Lots of interest has been shown for N-GHY’s
diesel fuel prototype at the N-GHY booth.
Jaques Saint Just, International experts in Fuel
Cell Processing for H2 Production (front, right),
discusses with Didier Martin, Business Development
Manager (2nd from the right), and Samuel Lecoq,
Technical Manager (4th from the right), N-GHY.
From organisation developing components to complement
N-GHY’s devices: Peter Arderliesten, ECN
(3rd from the left) discussing with Didier Grouset,
CEO and Chairman, N-GHY (3rd from the right).
Patrick Droulers (right) speaking to Didier Martin,
Business Development Manager, N-GHY, and Didier
Grouset, CEO and Chairman, N-GHY.
Company's Interests:
N-GHY is a leading, private and independent company
in design and industrial development of fuel processors
generating Hydrogen for fuel cells.
N-GHY was created early 2002, but N-GHY people
have been working for seven years on an original
proprietary non catalytic high temperature reactor
for Hydrogen extraction from any type of fuel,
coupled with a catalytic unit for reformate gas
clean-up. This process efficiently generates Hydrogen,
pure or diluted, suitable for fuel cell systems,
from natural gas, propane, diesel fuel or bio-fuels.
N-GHY cooperates with international research institutions
and major industrial companies from different
market sectors: energy, automobile, Defence for
CHP generation, mobile applications or refuelling
stations.
Achievements in 2003:
Test runs on the N-GHY 20 kW test bench have been
performed with propane, methane, ethanol, diesel
oil, rapeseed oil and rapeseed methyl ester: the
capabilities of the non catalytic high temperature
reactor have been demonstrated.
Basic design and detailed design have been achieved
for an integrated fuel processor of diesel fuel
for a 5 kWe PEMFC.
Scenarios for coupling the N-GHY high temperature
reactor with an SOFC have been defined for combined
heat and power generation from light or heavy
fuels.
Basic design for pure hydrogen generation with
CO2 capture (for further valorisation or sequestration)
has been completed.
Design tool box and experimental data bank have
been complemented: customised prototypes for Hydrogen
generation from any type of fuel can nowadays
be designed and realised for fuel cells (PEMFC
or SOFC) ranging from 1 to 100 kWe.
News at HANNOVER FAIR 2004:
1) PACUTIL: a prototype of an integrated fuel
processor for diesel fuel will be on display.
2) Experimental results of rapeseed oil, rapeseed
methyl ester and diesel fuel processing will be
presented.
3) Features of the GENHSTOK process for pure Hydrogen
production at high pressure and high temperature
from any fossil or bio-fuel without any CO2 emission
will be on display.
