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April 06, 2008
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The following news items made headlines.
Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced that it has, for the first time in aviation history, flown a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells.The recent milestone is the work of an engineering team at Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE) in Madrid, with assistance from industry partners in Austria, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.
ITM Power plc (AIM: ITM) announced a collaboration agreement with Roush Technologies Limited in a unique project to realize hydrogen-powered, emission-free vehicles on UK roads. Roush Technologies is one of the world's foremost automotive design, engineering and development groups and the collaboration agreement is expected to accelerate CO2-free, hydrogen-fuelled commercial vehicles operating in Britain. Roush Technologies, which already has extensive experience in the commercial vehicle sector, will be responsible for both adapting existing internal combustion-engines in vehicles and researching the development of new power units to utilize hydrogen fuel.
BMW announced its latest milestone in its pursuit of the hydrogen future, the BMW Hydrogen 7 mono-fuel. Based on the BMW Hydrogen 7 bi-fuel version (gasoline and hydrogen), the mono-fuel vehicle's internal combustion engine is optimized to run solely on hydrogen and shares the performance, comfort, and safety qualities of every production BMW 7 Series. The BMW Hydrogen 7 mono-fuel was featured at the 2008 National Hydrogen Association Conference in Sacramento, CA (Mar. 30 - Apr. 3) and will be featured at the 2008 SAE World Congress in Detroit, MI (Apr. 14 - 17).
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) formally opened a solar-powered hydrogen fueling station for fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEV). The station is part of a joint SMUD, BP, Ford and U.S. Department of Energy project to demonstrate FCEVs and generation of hydrogen from renewable sources. The station produces hydrogen onsite using power from the sun produced by a large solar panel array. The hydrogen will be used to fuel SMUD FCEVs and other hydrogen-powered vehicles in the region. The project is the next step in a nearly two-decade-long effort by SMUD to improve local air quality by advancing alternative-fuel clean transportation, as well as cleaner power sources.
Air Products (NYSE: APD), the global leader in hydrogen fueling infrastructure and technology, announced that it has surpassed a milestone when it completed its 50,000th hydrogen fill. Fueling hydrogen powered transportation vehicles and other varied applications in 14 countries, this trend-setting technology involving Air Products know-how, equipment, and hydrogen continues to be increasingly used at a pace of approximately 2,000 hydrogen fills per month.
TreadStone Technologies, a leading innovator of pivotal technologies for the hydrogen economy, announced the availability of LiteCell Technology, an innovative design for lighter weight, high performance, low cost fuel cells. LiteCell, enables fuel cell manufacturers to use low cost metal fuel cell stacks that are 40-50% lighter than existing market available stacks, significantly improve performance while using corrosion-resistant commercially available metals.
Fuel cell materials company, Bac2, announced that it will launch its first standard product, blank bipolar plates for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, at the Fuel Cell Pavilion, Hall 13, during Hannover Messe 2008. The plates, which are based on Bac2’s unique conductive polymer, ElectroPhen, can be machined more simply than metal plates, making them ideal for fuel cell prototyping and development work. Each plate measures 300mm x 200mm x 3mm and its conductivity easily exceeds US Department of Energy specifications for use in automotive applications. Up to 100 plates can be ordered on 7-day delivery.
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) announced that it has been selected by TECHNIP KTI SpA to deliver a hydrogen purification module for the FISR-project. The project represents an opportunity to demonstrate the use of high-temperature membranes for hydrogen production for the petrochemical industry. ECN’s approach to economic competitiveness of the technology is to use extremely thin palladium layers (a few microns).
Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher announced that more than $8.9 million in grants have been awarded to 12 entities for the advancement of fuel cell research and production in Ohio. The funds were awarded through the Ohio Third Frontier Fuel Cell Program and are expected to create more than 2,000 jobs.The 12 companies and research collaborations received awards to assist in Research, Development, and Commercialization Projects of fuel cell technologies or were awarded grants for fuel cell and related technology Market Readiness Demonstration projects.
UQM Technologies, a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced that it has delivered a PowerPhase® 100 motor to Vehicle Projects LLC for use in a fuel cell powered switch locomotive under development by a consortium including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, the U.S. Department of Defense, and led by Vehicle Projects LLC of Denver, Colorado. The UQM® motor provides up to 55 kW of continuous power to drive the twin-screw compressor for the first stage of the two-stage air system of the fuel-cell powerplant. The switch locomotive is currently under development, with field testing scheduled to begin later this year.
