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Genesis Fueltech reports on long-term testing of the company’s methanol to pure (99.9999%) hydrogen fuel processor. This processor (or “reformer”) has operated for ten thousand (10,000) hours with greater than 99% availability. Testing also demonstrated the reformer’s ability to respond almost instantaneously to varying fuel demands from a fuel cell. (PRWEB) March 4, 2005 -- Genesis Fueltech reports on long-term testing of the company’s methanol to pure (99.9999%) hydrogen fuel processor. This processor (or “reformer”) has operated for ten thousand (10,000) hours with greater than 99% availability. The only problems encountered throughout the test were one clogged fuel line and one thermocouple that had to be replaced. Much of the testing was conducted supplying hydrogen to a 500 watt PEM fuel cell with power delivered through an inverter to an AC load bank The reformer uses a proprietary higher temperature methanol catalyst developed by Genesis. The catalyst facilitates both the fuel conversion and “shift” reactions. The catalyst has shown no performance deterioration over the life of the test. This earlier generation fuel processor achieved net peak efficiency of 79% and thermal efficiency of 83%. Testing also demonstrated the reformer’s ability to respond almost instantaneously to varying fuel demands from a fuel cell, for example, from a zero load to 80% load in less than three seconds. The newest fuel processor developed by Genesis is the Model 20L. This processor has an effective operating range of zero to twenty liters of hydrogen per minute. The reformer automatically “load tracks”, that is, it is completely responsive to the hydrogen needs of a fuel cell system. It achieves a net operating efficiency in excess of 80%. The Model 20L is designed for rack mounting with dimensions of 19 inches by 8.5 inches by 17 inches. It weighs 50 pounds (23 kilograms) and is very quiet (less than 56 decibels at three feet). Parasitic power at full load is 36 watts. Headquartered in Spokane, Washington, Genesis Fueltech is a world leader in compact, high efficiency alcohol to pure hydrogen processors for the fuel cell industry. For more information contact Phillip Piffer, CEO of Genesis Fueltech, Inc. at 509-534-5787.
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Hydrogen Fuel Balls from a Gas Pump? (Slashdot)navalynt writes "New Scientist reports that the Department of Energy has filed a patent for hydrogen fuel balls. From the article 'The proposed glass microspheres would each be a few millionths of a metre (microns) wide with a hollow center containing specks of palladium. The walls of each sphere would also have pores just a few ten-billionths of a metre in diameter.' They are supposedly safe and
UNLV Gets Federal Grant For Hydrogen Fuel Station (KLAS)Las Vegas will soon be home to a new hydrogen fuel station for fuel cell vehicles. A station will open at the Las Vegas Valley Water District's main campus in October. It's part of a joint venture with the UNLV research foundation.
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