SBIR/STTR Research Award
A 250-W Solid Acid Electrolyte Fuel Cell Generator
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- SUPERPROTONIC, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-11-06
- Contract end date
- 2009-05-05
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- A08-072
Research abstract
The project describes an optimal design for directly integrating a fuel reformer with the state of the art in solid acid fuel cells (SAFCs) and other required balance-of-plant components required to produce a 250 Wnet person-portable, rugged, and efficient power supply utilizing low sulfur diesel fuel with a path leading to JP-8 fuel. The design capitilizes on SAFC operating temperature and high CO and H2S tolerance to simplify fuel processing and reforming and improve thermal integration.
Technology keywords
Not reported