Archive for 'Hydrogen fuel cell' Category
Robot fuel cell assembly reduces cost of production
9 November 2005Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has a research project under way with the goal of developing a robotic assembly process for fuel cell stacks for PEM fuel cells:
“Many of the materials in PEM stacks are thin, flexible, soaked in corrosive acids, or highly sensitive to changes in humidity and temperature,” Puffer says. “This makes material handling orders [...]
Hybrids push hydrogen cars back to the future
4 November 2005Reality has a way of forcing itself back into the picture whenever dreamers get too carried away. Hydrogen car advocates have been touting the wonders of fuel cells and the emission free cars just around the corner but engineering the hard parts and making actual fuel cells that work reliably and can be built affordably [...]
Fuel cell companies looking for greater sales volume
26 October 2005At an industry conference Monday of various fuel cell company executives, those in attendance stated that high volume sales were needed to bring the price of fuel cells down. OK. Got that. The problem is fuel cells are still not cost competitve long term at the present state of their technology. A business purchasing fuel [...]
Canon making fuel cells for printers and cameras
25 October 2005Canon is attempting to replace batteries in cameras and printers with tiny fuel cells. The necessary hydrogen would come from a refillable cartridge. Though fuel cells would last longer than the typical lithium ion battery, current fuel cell prototypes are too large and Canon is still working on a convenient method for providing the hydrogen [...]
HyFish-hydrogen fuel cell powered Smartfish
17 October 2005Smartfish, a company based in Berne Switzerland, has been building a concept aircraft with a shape much like a fish. Designed to have excellent flight characteristics and high fuel economy, it looks like nothing else. Now, they are creating the HyFish, a version of the Smartfish that will be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
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