Fuel cell systems with reforming of petroleum-based and synthetic-based diesel and kerosene fuels for APU applications

The PEFC system showed a calculated electrical net efficiency of 28.5%, whereas 22.3% was calculated for the HT-PEFC system. A high-quality reformate was produced using various diesel and kerosene fuel qualities in the reformer with a relevant technical power class for the APU application. Although a performance loss of the shift reactor was observed, it was kept at an acceptable level at the end of experiments.