SBIR/STTR Research Award
Versatile Logistic Fuel Preprocessor (VLFPP) for Fuel Cell Applications
Award amount
$733,385Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ALTEX TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LVHYQFMMY538
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Military and commercial fuel cell applications require a fuel cleaning technology that is capable of removing the fuel sulfur and other contaminants prior to reforming. Altex and Pennsylvania State University (PSU) have teamed up to develop the innovativeVersatile Logistic Fuel Preprocessor (VLFPP) that converts the logistic fuels to a sulfur free and clean fuel. The feasibility of the VLFPP was demonstrated during Phase I by testing and analysis. Test data were used to design a 5 Kw VLFPP for APUapplications and a 500 Kw unit for marine applications capable of operating on NATO F76. During the proposed Phase II program, the VLFPP system will be further refined for marine applications and will be fabricated and tested at two scales. Thisdemonstration will provide the basis for fabricating and integrating a 500 Kw VLFPP system into the Naval Ship Service Fuel Cell systems.
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"
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