Mohegan Sun adds FCV to fuel cell field trials
- Book ID
- 104434941
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 2004
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
Celanese monomer for
Rensselaer membranes F uel cell research at Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute in upstate New York will get a significant boost, thanks to an unusual package received recently by chemistry professor Brian Benicewicz, director of the New York State Center for Polymer Synthesis at Rensselaer. The center is working with German-based Celanese Ventures GmbH, the state of New York and nearby Plug Power to develop a more economical polymer membrane for use in PEM fuel cells.
The Rensselaer research is going well -so well that Celanese recently delivered nearly 90 kg (200 lb) of a special monomer used to create polybenzimidazole (PBI), which Benicewicz is studying for fuel cell use. He says the monomer is available commercially, but not in the quality and purity that is available to Celanese. He adds: 'If we were to buy the equivalent quantity of monomer from a standard supply housewhich only sells it in very small amounts -it would cost more than $400 000.' Celanese has also contributed $2m to the R&D program for fuel cell research at the center.