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Life cycle assessment of gas atomised sponge nickel for use in alkaline hydrogen fuel cell applications

Benjamin P Wilson, Nicholas Lavery Orcid Logo, David J Jarvis, Tomi Anttila, Jyri Rantanen, Stephen G.R Brown, Nicholas J Adkins, Steve Brown

Journal of Power Sources, Volume: 243, Pages: 242 - 252

Swansea University Authors: Nicholas Lavery Orcid Logo, Steve Brown

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This work represents the summary of the life cycle assessment of nickel aluminide intermetallic powders as used in the anodes of hydrogen fuel cells, work done for the IMPRESS FP6 project (2004 to 2009). NiAl intermetallics have good catalytic properties making them particularly useful for numerous...

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title Life cycle assessment of gas atomised sponge nickel for use in alkaline hydrogen fuel cell applications
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description This work represents the summary of the life cycle assessment of nickel aluminide intermetallic powders as used in the anodes of hydrogen fuel cells, work done for the IMPRESS FP6 project (2004 to 2009). NiAl intermetallics have good catalytic properties making them particularly useful for numerous hydrogenation reactions in the chemical industry, as well as electro-catalysts in alkaline fuel cells.The work in this paper represents the culmination of 5 years of data gathering from all the project partners, and the presentation and interpretation of the life cycle assessment of sponge nickel produced by gas atomisation for use in industrial hydrogenation catalysis applications, as compared to the conventional manufacturing route.The results predict that there would be an overall reduction in green house gas emissions of about 10% over the lifetime of the catalyst based on improvements in catalytic activity over the industrial standard baseline, assuming the best case scenario that any technical hurdles to a wide scale adoption were to be overcome. The adoption or penetration of the improved catalysts ultimately determines the realisable environmental benefits, but the work serves as an example of responsible product development where market drive and cost can go hand in hand with environmental improvements.
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