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Dewey subcontract to integrate fuel cell APU in military vehicle
NEWS / EDITORIAL the tour’s start/finish – the World Drive was scheduled to reach Perth on 10 April. From there, the green-painted cars will embark on their last flight, to Shanghai in China. After spending several days at the Auto Shanghai international exhibition, their route will then take them more than 14 000 km (8800 miles) across Eurasia, until they return to Stuttgart. So far on the tour public hydrogen fueling stations have only been available in Stuttgart and Los Angeles, so refueling procedures have required careful planning. All fueling stops were precisely scheduled in advance, to take the 380 km (240 mile) operating range of the cars into account. Two refueling teams accompanying the tour ensure that the mobile fueling station is available for the F-CELL cars at around noon and in the evenings. The hydrogen required is directly transported to the fueling station by Linde, the exclusive fueling partner. It is fed into the mobile fueling unit, where it is compressed to the nominal 700 bar (10 000 psi) pressure at which it is transferred to the cars. A Boeing 747 aircraft is being used to transfer the tour entourage between continents. Even so, there is only enough space for all the cars and other equipment if everything is loaded according to a precise plan, and careful judgment was required when the vehicles were maneuvered into the aircraft in Lisbon and Seattle. In all, around 20 technicians with wideranging expertise are accompanying the tour during its individual stages. F-CELL World Drive: www.125-years-of-automobiles.com/en_GB/news
MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Dewey subcontract to integrate fuel cell APU in military vehicle
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ew Jersey-based Dewey Electronics, a leading provider of military diesel power generation systems, has been awarded a three-year subcontract to integrate a JP-8 fueled, 10 kW fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) for military ground combat vehicles. The prime contract was awarded by the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Warren, Michigan to California-based Altex Technologies Corporation, which specializes in fuel processing technology development. That contract is for a base total of $5.2 million, with potential options totaling an additional $7.9 million. In turn, Altex Technologies has awarded a subcontract to Dewey Electronics initially worth up to $1.1
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million, rising to $4.3 million if the US government exercises all contract options. Dewey is part of a team comprising Altex Technologies, the Danish high-temperature PEM fuel cell developer SerEnergy, and Pennsylvania State University. Under this subcontract, Dewey will design, develop, and package the control system and power electronics. The company will then integrate the SerEnergy HTPEM fuel cell technology with Altex Technologies’ JP-8/diesel fuel reformer technology into the APU by September 2013, followed by ground combat vehicle integration and testing under the contract options. ‘The Altex Technologies subcontract is an example of how we have aligned ourselves with strong partners in order to compete for a wider variety of contracts to fully utilize our expertise,’ says John Dewey, the eponymous president and CEO. ‘This includes capitalizing on our decades of design and manufacturing expertise in power generation, control electronics, and in-depth understanding of military requirements.’ Dewey Electronics is a systems-oriented military electromechanical development, design, and manufacturing organization with a focus on compact diesel power generation solutions. Altex Technologies specializes in fuel processing and fuel cells, combustion and combined heat and power (CHP), heat management, and alternative fuel production. Working with Penn State, the company has developed and is testing diesel, JP-8 and NATO F-76 fuel reformers with fuel cell systems at scales from 20 to 200 W, APUs from 2 to 10 kW, and up to 500 kW for large shipboard applications. These systems use unique sulfur removal and fuel transformation steps to maximize reformer and fuel cell reliability. Altex Technologies Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Tel: +1 408 328 8300, www.altextech.com Dewey Electronics Corporation, Oakland, New Jersey, USA. Tel: +1 201 337 4700, www.deweyelectronics.com SerEnergy A/S, Hobro, Denmark. Tel: +45 8880 7040, www.serenergy.dk TARDEC: http://tardec.army.mil
Hydrogenics to deliver fuel cell modules for NYC hybrid ferry
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anadian-based Hydrogenics has received a contract from Statue Cruises in New York, to deliver two HyPM HD 16 fuel cell power modules delivering up to 33 kW in total of continuous power. The 600-passenger Hornblower Hybrid will be propelled
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upermarkets might be a pretty mundane experience for most of us, but there are signs that they are starting to play a significant early adopter role in the commercial application of fuel cell technologies. The latest supermarket chain to take an interest in fuel cells is the John Lewis Partnership in the UK, which runs the Waitrose chain of supermarkets. This employee-owned business generally serves the upscale part of the UK market, and – because it is not required to pay out dividends to shareholders – can take a longer-term view towards developing its overall business. As we report on page 5, the company has pledged to deliver an absolute reduction of 15% in its carbon emissions by the end of its 2020/21 trading year, while doubling revenue. An unusual aspect of this particular announcement is that it comes from AFC Energy, which has so far been developing its low-cost alkaline fuel cell technology mainly for use in the power generation and coal extraction industries. It will be interesting to see how the John Lewis/Waitrose demonstration goes, and how that experience can be used in AFC’s other work. Most of the supermarket interest in fuel cells so far has been in the US, in particular utilizing UTC Power’s phosphoric acid PureCell® Model 400 System. As we report in brief on page 5, the company’s fleet of Model 400 installations has passed a combined total of 100 000 hours in field operation, with quite a few units in supermarkets. The company only delivered its first next-generation system in late 2009, but it has now installed dozens of stationary fuel cells in various applications in California, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, and South Korea. We reported last fall that UTC Power was supplying a PureCell 400 power plant for a new Albertsons supermarket in San Diego [FCB, September 2010], while earlier it provided one for a Price Chopper supermarket in Albany, New York [FCB, February 2010], and for a Whole Foods Market store in San Jose, California [FCB, March 2010]. The latter is the third Whole Foods Market to install a PureCell system, following stores in Dedham, Massachusetts [FCB, June 2009] and Glastonbury, Connecticut [FCB, May 2008]. When you add in the increasing number of fuel cell powered materials handling fleets that operate in distribution facilities serving retail operations, including supermarkets, it is clear that these businesses see the advantages of fuel cells for meeting their energy needs. We will keep a close eye on further progress in this sector. Steve Barrett
