Proton Energy Systems Awarded Phase II NASA SBIR 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)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Proton Energy Systems announced today that the Company has been selected for a NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Phase II 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) ) contract leading to further development of an advanced fuel cell. The contract for a "Zero Gravity zero gravity n. The condition of apparent weightlessness occurring when the centrifugal force on a body exactly counterbalances the gravitational attraction on it. - 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. Regenerative Fuel Cell Energy Storage System" leads to a PEM fuel cell that provides the advantages of a primary fuel cell but can recharge itself from an electrical power supply. The Phase II contract continues and significantly expands effort begun by Proton in 1998 leading to kilowatt-scale test systems. Successful prototypes of these energy storage products will be suitable for development to serve future NASA mission requirements. The salient features of this system-high reliability and no moving parts-make it an excellent candidate for Technology Transfer to meet commercial energy storage needs. These unitized regenerative fuel cell (URFC URFC Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell URFC Union Révolutionnaire des Femmes du Congo (Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women, Republic of the Congo) ) products could 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, and portable power. Walter (Chip) Schroeder, PROTON's president stated "URFCs may ultimately be used to provide energy storage in homes, villages, and factories." Coupled to a conventional fuel source such as natural gas, these systems can create a complete energy management system with the ability to both generate and store electricity. Coupled to renewable power such as photovoltaics, PROTON's URFC provides the means to provide "power on demand" from inherently intermittent renewable sources. Proton Energy Systems, located in Rocky Hill, CT is a world leader in the development and commercial manufacture of 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. 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; commercial introduction of related energy products is planned for 2001. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion