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Fuel Cells - General
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| Article Title | Author | Company | eMag Issue | Article Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel Cell Technology for the Future | Len Calderone for | AltEnergyMag | Oct 2012 |
Compared to other mechanisms that convert chemical energy into electricity, the fuel cell, specifically the solid oxide or ceramic fuel cell, is the most efficient. |
| Clean, Reliable Power for Remote Off-Grid Communities | Contributed by | Ballard Power Systems | Aug 2011 |
Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD) (NASDAQ: BLDP) provides clean energy fuel cell products enabling optimized power systems for a range of applications. Products contain proprietary esencia™ technology, ensuring incomparable performance, durability and versatility. |
| The World’s Largest Fleet of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Hybrid Buses | Lisa Beninato | Ogura Industrial Corp. | Dec 2010 |
Between 2006 – 2010 Ballard Power Systems and its consortium partners developed the next generation of zero- emission fuel cell buses for deployment by BC Transit. |
| Supporting Fuel Cells Is Easy- Doing The Things You Already Do | Elizabeth Delmont | Fuel Cells 2000 | Oct 2010 |
A new report from Fuel Cells 2000, “The Business Case for Fuel Cells: Why Top Companies are Purchasing Fuel Cells Today”, highlights 38 nationally recognized companies that are installing fuel cells. |
| The 21st Century Industrial Revolution | Jonathon Diamond | Atlantic Wind and Solar | Aug 2010 |
Clearly, the introduction of strong government backed renewable energy programs, combined with a little capitalism, will help continue to return the world back to its original clean energy sources, like wind and sun. History has a strange way of repeating itself. The industrial revolution of the 21st century has clearly begun. |
| State of the States: Fuel Cells in America | Elizabeth Delmont | Fuel Cells 2000 | Jun 2010 |
Fuel cells are here today, available for purchase and already taking off in early markets such as the telecommunications industry, materials handling equipment, and combined heat-and-power stationary systems. |
| The Global Fuel Cells Market | Sriram Peri | GBI Research | Apr 2010 |
Key trends and growth opportunities up to 2015. |
| Considerations in Fuel Cell Voltage Monitoring | Daniel Westerheim | FuelCellsEtc.com | Feb 2010 |
Knowing what’s happening inside a fuel cell is a critical function, especially as fuel cells are continuing to be developed. One important aspect of this is to measure the voltage of each cell in a stack. Although this may sound trivial, it can be more complex and more expensive than it may at first appear due to high voltages, high channel counts, communication types, etc. There are a few products commercially available that are designed specifically for fuel cell voltage monitoring. |
| Potential market for residential fuel cells and combined heat and power systems. | Elizabeth Delmont | Fuel Cells 2000 | Dec 2009 |
Fuel cells are already powering hundreds of installations world-wide from cell phone towers to large scale facilities. In the United States fuel cells are providing low-carbon electricity to businesses such as Whole Foods grocery stores in New England and Sierra Nevada’s brewery in California. Fuel cell power systems can also be used to generate power in your home. |
| Microbial Fuel Cells - Principles and Applications | A. S. Vishwanathan and S. Siva Sankara Sai | Sri Sathya Sai University | Dec 2009 |
The impending energy crisis and global warming warrant the need for eco-friendly sources of energy. Non-conventional, carbon-neutral sources of energy such as solar, wind, biomass and nuclear energy are being explored and exploited to a considerable extent. At this juncture, when the atmosphere is laden with greenhouse-gases, we can least afford to release stored carbon. The following article gives an account of the basic principles involved in the functioning of Microbial Fuel Cells and the major applications of Microbial Fuel Cell technology, as it stands today. |
| Fuel Cells Enlist in Armed Forces | Elizabeth Delmont | Fuel Cells 2000 | Oct 2009 |
Fuel cells have the potential to dramatically change how the military carries out its missions, and how soldiers operate in the field. With the largest, most technologically advanced military in the world, the U.S. armed services use an immense amount of fuel and electricity, and any use of alternative energy would have positive effects on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, fuel cells are of particular interest to the military not for their environmental savings, but because of unique technical features that can aid soldiers in the field. |
