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Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell

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A unitized regenerative fuel cell, or URFC, is a proton exchange membrane device that can run in either of two directions using the very same fuel cell stack: in regenerative mode it electrolyzes water into hydrogen and oxygen, and in fuel cell mode it recombines that hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity. Combining both functions into one stack distinguishes it from a regenerative fuel cell system built from two separate devices, an electrolyzer and a fuel cell, operating side by side.

Facts
Partially Attested
Invented Year
1996 1
source states a 50-watt prototype was produced by this year, not stated as a formal invention date
Classification
Maturity
TRL 3: Experimental Proof of Concept 1
Technology Type
Fuel cell 1
Sources
1. Unitized regenerative fuel cell - Wikipedia
  • Wikidata description field
    type of fuel cell
  • History section
    By 1996 he produced a 50-watt prototype
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