High Energy Hydrogen Sources For Fuel Cell Applications

Jadoo Power proposes an ammonia borane based hydrogen generation system exceeding 1000 Whrs/kg. While suitable for a wide range of portable power applications, the developed cartridges will initially be targeted at unmanned vehicles in the 65 to 150 W power range. More specifically, 25 cartridges will be designed, fabricated, and delivered for customer evaluation on an unmanned ground vehicle manufactured by Kuchera Defense Systems. Ammonia borane based hydrogen generation facilitates the use of low temperature PEM fuel cell architectures without the need for water loops. This approach has repeatedly shown its applicability to a wide range of commercial and military applications. The low-temperature / no-water-loop PEM architecture enables high reliability (>7000 hours), low cost (100W system under $1000), instant startup (less than 2 seconds), start/stop resilience (>7000 start/stops), and a wide environmental temperature (-20 to 55°C). The cartridge development tasks will be focused on scaling the present architecture, design optimization for higher power portable applications, environmental qualification, and deliverable unit fabrication.