Casio fuel cell to power notebook computer.Japan's Casio Computer Co. recently announced that it has prototyped a methanol reformate fuel cell that is small in size and produces enough power to drive a digital camera. Starting from fiscal year 2007 the company expects to have a higher-output version that can power a notebook computer.The prototype is built on a board that measures 150 by 80 millimeters and is etched with multiple layers of trenches to direct the flow of methanol from the fuel cartridge to the reformer, the flow of hydrogen and oxygen to the reaction center, and the flow of water and carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. away from the reaction center. Other components on this board include sensors, valves, pumps, the reformer where hydrogen is derived from the methanol fuel This article is about Methanol used as a fuel. For other alcohols used as fuels, see Alcohol fuel. Methyl alcohol, wood spirits, and Methanol Methanol has been considered as a fuel, mainly in combination with gasoline. , and the actual cells where hydrogen and oxygen react to yield electrons. Casio expects that with higher-output cells, the same structure could power a notebook computer. Contact: Casio Computer Co., www.casio.com. (EIN EIN Employer Identification Number EIN Employee Identification Number EIN European Ideas Network (think tank) EIN Environmental Information Network EIN Equivalent Input Noise EIN Elderhostel Institute Network STAFF: 11/14) |
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