Combining fuel cell power with ammonia/methanol.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

The growth of fuel cell technology has now reached a point where widespread commercialisation is literally just around the corner. As we reported in the Nov-Dec 1999 issue (Nitrogen & Methanol 242), there are many ways in which this may impinge on the ammonia/methanol industry. In the light of new developments, here we revisit the subject of combining large scale fuel cell power generation with the production of ammonia and methanol. Bill Layers reviews the possibilities.

Fuel cells are very efficient converters of energy and differ from conventional power generation in