Fuel Cells

The increased need for energy will require an enormous growth in energy generation capacity, more efficient energy systems and a successful strategy to control greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen poses a myriad of possibilities among the various alternative energy strategies. A viable solution to alternative energy generation sources is the development of fuel cells. Rather than “burn” the hydrogen to produce energy, fuel cells directly convert the hydrogen to electricity. Therefore fuel cells have the significant advantages of greater fuel efficiency and they are environmentally friendly.

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Microbial Fuel Cell Cleans Wastewater, Desalinates Seawater, and Generates Power
Fuel Cells : 08/07/2009
Desalinization technology has long been trapped between two competing nightmare scenarios. Without desalination, fresh water resources run out and large swaths of the earth suffer crippling water shortages. But if we desalinate on a large scale, we keep burning fossil fuels, the earth warms, the ice caps melt, and sea levels rise to wreak havoc on coastal regions.

Desalinization could theoretically solve the impending water crisis if it weren't such an energy-intensive process; desal requires large amounts of electricity, which is primarily generated by burning fossil fuels. Call it a catch-22. But researchers at Penn State think they've solved the problem by creating a process that cleans wastewater while generating electricity, simultaneously removing 90 percent of salt from seawater.... more

All of the wave, tidal, ocean and river current power around North America that can be practically extracted could together provide 10% of today's ele
Fuel Cells : 02/25/2009
NexTech Materials has launched a new hydrogen sensor. Designed for hydrogen safety monitoring, the ceramic sensor exhibits a highly sensitive, selective, and rapid response to the presence of hydrogen in ambient air.

Prototype sensors have been delivered to strategic partners for validation testing with production orders being filled in the fourth quarter of this year.

Target markets include stationary and mobile fuel cell applications, distributed hydrogen generation systems, lead acid battery monitoring, semiconductor fabrication, and many other industrial users of hydrogen gas.... more

Powering the Cars of the Future
Fuel Cells : 02/03/2009
Summers and team are working to advance the Hybrid Sulfur Process, one of the leading candidates for using high-temperature heat from advanced nuclear reactors to generate hydrogen from water. “What is appealing about the Hybrid Sulfur Process,” Dr. Summers says, “is that it is brilliantly simple, yet highly efficient. Simplicity makes it reliable and cost effective; high efficiency minimizes the number of reactors and other resources needed to meet the huge energy needs of our transportation system. The process is also environmentally friendly... more