PAFC Performance Characteristics

 

• PAFC power plant designs show electrical efficiencies in the range from 36% (HHV) to 42% (HHV).
  
  
• The higher efficiency designs operate with pressurized reactants.
  
  
• The higher efficiency pressurized design requires more components and likely higher cost.
  
  
• PAFC power plants supply usable thermal energy at an efficiency of 37% (HHV) to 41% (HHV).
  
  
• A portion of the thermal energy can be supplied at temperatures of ~ 250°F to ~ 300°F.
  
  
• However, the majority of the thermal energy is supplied at ~150°F.
  
  
• The PAFC has a power density of 160-175 watts/ft² of active cell area