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A team of researchers from the Dalian Institute of Chemistry and Physics (DICP), Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has made significant progress in developing a 75 kW fuel cell fed with hydrogen from the reforming of a concentrated solution of methanol.
They used hydrogen extracted from methanol to feed a PEMFC (Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell) fuel cell to generate electric power for three consecutive hours. The novelty comes from the fact that these fuel cells are resistant to carbon monoxide unlike the current PEMFC.
This project is part of one of the key innovation programs of the Chinese government to develop clean energy and makes DICP one of the only organizations in the world to have a technology to integrate hydrogen sources from catalytic reforming. methanol.

http://www.bulletins-electroniques.com/ ... /34310.htm

Do you know the energy balance of such a pile?

Because to extract hydrogen from methanol, I guess it requires NRJ. The ratio of NRJ consumed / NRJ returned is how much for the whole process?