29 Feb 2008
PolyFuel achieves fourth milestone
PolyFuel has announced the completion of its fourth milestone towards the development of a working prototype portable fuel cell power supply solution which surpasses the performance of Lithium-ion batteries in terms of runtime, size and weight.
According to the company, the water management problem which has worried fuel cell developers for the best part of ten years has been solved through the use of a new membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design.
This new system not only reduces the amount of water byproduct produced during fuel cell operation but also recycles a significant portion of that water directly back through the membrane to the fuel side, where it is reused to generate more electricity.
The breakthrough has also helped to simplify the design of the fuel cell system, reducing the number of components, its overall size and weight and lowering cost.
PolyFuel's remaining challenge is to incorporate the fuel cell into a functioning notebook PC power module and demonstrate it powering a commercially-available notebook computer.
http://www.euroinvestor.co.uk/news/shownewsstory.aspx?storyid=9749866
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According to the company, the water management problem which has worried fuel cell developers for the best part of ten years has been solved through the use of a new membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design.
This new system not only reduces the amount of water byproduct produced during fuel cell operation but also recycles a significant portion of that water directly back through the membrane to the fuel side, where it is reused to generate more electricity.
The breakthrough has also helped to simplify the design of the fuel cell system, reducing the number of components, its overall size and weight and lowering cost.
PolyFuel's remaining challenge is to incorporate the fuel cell into a functioning notebook PC power module and demonstrate it powering a commercially-available notebook computer.
http://www.euroinvestor.co.uk/news/shownewsstory.aspx?storyid=9749866
© Adfero LtdSource: Adfero
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