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• Book ID: 104435720
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 77 KB
• Volume: 2006
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1464-2859
• DOI: 10.1016/s1464-2859(06)70970-1

✦ Synopsis

March 2006 Fuel Cells Bulletin 5 cartridge was co-developed with and manufactured by DMFCC's Korean partner, SMC Co Ltd [FCB, November 2005].

The DMFCC methanol cartridge holds 50 cm³ of 100% methanol, and is designed for a laptop computer and similar applications. One cartridge is expected to provide 5-10 h of operation depending on the fuel cell efficiency. The company, a subsidiary of Viaspace Inc, is working with customers to develop cartridges with custom sizes and shapes for their particular applications. Cell phones will require smaller cartridges, and other applications may require larger ones.

The company also plans to develop cartridges for other fuels such as formic acid or ethanol, as customers require. The cartridges are designed to meet the stringent safety standards proposed by the International Electrotechnical Commission.

DMFCC is a spin-off from Caltech/Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and the University of Southern California (USC), which co-invented the DMFC technology [FCB, April 2002]. The company recently unveiled a new plastic-based, prototype methanol fuel cartridge designed to be inserted into a laptop computer or similar portable electronic device [FCB, October].