SBIR/STTR Research Award
Person Portable JP-8 Fueled Fuel Cell-Power Generator (PJF-Gen)
Award amount
$99,954Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ALTEX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2005-08-01
- Contract end date
- 2006-05-31
- UEI
- LVHYQFMMY538
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- N05-T016
Research abstract
Altex Technologies, a small business entity, and Pennsylvania State University (PSU), a research organization, have teamed up under this STTR program to develop the innovative Person Portable JP-8 Fueled Fuel Cell-Power Generator (PJF-Gen). The 500-1000 watts PJF-Gen system will be light and compact, the size of a lunch box, and will reliably operate on JP-8 with fast startup, allowing for individual users to carry it on them and utilize it in remote locations. This is achieved by using the commercially available high temperature PEM fuel cells and an innovative compact reforming method that reliably converts JP-8 to a reformate suitable for these fuel cells. Under the Phase I, analysis and testing will be used to develop and demonstrate the innovative PJF-Gen system design and packaging concepts. Tests will include both the innovative reforming method with actual JP-8 and fuel cell testing. These activities will provide the basis for building and demonstrating a prototype PJF-Gen under Phase II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Desulfurizer for JP-8 Fueled Tier 4 Engines (JP8T4)
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-010774, Topic 8.4b, "Innovative Process for Developing a Balanced Biofertilizer and Biogas CO2 Removal Biochar from Combined Pyrolysis and Anerobic Digestion"
- Battery Grade Graphite Production from Biomass
- DOE Ph I DE-SC0023831, DOE FOA DE-FOA-0003279, DOE Topic C56-18b, "Compact and Low-Cost Thermal Management for Heavy-Duty Vehicle Fuel Cells"
- DOE Phase I DE-SC0022445, FOA DE-FOA-0002859, DOE Topic 21f, "Enhanced Biochar for Soil Reclamation Co-Produced by a Drop-In Biofuels Process"
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Portable Logistical Fuel Cell Powered Generator
- Person Portable JP-8 Fueled Fuel Cell-Power Generator (PJF-Gen)
- Portable Logistical Fuel Cell Powered Generator
- Ultra-Lightweight, JP-8 Fueled Person-Portable Fuel Cell-Powered Generator
Research funding history
117 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $33,304,403. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration