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The present system is 100 kilo-Watts, enough for 30 to 100 houses, depending on the area. They claim better than 50% thermal efficiency with LHV, which is good, since most scams start by using HHV (LHV is lower heating value, HHV is higher heating value, HHV includes energy assuming you can condense water out of the exhaust gas as part of the cycle).
I would need to look a bit closer at this. GE was trying to do this and hit the wall with the reformer. They claimed they would have a 5 kW unit by 2004. It still hasn't happened.
The reformer takes steam, heats it, mixes it with fuel and produces Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen. You separate the hydrogen which goes into the fuel cell and you burn the CO to heat more steam.
This is not really new technology. "City gas", as opposed to "natural gas" was produced the same way. "City Gas" is CO and hydrogen. This is where the suicide by sticking your head in the oven comes from. This has not been the case for a long long time.
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The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the engineer adjusts the sails.- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Red-beard for President, 2020
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