Ansaldo Fuel Cells Picks Up 2007 Frost & Sullivan European Energy Technology Innovation of the Year Award for its Innovative MCFC Design.LONDON -- The 2007 European Energy Technology Innovation of the Year Award is presented to Ansaldo Fuel Cells (AFCo) for its innovative molten carbonate fuel cell Molten-carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are high-temperature fuel cells, that operate at temperatures of 600ºC and above. They have the highest efficiencies of any type fuel cell, including solid oxide fuel cells, proton exchange membrane fuel cells and phosphoric acid fuel (MCFC MCFC Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell MCFC Manchester City Football Club ) design suitable for a wide range of power generation applications. "Till now AFCo has started five prototype plants using its advanced MCFC technology, which offers a novel potential answer to the problem of switching between fuels, with high efficiency and negligible emissions," explains Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Hema Sarathy. "These power plants can use any kind of hydrogen and carbon monoxide-based fuel including ethanol, diesel, biogas bi·o·gas n. A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide produced by bacterial degradation of organic matter and used as a fuel. biogas Noun gaseous fuel produced by the fermentation of organic waste , syngas
Syngas (from synthesis gas) is the name given to a gas mixture that contains varying amounts of carbon monoxide and hydrogen generated by the gasification of a carbon containing fuel to a gaseous product with , natural gas and pure hydrogen because of its pioneering design which enables multi-fuel ability." After a successful demonstration phase AFCo is presently involved into a product industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and and development programme that, by integrating R&D efforts and field experience made so far, will lead to build a new generation of power plants targeting the medium to high output power markets. Three product classes will be available at the end of this process: * MW class plant Single Vessel: Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell plant for different applications: Utility, Industrial, Distributed Power generation. The plant is based on a pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. Fuel Cell System made of a 1 MW base block hosted in a single pressurized vessel and integrated with reformer and turbine systems. Purification purification, in religion, the ceremonial removal of what the religion deems unclean. The usual agents of purification are water (as in baptism), bodily alteration (as in circumcision), and fire. units will be developed for different fuels. The MW class unit will be designed as a building block for larger power units, taking in account both accessibility to main components, maintainability and a good plant compactness. * 0.25 MW class Compact Plant: MCFC transportable, multifuel plant for different applications (Remote installations and Military). The plant is based on a pressurized Fuel Cell System with 2 stacks, integrated with a microturbine while fuel treatment will vary depending on applications. The plant layout is designed to maximise compactness and easy transportability. * 0.5 MW class Single Vessel: Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell plant for different applications: Distributed generation Distributed generation generates electricity from many small energy sources. It has also been called also called on-site generation, dispersed generation, embedded generation, decentralized generation, decentralized energy or , Remote installations, Waste to Energy. The plant is based on a pressurized 0.5 MW Fuel Cell System hosted in a single pressurized vessel and integrated with reformer and turbine system. Purification units will be developed for different fuels. The 0.5 MW unit is considered as the first step of a product development leading to larger power generation units. "All plant classes will benefit of the fuel flexibility of MCFC systems by using a modular integrated reformer that can be customised to match the selected fuel, thus enabling multi-fuel ability, besides utilising waste heat from the stack," notes Sarathy. "Enhanced efficiency can be achieved through integration with a micro turbine in a hybrid configuration which will also allow the plant to start up with no grid connection The electrical power network (also known as the electrical grid) in the grandest sense consists of three distinct operations:
Recently AFCo has signed two agreements. The first one, with the American L3-CPS for the application of its product to the American military market. The second one with Enel, the leading Italian power generation company, to develop, build and test an integrated trigeneration system with a molten carbonate fuel cells generation plant using Ansaldo Fuel Cells technology. The agreement launches a major partnership between Ansaldo Fuel Cells and Enel, involving the development of molten carbonate fuel cells. The agreement covers the joint construction by mid-2009 of a highly efficient plant, with capacity of around 0.5 MW, at Enel's research centre in Livorno, which will able to supply electricity as well as heating and cooling energy. Ansaldo Fuel Cells will install new components and solutions at the plant, which will provide superior performance compared to other demonstration plants completed successfully in recent years. The partnership also covers the joint development of certain system components, notably the interface between the fuel cells and the electricity grid. The project represents an important part of Ansaldo Fuel Cells' current "Product Development Plan," which should provide the company with a product "ready to market" in the near future. The Frost & Sullivan Award A Sullivan Award may refer to:
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognise companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants The term market participant is used in United States constitutional law to describe a U.S. State which is acting as a producer or supplier of a marketable good or service. When a state is acting in such a role, it may permissibly discriminate against non-residents. and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry. About Ansaldo Fuel Cells Ansaldo Fuel Cells, a Finmeccanica Company controlled by Ansaldo Energia Ansaldo Energia, a śubsidiary of Finmeccanica, is an Italian power company, with an experience of more than a hundred years. Ansaldo Energia covers the entire power generation spectrum with a combination of plant engineering, manufacturing and service activities. , was spun off from Ansaldo Ricerche in 2001, after over two decades of R&D activity on molten carbonate fuel cells. Finmeccanica has entrusted its subsidiary Ansaldo Fuel Cells, the only company in Europe that has invested heavily in the development of molten carbonate fuel cells, with all activities relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc this sector, with the aim of developing, producing and selling the product, in line with the Group's growth strategies. About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics econometrics, technique of economic analysis that expresses economic theory in terms of mathematical relationships and then tests it empirically through statistical research. , and demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. . For more information, visit www.awards.frost.com. |
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