High-temperature fuel cell power station having reduced carbon dioxide emissions

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Fuel cell power stations have established themselves as methods for producing electricity, heat and hydrogen from fossil fuels. Up to now the resulting CO2 , can be liquefied and subsequently stored or deposited in beds only by using complicated techniques. According to the inventive method the majority of the , carbon, which is located inside the fuel that contains hydrocarbons is , converted into solid carbon before the actual electrochemical reaction inside the fuel cell. The solid carbon can then be easily passed out of the system and no longer presents any threat to the environment. The resulting carbon constitutes a valuable product, which can be utilized for other process steps …