| UTC Power Chalking Up Fuel Cell Installations | Jennifer Gangi | Fuel Cells 2000 | Oct 2008 |
Over here in the United States, UTC Power has racked up several significant high profile fuel cell installations with more coming down the pipeline. |
| BEAT ONE HUNDRED MPG | Bill James | Jpods | Aug 2008 |
Ford, Bell, Edison and the Wright Brothers would not be allowed to create their innovations today. Their businesses started too small; their ideas were “unproven.” Issues with permits, insurance, rights of way would have killed their ingenuity. In a free market, ingenuity has a small chance of churning into commercial success. In a planned economy ingenuity is doomed. |
| HOME SWEET FUEL CELL HOME | Jennifer Gangi | Fuel Cells 2000 | Jun 2008 |
There are fuel cells installed in stationary applications all over the world, in a wide variety of locations, including hotels, hospitals, schools, telecommunications towers, breweries and in some parts of the world, notably Japan, in houses and apartment complexes. |
| Fuel Cell Technology Update | Fuelcells | Apr 2008 |
A study by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory concludes that with targeted deployment policies, focusing first on New York City and Los Angeles, fuel cell vehicles could achieve 50 percent market share by 2030. | |
| Microbial Fuel Cells | Biswajit Mandal | Haldia Institute of Technology | Apr 2007 |
Among various processes of electricity generation, microbial technique is one of the promising avenues as it does not emit any green house gases. MFC does not contain any rotating parts so it gives continuous electricity without mechanical damage of the equipment and its maintenance cost is minimal. |
| Studies on Ideal and Actual Efficiency of Solar Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell | Rishabh Jain, Biswajit Mandal | Haldia Institute of Technology | Feb 2007 |
Among the different types of fuel cells, the PEMFC is more advantageous because of its operation condition. To satisfy the world energy thirst an integrated hydrogen production system and utilization unit must be developed. |
| Hydrogen Production Technology ― Light-Powered Generation | Donald Moore | Phoenix International Energy Inc | Feb 2007 |
Phoenix funding is employed in the basic photoelectrochemical design of innovative, complex "molecular machines" that can split water into its hydrogen and oxygen components by harnessing energy sourced from the complete solar light spectrum. |
| Fuel Cell Technology Update | FuelCells.org | FuelCells.org | Dec 2006 |
Here are some developments in the Fuel Cell Industry provided for us by FuelCells.org |
| Direct Methanol Fuel Cells | Anna Welch Crull | STIX | Oct 2006 |
The direct methanol fuel cell or DMFC is emerging as a future winner in many of the applications that fuel cells can satisfy. DMFC is an important subset of the proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technology. |
| Different Types of Fuel Cells | Sandra Curtin | FuelCells.org | Apr 2006 |
There are several other fuel cells in the research labs and in development today. With this wide array of technologies and the myriad of applications, fuel cells are poised to revolutionize the way we think about and use energy today and in the future. |
| The Hydrogen Energy System | miniHYDROGEN | miniHYDROGEN | Oct 2005 |
Below is an extract from “Introduction to Hydrogen and Fuel Cells”, online educational material about Hydrogen and Fuel Cell technology designed for teachers and students at ages of 13-16 years old. |
| Benefits of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technologies | Fuel Cell Markets | Fuel Cell Markets | Aug 2005 |
Fossil fuels are incredibly valuable resources. How efficiently we use these resources will determine how long they last. Fuel Cells Make Fuels Last Longer. |
| The Hydrogen Economy And Fuel Cells | Peter Lynch | Feb 2005 |
Fuel cells will be one of the key components in the hydrogen economy. They will replace the internal combustion engine and will convert the future main store of energy (hydrogen) to power when it is needed. | |
| The Hydrogen Economy And Fuel Cells | Peter Lynch | Feb 2004 |
Fuel cells will be one of the key components in the hydrogen economy. They will replace the internal combustion engine and will convert the future main store of energy (hydrogen) to power when it is needed. |
