Regenerative fuel cell architectures for lunar surface power

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Cryogenic Fluid Storage, Energy Storage, Fuel Cell Power Plants, Hydrogen Oxygen Fuel Cells, Regenerative Fuel Cells, Supercritical Pressures, Weight Reduction, Extraterrestrial Resources, Ion Exchange Membrane Electrolytes, Lunar Based Equipment, Lunar Bases, Lunar Exploration, Manned Mars Missions, Photovoltaic Conversion, Structural Weight, Systems Analysis

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Various Regenerative Fuel Cell (RFC) configurations for the stationary lunar missions were examined using a RFC computer model. For the stationary applications, a GaAs/Ge photovoltaic (PV) array with a 3000 psi gas storage proton exchange membrane (PEM) RFC providing 25 kWe during the day and 12.5 kWe at night was designed. PV/RFC systems utilizing supercritical H2/O2 storage and cryogenic H2/O2 storage for the RFCs were then compared with the baseline high pressure gas storage RFC system. Preliminary results indicate that for long duration nighttime operation missions, the supercritical H2/O2 storage RFC systems offer over 20 percent mass advantage over the high pressure gas storage while the mass savings for the cryogenic H2/O2 storage RFC systems can be as high as 30 percent.

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