen will be routed to the onsite hydrogen fueling station funded by DOE under a separate cooperative agreement, DE-FC36-05GO85026. Energy produced by the fuel cell will be used onsite by the plant and hydrogen fueling station and excess heat will be utilized by the digester facility as heating water. The fuel cell will be located adjacent to several large trickling filters and digesters at OCSD's Reclamation Plant at 10844 Ellis Avenue. Once the installation is completed, the Hydrogen Energy Station will be operated for a demonstration period of six months to one year.