Stationary power Future directions

Although it is possible to burn hydrogen directly as a fuel (as in an internal combustion engine as a direct replacement for gasoline), most projections of widespread future hydrogen use envisage its use in fuel cells. There are four main areas of such applications auxiliary power units, portable fuel cells, stationary power and FCVs. 

With a hydrogen distribution inffastmcture, decentralized power generation with fuel cells would have many advantageous attributes. At present and in the near future, however, hydrogen wUl not be avaUable as fuel for distributed power, therefore systems for stationary co-generation are developed mainly for natural gas as the fuel. Natural gas caimot be converted directly in fuel cells but has to be reformed hydrogen is extracted in a chemical reaction, which requires temperatures... 

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