Development of a Micro‐Structured Methanol Fuel Processor Coupled to a High‐Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Abstract

Abstract The aim of the work presented in the current paper was the development of a portable power generation device applying methanol as fuel and fuel cell technology with an electrical net power output of 100 W. At the Institut für Mikrotechnik Mainz (IMM), Germany, an integrated micro‐structured methanol fuel processor based on oxidative steam reforming was developed. The fuel processor was tested separately and then coupled to a high‐temperature fuel cell that had been developed in parallel by the Zentrum für Brennstoffzellentechnik GmbH (ZBT).