Technical Innovations
April 2005
Bi-fuel, fuel-cell power gen
A fuel cell that can operate on either natural gas or methanol, or both, went into service at a Vattenfall plant in Berlin last fall. The bi-fuel properties of MTU CFC Solutions‘ HotModule are being tested ineveryday operation as part of field trials at BeWAG, a subsidiary of Vattenfall, a Swedish-owned utility company whose main markets include Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Poland. The test run is also intended to demonstrate that the system is not reliant on the existence of supply networks because the liquid fuel used in the system is derived from wastes generated in the city of Berlin.
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