IVYLAND,
Penn.-- Power+Energy has delivered its largest hydrogen separation membrane
assembly to date to the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Philadelphia.
This unit is one of the deliverables under a project funded by the Office
of Naval Research. The membrane system is designed to extract fuel cell
grade hydrogen from a stream of reformed logistic diesel fuel (JP-8). This
unit will be installed by the Navy into a demonstration system, which will
convert diesel fuel into high-purity hydrogen to feed a large hydrogen
fuel cell.
Power+Energy has also delivered similar
smaller-capacity hydrogen separators to a number of other organizations
developing fuel cell power systems. The objective is to convert readily
available liquid fuels into the high-quality hydrogen stream necessary
to reliably operate a fuel cell power system. Power+Energy has recently
demonstrated the use of its palladium-alloy membrane technology to deliver
hydrogen from a number of fuels, including methanol, ethanol and E85 (a
mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline). Under two additional
contracts, the company is commercializing membranes that can tolerate the
high concentrations of sulfur commonly found in military fuels, and systems
that recycle waste energy and water from the system.
Power+Energy, Inc., located near
Philadelphia, is a supplier of hydrogen purification systems used in the
manufacturing of advanced semiconductors and LEDs, as well as for various
research and laboratory requirements. The company is developing advanced
membrane products which will enable the widespread usage of energy-efficient
fuel cells without the need for investment in costly hydrogen production,
distribution, and storage. Using fuel-processing technology based on Power+Energy's
membrane reactor technology, hydrogen fuel can be produced and delivered
on demand from widely available liquid fuels. Learn more online at http://www.powerandenergy.com.
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