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“Near silent, vibration less, odour free, environmentally friendly power generation for the recreational vehicle and yacht battery charging market. Portable, propane fuelled fuel cells which can be used instead of generators to charge batteries or provide instant power for your electrical needs.”
Background
The most widespread solution for providing electrical power on recreational vehicles and yachts is some form of generator solution either charging batteries or providing direct power. This is quite often not the quietest or most environmentally friendly solution, and there are often noise and pollution restrictions at camping and mooring sites.
Using a fuel cell as either a battery charger or direct source of electricity reduces the load on the engine, reduces NOx/SOx/CO2 emissions and provides a near silent means of charging the battery.
Opportunity
NanoDynamics Energy develops solid oxide fuel cells for use as battery chargers or direct power sources and is interested to talk with recreational vehicle manufacturers to integrate its fuel cell technology into future vehicles.
Advantages of NanoDynamics Fuel Cells (Revolution® 50H Hybrid)
- Fuel
- Propane – readily available and already used in RV markets
- Emissions Savings
- No NOx or SOx
- Lower CO2 emissions due to higher efficiency
- No particulate emissions
- System
- Load follows
- Pure sine wave of current
- Low noise – batteries can be charged at anytime without causing any noise pollution
- Very low vibrations
- Indoor and outdoor use
- Portable
- Performance
- 14-16hrs at full load (continuous use, 400grams Propane)
- 18-20 hrs at 80% (continuous use, 400grams Propane)
- A 20lb Bottle of Propane wil give approx 290h of runtime at full load
Specifications (Revolution® 50H Hybrid)
- 50 watts with 75 watts peak power
- Regulated 12 volt output ± 0.1 V
- System volume = 7L
- System weight with fuel < 5kg
- Size: 23cm x 15cm x 23cm (9” x 6” x 9”) L x W x H
Future Products
- 50 watt JP-8 fuelled system
- 250 watt JP-8 fuelled system (Alpha product expected by end of 2007)
- 1Kw System
- Methane systems
- Reforming JP-8/Diesel/Kerosene
Partners
We are looking for manufactures/assemblers/developers of recreational vehicles who are interested in adding fuel cells to their vehicles.
- Existing market penetration
- Willingness to invest in new technologies
- High volume manufacturing
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