Proton Energy Systems Awarded NASA Advanced PEM Fuel Cell Contract.Rocky Hill Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Rocky Hill was an important river port from 1700 to 1820. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998--Proton Energy Systems announced today that they have won a NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. program leading to the development of a Proton Exchange Membrane A proton exchange membrane (PEM) is a semipermeable membrane generally made from ionomers and designed to conduct protons while being impermeable to gases such as oxygen or hydrogen. Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell (PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail) A standard for secure e-mail on the Internet. It supports encryption, digital signatures and digital certificates as well as both private and public key methods. Not widely used, work on PEM later evolved into S/MIME. See MIME. URFC URFC Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell URFC Union Révolutionnaire des Femmes du Congo (Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women, Republic of the Congo) ) Energy Storage System. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (program/grant) SBIR Space Based Infra-Red SBIR Speaker-Boundary Interference SBIR Site Backsurface-referenced Ideal Plane/Range (silicon wafers) ) effort leads to a unique PEM fuel cell that provides the advantages of a primary fuel cell but can recharge itself from an electrical power supply. This system is the functional equivalent of a battery yet has the highly attractive features of a fuel cell such as high specific energy, high energy density, and long cycle life. Successful prototypes of energy storage products will be suitable for development to serve NASA mission requirements or to meet commercial energy storage needs. Commercial URFC products, the UNIGEN(tm) series, can serve unique electrical energy storage applications through direct conversion of electricity to hydrogen chemical energy offering many performance advantages over even advanced batteries. Important applications include long discharge power systems for premium power backup, standby power supply, atmospheric monitoring, surveillance, and communications. URFCs may ultimately be used in for energy storage in homes, villages, factories, monitoring stations, and on-grid peak shaving. Coupled to a conventional fuel source such as natural gas, these systems can create a complete energy management system with the ability to both store and generate power. Proton Energy Systems, located in Rocky Hill, CT is a world leader in the development and commercial manufacture of proton exchange membrane hydrogen generators and regenerative fuel cells. At the heart of these systems is the proprietary Proton Energy Systems electrochemical cell stack. Commercial hydrogen generator products are now in production with commercial introduction of related energy products planned for early 2000. |
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