3M, Plug Power in supply deal for Indian units
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 2009
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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โฆ Synopsis
T he US-based companies 3M and Plug Power have entered into an exclusive commercial supply agreement, for 3M membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) to be used as a critical component in Plug Power's GenSys ยฎ PEM reformate stacks. The continuous-run GenSys prime power fuel cell systems are being deployed into rural India, and will replace diesel generators at remote telecoms sites.
The design of the reformate stack allows customers to realize the economic and environmental benefits of fuel cells, while avoiding the logistics involved in transporting pure hydrogen to their remote cell sites. GenSys reforms liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into a hydrogen-rich reformate, which is supplied to the fuel cell stack. The GenSys reformer design is also proprietary to Plug Power. With minor
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