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Fuel Cells in focus: Ceramic Fuel Cells BlueGen
Posted on 04.06.2013

In recent months, there was not only much of the new nano-CHP to report with combustion or Stirling engine, but also the supplier of fuel cell CHP have made ??almost unobserved numerous detail improvements to their devices. In addition to technical improvements and new generations of equipment in some party has done something but also in terms of market and sales.

In today's first installment of our series "Focus fuel cell", we devote ourselves to the first BlueGen of Ceramic Fuel Cells. This week will also be on the devices of Elcore and fuel cell technology Riesaer appear. In addition to the fuel cells are to follow Baxi Innotech, Viessmann and Vaillant in the next week each detailed posts with a video presentation of the new generations of devices.

The league
The BlueGen of Ceramic Fuel Cells is also expected this year, the first available outside of a field test fuel cell. With its unchanged technical data frame of 1.5 kW of electrical power at a heat production of only about 625 watts, which corresponds to a current ratio of 2.4 at an electrical efficiency of 60 percent fabulous, the fuel cell of Ceramic Fuel Cells will also continue with the far the most efficient power generating heating. All other this year's ISH and HMI , however, presented fuel cell CHP unfortunately still generate more heat than electricity and are only tested in field tests.

Amended Sales
But for the team to the BlueGen not everything is running smoothly. Due to the insolvency of the BlueGen Distributors sanevo the units sold are far behind in the market lagged expectations expressed in late 2011. Actually, you had to have planned Heinberg sold to date over 1,000 BlueGen in Germany. In fact, there are so far only about 250 systems have been sold as Ceramic Fuel Cells to the CHP Data Library recently announced.

After CFC has taken over the distribution itself early this year, the company is trying to strategic partnerships and a more attractive price to reach new buyers: "To promote sales, we have the price of 4,000 euros to 25,000 euros reduced," we reported a CFC employees at the Hanover Fair.

CFC also focuses in particular on the region around the production site Heinberg. In cooperation with a local installer and the network operator Alliander 100 BlueGen are offered at an attractive fixed price including installation and subsidized with up to 4,000 euros. Of course, this grant funding with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is cumulative, which encourages each installation of BlueGen with an investment subsidy of up to 13,000 euros. In addition, the Heinsberger Volksbank prospective offers a financing option on the remaining balance.

With this complete package CFC seems to capture the spirit of Heinsberger homeowners: When an information event two weeks ago, a specially rented hall with about 120 seats by over 250 participants was overrun with visitors and a vast majority of buyers had to be content with standing room.

BlueGen with peak load thermal
Also, the testing of a second CHP model with integrated peak load burner followed by Ceramic Fuel Cells in cooperation with the heating technology manufacturer Bruns on. When in 2011 the prototype exhibited at the ISH with the cryptic name " BZG F01 "the fuel cell of BlueGen with a condensing boiler from the house of Brunswick is combined in a stand housing that is not larger than an ordinary freezer. Overall, these compact power centers provide a maximum heat output of 22.8 kW ready. More than 70 systems are being tested in an ongoing field test in three years. It has been learned, the field test is to be expanded with a new generation prototype shortly to 60 devices.

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An article by Louis-F. Steel


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