UltraCell demos 3-Up portable fuel cells at US Army exercise
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 2010
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1464-2859
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✦ Synopsis
It is anticipated that the PureCell ® Model 400 phosphoric acid fuel cell system -based on the 200 kW PAFC technology formerly known as the PC25™ -will generate more than 40% of the building's electricity needs and 75% of its heat requirements. The fuel cell power plant is expected to be operational by the first quarter of 2011.
The PureCell Model 400 offers a 20-year product life with a 10-year stack life, according to UTC Power, and an overall system efficiency of up to 90%. In addition, its water-balance design requires no consumption or discharge of water in normal operations, which saves millions of gallons of water compared to central generation and other fuel cell technologies.
UTC Power recently announced the commissioning of a PureCell Model 400 power plant at the Coca-Cola Refreshments USA facility in Elmsford, New York [FCB, November 2010], and at a new Albertsons supermarket in the San Diego, California community of Clairemont [FCB, September 2010].