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This Week's Headlines
-Boeing Successfully Flies Fuel Cell-Powered Airplane
-ITM Power in collaboration with Roush Tech for hydrogen-powered vehicles in UK
-BMW Debuts Hydrogen-Only Version of the BMW Hydrogen 7 *
-SMUD opens hydrogen vehicle fueling station powered by the sun *
-Air Products’ Hydrogen Technology Fuels South Carolina Demonstration Project
-A Milestone Eclipsed: Air Products Surpasses 50,000th Hydrogen Fueling
-TreadStone Introduces LiteCell, Light Weight, High Performance, Fuel Cell Technology
-Bac2 to launch blank bipolar plates for rapid fuel cell prototyping at Hannover Messe
-ECN and TECHNIP KTI cooperate on next-generation hydrogen production*
-Ohio Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher Announces $8.9 Million Funding for Fuel Cell Development
-VIASPACE Subsidiary Delivers Fuel Cell Cartridges and Valves to Samsung
-PolyFuel CEO Credits U.S. Department of Energy Support in Company's Recent Fuel Cell Advances
-Linde to Speed up Hydrogen Refuelling in North America
-UQM Technologies Delivers Motor for Use in Fuel Cell Powered Switch Locomotive
-UTC Power Fuel Cells Achieve Milestone, Topping 100,000 Hours in Space
-Ballard and IdaTech Sign Supply Agreement for Fuel Cell Backup Power Market
-Argonne Tests Validate BMW Hydrogen 7 Emissions Below SULEV
-Quantum to Supply Modular Hydrogen Refueling Station to Shell Hydrogen
-Quantum Teams with Boeing to Advance Hydrogen Storage Technologies
-Quantum to Supply Modular Hydrogen Refueling Station to Shell Hydrogen
-Heliocentris delivers 32 kW fuel cell system for bus project in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
-Protonex Awarded Contract to Demonstrate Advanced Unmanned Ground Vehicle Power Sources
-UltraCell to Automate Fuel Cell Assembly Process in Company's Ohio Manufacturing Facility
-Plug Power Announces Sale of Fuel Cells to Bridgestone Firestone Tire
-A Milestone Eclipsed: Air Products Surpasses 50,000th Hydrogen Fueling
-Fuel Cell Maker Clean Mobile Raises EUR 3.3 million in First Round
-Prince Albert II of Monaco Given Keys to a BMW Hydrogen 7
-Antig Completes UL Listing – The Industry First Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) Stack Certified
-LLNL teams with Quantum Fuel Systems to accelerate development of hydrogen storage technologies
-QuantumSphere Awards Grant to University of South Florida to Advance Hydrogen Storage in Automotive Fuel Cell Applications
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Patents Issued
01-Fuel efficient membrane electrode assembly – MTI MicroFuel Cells (U)
02-Recursive Kalman filter for feedback flow control in PEM fuel cell – General Motors (U)
03-Fuel cell system – Honda (U)
04-Air distribution method and controller for a fuel cell system – General Motors (U)
05-Fuel cell installation– Siemens (U)
06-Fuel cell with integral manifold – Hewlett-Packard (U)
07-Polymer electrolyte membrane – 3M (U)
08-Membrane-electrode assembly for direct methanol type fuel cell and proton conductive membrane – JSR Corporation (U)
09-Fuel cell – Sanyo (U)
10-Fuel cell having flow passage – LG Electronics (U)
11-Apparatus for and method of forming seals in fuel cells and fuel stacks – Hydrogenics (U)
12-Fuel cell stack – BMW (U)
13-Enhanced flowfield plates – General Motors (U)
14-Fuel cell – Nissan (U)
15-Electrolyzer cell stack system – Hydrogenics (U)
16-Fuel cell system with inverter and phase change material – Sprint Communications Company L.P. (U)
17-Solid oxide type fuel cell-use electrode support substrate and production method therefor – Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (U)
18-Supporting electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells and other electrochemical devices – Battelle Memorial (U)
19-Fuel cell – Honda (U)
20-Fuel cell unit – Toshiba (U)
21-Fuel cell – The Gillette Company (U)
22-Direct type fuel cell power generator –Toshiba (U)
23-Low platinum fuel cell catalysts and method for preparing the same – Intematix Corporation (U)
24-Hydrogen storage by reversible hydrogenation of pi-conjugated substrates – Air Products (U)
25-Disc element for the collector plate or bipolar plate of a fuel cell –Behr GmbH & Co. KG (E)
26- Jet fuel based high pressure solid oxide fuel cell system – Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (E)
27-Fuel cell recharger –Honeywell (E)
28-Fuel cell power plant and control method thereof –Nissan (E)
29--Chromium retention layers for components of fuel cell systems – Kernforschungsanlage Juelich (E)
31-Washing machine comprising a fuel cell and a hydrogen generating reactor –Electrolux (E)
32-Microbial fuel cells for oxidation of electron donors –Gent Univesity (E)
33-Fuel Cell System and method of controlling same –Toyota (E)
34-Low Temperature operation of open fuel cell stacks using air circulation– Intelligent Energy (E)
35-Fuel cell system – J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG (E)
36-Fuel cell system and corresponding operating method – J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG (E)
37-Electrode catalyst with improved longevity properties and fuel cell using the same –LG Chemical (E)
38-Porous membrane, process for producing porous membrane solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and fuel cell –Toyota (E)
39-Solid electrolyte multiplayer membrane, method and apparatus for producing the same, membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell – Fujifilm (E)
40-Fuel cell, method for producing electrode catalyst layer for fuel cell, and method for operating fuel cell –Toyota (E)
41-Fuel cell and method for operating fuel cell –NEC Corporation (E)
42-Electrode electrolyte for use in solid polymer fuel cell –JSR Corporation / Honda (E)
43-Seperator for solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell of stainless steel, titanium or titanium alloy, process for producing the same, and method for evaluating warping and twisting of separator –Nippon Steel (E)
44-Process for treating a sulfur-containing spent caustic refinery stream using a membrane electrolyzer powered by a fuel cell – Saudi Arabian Oil Company (E)
45-Fuel cell system –Honda (E)
46-Filter arrangement for fuel cell –Fruedenberg Karl (E)
47-Seal structure for fuel cell and method for producing same – NOK Corporation (E)
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