Fuel Cells Bulletin
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MOBILE APPLICATIONS
Dewey subcontract to integrate fuel cell APU in military vehicle
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ew Jersey-based Dewey Electronics, a leading provider of military diesel power generation systems, has been awarded a three-year subcontract to integrate a JP-8 fueled, 10 kW fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) for military ground combat vehicles. The prime contract was awarded by the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Warren, Michigan to California-based Altex Technologies Corporation, which specializes in fuel processing technology development. That contract is for a base total of $5.2 million, with potential options totaling an additional $7.9 million. In turn, Altex Technologies has awarded a subcontract to Dewey Electronics initially worth up to $1.1
April 2011
million, rising to $4.3 million if the US government exercises all contract options. Dewey is part of a team comprising Altex Technologies, the Danish high-temperature PEM fuel cell developer SerEnergy, and Pennsylvania State University. Under this subcontract, Dewey will design, develop, and package the control system and power electronics. The company will then integrate the SerEnergy HTPEM fuel cell technology with Altex Technologies’ JP-8/diesel fuel reformer technology into the APU by September 2013, followed by ground combat vehicle integration and testing under the contract options. ‘The Altex Technologies subcontract is an example of how we have aligned ourselves with strong partners in order to compete for a wider variety of contracts to fully utilize our expertise,’ says John Dewey, the eponymous president and CEO. ‘This includes capitalizing on our decades of design and manufacturing expertise in power generation, control electronics, and in-depth understanding of military requirements.’ Dewey Electronics is a systems-oriented military electromechanical development, design, and manufacturing organization with a focus on compact diesel power generation solutions. Altex Technologies specializes in fuel processing and fuel cells, combustion and combined heat and power (CHP), heat management, and alternative fuel production. Working with Penn State, the company has developed and is testing diesel, JP-8 and NATO F-76 fuel reformers with fuel cell systems at scales from 20 to 200 W, APUs from 2 to 10 kW, and up to 500 kW for large shipboard applications. These systems use unique sulfur removal and fuel transformation steps to maximize reformer and fuel cell reliability. Altex Technologies Corporation, Sunnyvale, California, USA. Tel: +1 408 328 8300, www.altextech.com Dewey Electronics Corporation, Oakland, New Jersey, USA. Tel: +1 201 337 4700, www.deweyelectronics.com SerEnergy A/S, Hobro, Denmark. Tel: +45 8880 7040, www.serenergy.dk TARDEC: http://tardec.army.mil
Hydrogenics to deliver fuel cell modules for NYC hybrid ferry
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anadian-based Hydrogenics has received a contract from Statue Cruises in New York, to deliver two HyPM HD 16 fuel cell power modules delivering up to 33 kW in total of continuous power. The 600-passenger Hornblower Hybrid will be propelled
EDITORIAL
S
upermarkets might be a pretty mundane experience for most of us, but there are signs that they are starting to play a significant early adopter role in the commercial application of fuel cell technologies. The latest supermarket chain to take an interest in fuel cells is the John Lewis Partnership in the UK, which runs the Waitrose chain of supermarkets. This employee-owned business generally serves the upscale part of the UK market, and – because it is not required to pay out dividends to shareholders – can take a longer-term view towards developing its overall business. As we report on page 5, the company has pledged to deliver an absolute reduction of 15% in its carbon emissions by the end of its 2020/21 trading year, while doubling revenue. An unusual aspect of this particular announcement is that it comes from AFC Energy, which has so far been developing its low-cost alkaline fuel cell technology mainly for use in the power generation and coal extraction industries. It will be interesting to see how the John Lewis/Waitrose demonstration goes, and how that experience can be used in AFC’s other work. Most of the supermarket interest in fuel cells so far has been in the US, in particular utilizing UTC Power’s phosphoric acid PureCell® Model 400 System. As we report in brief on page 5, the company’s fleet of Model 400 installations has passed a combined total of 100 000 hours in field operation, with quite a few units in supermarkets. The company only delivered its first next-generation system in late 2009, but it has now installed dozens of stationary fuel cells in various applications in California, Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, and South Korea. We reported last fall that UTC Power was supplying a PureCell 400 power plant for a new Albertsons supermarket in San Diego [FCB, September 2010], while earlier it provided one for a Price Chopper supermarket in Albany, New York [FCB, February 2010], and for a Whole Foods Market store in San Jose, California [FCB, March 2010]. The latter is the third Whole Foods Market to install a PureCell system, following stores in Dedham, Massachusetts [FCB, June 2009] and Glastonbury, Connecticut [FCB, May 2008]. When you add in the increasing number of fuel cell powered materials handling fleets that operate in distribution facilities serving retail operations, including supermarkets, it is clear that these businesses see the advantages of fuel cells for meeting their energy needs. We will keep a close eye on further progress in this sector. Steve Barrett
Fuel Cells Bulletin
3