Fuel cell companies invest in Ohio

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-2859
• DOI: 10.1016/s1464-2859(06)71260-3

✦ Synopsis

site preparation, and installation and commissioning. Air Products will be a major subcontractor, and supply the compression, storage and dispensing equipment.

This installation represents another opportunity for Proton to demonstrate the performance of its technology in harsher winter climates. The companies will be able to compare the performance of the NYC installation with several similar Proton installations located in warmer and colder climates.

The follow-on MDA contract, in the form of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III grant worth $1.25m, calls for continued development of regenerative fuel cell technology for high-altitude airships. The project is part of a Department of Defense initiative to develop a lighter-than-air, high-altitude airship Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) prototype. This ACTD aims to demonstrate the engineering feasibility and potential utility of an unmanned, untethered, gas-filled, solar-powered airship that can fly above 70 000 ft.

Research will proceed during a one-year period designed to test the efficiency and performance of Proton's hydrogen-generating 'core stack'. In addition, its PEM electrolysis stack technology will be monitored closely as it is scaled up to the size required for high-altitude airship deployment.