燃料电池的应用及对油气工业的影响

Utilization of Fuel Battery and Effects on Oil and Gas Industry

燃料电池是一种可广泛利用化石能源及其制品和氢气做燃料，连续地转化为电能的装置。它具有转化效率高、低污染（甚至无污染）、热电联供、不需充电、使用方便、无转动机构、低噪音等优点。它的开发利用将对电力生产和供电、汽车工业的能源带来深远影响。目前正以强劲的势头切入电力工业和汽车工业。本文将介绍燃料电池的原理、特点，在电力工业、汽车工业应用的状况，以及对油气工业的要求和影响。

Fuel battery is a kind of device continuously generating electric energy by converting of fossil energy and its product, as well as hydrogen. It has many advantages, high conversion efficiency, low pollution (even no pollution), combined heat and power generation, no-charge, convenient usage, no-rotative equipment and low noise, etc. Development and utilization of fuel battery will deeply affect electricity production and energy supply of automobile industry. Fuel battery is rapidly coming into electricity industry and automobile industry at present. The paper introduces the principle and characters of fuel battery, utilization situation of electricity industry and automobile industry, as well as the requirement and effect on oil and gas industry.