Economical Power Source for Dismounted Soldier and Unattended Ground Sensor Missions

Jadoo Power Systems, Inc., (Jadoo) proposes further development of two chemical hydride fuel sources that have demonstrated promise to meet the needs of both Dismounted Soldier (DS) and Unmanned Ground Sensor (UGS) applications. During the phase I fuel study, it was determined that both Ammonia Borane and Siloxene were both fuels that promise to meet the requirements of DS and UGS on a range of stated objectives, including Cost, Energy Density, Startup Time, Reliability, Usability, and Operating Environments. Jadoo will develop and/or refine two fuel cartridge architectures to account for two promising hydrogen production chemistries, pyrolysis and hydrolysis. Jadoo will continue to improve its current ammonia borane development with the exploration of composite pellet designs. The main goal of the development being the elimination of harmful contaminants, which will increase the reliability and energy density of the system. Additionally, Jadoo will develop a hydrolysis canister architecture that will enable to usage of siloxene, a low cost, solid state fuel that generate hydrogen through water hydrolysis. These architectures will be developed to utilize Jadoo’s interface technology without the interdependence of water recirculation from the power system.