Teledyne Delivers 12 Kilowatt PEM Fuel Cell Power Plant to NASA.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TDY TDY abbr. temporary duty ) today announced that Teledyne Energy Systems, Inc., delivered a 12 kilowatt 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. (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. ) fuel cell power plant to NASA's Glenn Research Center The Glenn Research Center (more correctly, the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field) is a NASA center, located in Cleveland, Ohio between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation (part of the Cleveland Metroparks). in Cleveland, Ohio. The delivery completes Phase II of Teledyne Energy Systems' contract awarded in 2001 to develop a more reliable, powerful, and low maintenance fuel cell power plant for use in future NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. spacecraft. The power plant, known as an "engineering model" includes an advanced hydrogen/oxygen PEM fuel cell stack that provides 30 volts and up to 12 kilowatts of power without any power electronics, providing weight and reliability advantages. The engineering model also demonstrates advances in start up time, response to power changes, water management, and fuel efficiency. "The advances achieved in the engineering model delivered to NASA demonstrate Teledyne Energy Systems' ability to rapidly develop and deploy systems for the space and aircraft sectors," said Robert Mehrabian, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Teledyne Technologies. "The engineering model provides a rigorously tested PEM fuel cell platform upon which to build flight rated production systems." The engineering model will undergo testing at NASA, which includes vibration and thermal vacuum testing that simulates operation in the vacuum of space. Test results will be used to validate the system's readiness to proceed to the flight hardware development stage. PEM fuel cells convert the energy available in hydrogen and oxygen to electricity and water. Under development by Teledyne for aerospace and defense applications, PEM fuel cells offer several advantages over the alkaline fuel cells currently used for spaceflight, such as the ability to use propellant-grade reactants, the potential for lower cost due to their wider commercial uses; lower maintenance costs due to their simpler design; and a greater operational flexibility created by their wide power band. Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronic components, instruments and communication products, systems engineering solutions, aerospace engines and components and on-site gas and power generation systems. Teledyne Technologies has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies' website at www.teledyne.com. |
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