Hydrogen Generation

Introduction Hydrogen has traditionally been indispensable for transforming petroleum into many of the synthetic materials used in industrial production, such as polymers, chemicals, and pharmaceutical raw materials. Currently, hydrogen is receiving a lot of press in the context of new applications involving renewable energy and clean technologies. In particular, considerable R&D has been focused on the development of high efficiency home and other distributed electrolysis systems for transportation. Industry estimates that the total market for traditional uses of hydrogen combined with these new applications will reach $15.6 billion by 2016. Revenues from merchant and on-site hydrogen sales will reach $2.7 billion in 2008, up from $1.8 billion in 2003, at an average annual growth rate of 8.5%.

Challenge Currently, 85% of the world's hydrogen is produced by steam reformation of natural gas, wherein natural gas and steam are converted to hydrogen. Steam reformation of natural gas, however, also produces trace amounts of carbon monoxide (CO), which remains with the hydrogen. Without expensive purification processes, the CO becomes a poison in the hydrogen feed to the fuel cells expected to be used in vehicles, stationary power sources and industrial devices for power production. Additionally, hydrogen produced by steam reformation is usually generated at large chemical plants and must be shipped to the customer in large compressed cylinders or as a liquid in a cryogenic container, further increasing cost.

Alternative compact on-site or onboard hydrogen production systems are highly desirable. One viable process for on-site hydrogen generation is water electrolysis (the splitting of water molecules with electrical energy), which generates hydrogen without producing greenhouse gasses or CO, and ideally would be powered by a renewable resource such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric or nuclear energy. Compact onboard hydrogen reformers, capable of producing high-purity hydrogen, are another pathway for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles (HFCVs).

However, both water electrolysis and onboard reformers have not yet achieved the efficiency and cost levels required for practical applications.

Solution Electrolysis: During electrolysis, water molecules are broken into their constituent parts using QSI nanometal (such as Nano Ni) electrodes to produce oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2). The hydrogen can be used to power fuel cells (See How Hydrogen Creates Electric Power In A Fuel Cell); the oxygen can be stored or vented as desired. Two types of electrolysis have been considered for hydrogen generation, acidic and alkaline electrolyzers. Acidic electrolysis is ill suited to be the standard production method as it requires prohibitively expensive platinum as its catalyst material. Alkaline electrolysis is a more promising approach, since it eliminates the need for expensive precious metal catalysts, and with high surface area nano-scale particles, the catalytic reaction is more efficient. For alkaline electrolysis, a combination of nickel and iron is ideal because it is less costly and can easily be produced at the nano-scale level. QSI's proprietary Nano NiFe™ coating of nickel and iron particles has been shown to improve the alkaline electrolysis process by dramatically increasing the surface area available for the catalytic reaction that generates hydrogen, thus increasing efficiency and production rates. QSI has demonstrated that by using its nano nickel and iron particles (QSI-NANO NIFE™) it is possible to increase the efficiency of an electrolyzer design by several percent by increasing the surface area of its active components. Such an increase is critical for reaching the Department of Energy's 2012 target of 69% efficiency (based on lower heating value). Increases of more than 10% have been demonstrated. In addition to efficiency improvements, QSI's Nano NIFE™ electrode coating permits increases of 60% to 200% in hydrogen production from the same electrode at a fixed efficiency. For hydrogen production, the increase in production efficiency reduces the major operating cost component, the cost of electricity consumed. The increase in production rate reduces the major capital cost component, the cost of the electrolyzer stack. QSI has designed, constructed and operated a test alkaline electrolyzer stack and system utilizing Nano NiFe™ coated cathodes. The stack exhibited 68% efficiency in normal operation and has unique thermal management systems for uniform control of temperature. It is currently capable of producing 2.8 cubic meters of hydrogen per day, or 1.8 kg per week. QSI's proprietary and scalable manufacturing process can produce nano nickel and iron in the quantities required for large-scale commercial hydrogen generation via water electrolysis. QSI's nano scale materials thus make it possible to meet all current and future hydrogen needs: for industrial production, as sole fuel for next generation plug-in hybrid electric/hydrogen and fuel cell powered vehicles.

Compact Onboard Hydrogen Reformers for HFCVs: QSI is also presently engineering a compact hydrogen reformer for HFCV applications, capable of reforming all conventionally available fuels (natural gas, gasoline, diesel and bio-fuels) to high-purity hydrogen. The project is funded by a grant from the National Science

Foundation, and the goal is production of high-purity hydrogen in volumes sufficient to power an HFCV. The technology being developed uses hydrogen- permeable membrane reactors with autothermal reforming of hydrocarbons, capable of instantaneous startup (less than 30 seconds) and fast transient response (less than 5 seconds). The autothermal reactor is designed with mini-channels for optimized heat transfer efficiency, while the hydrogen produced in these channels is removed continuously through a hydrogen permeable membrane. The system is configured for production of 5 kg/week of high-purity hydrogen production, the current DOE goal for household hydrogen systems to power HFCVs.

Inexpensive metal catalyst discovered for electrolytic production of hydrogen from waterBy Gizmag Team

06:29 May 3, 2010

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Inexpensive metal catalyst discovered for electrolytic production of hydrogen from water.

The hydrogen economy that may one day replace the hydrocarbon economy came a step closer this week with the announcement that researchers have discovered an inexpensive new proton reduction catalyst - seventy times cheaper than the platinum commonly used now - that can significantly reduce the costs of producing hydrogen using electrolysis to split water into molecules of hydrogen and oxygen.

The important step was discovered by a team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California, Berkeley. "Our catalyst does not require organic additives, and can operate in neutral water, even if it is dirty, and can operate in sea water, the most abundant source of hydrogen on earth and a natural electrolyte," said Hemamala Karunadasa, one of the co-discoverers of this complex. "These qualities make our catalyst ideal for renewable energy and sustainable chemistry."

Karunadasa holds joint appointments with Berkeley Lab's Chemical Sciences Division and UC Berkeley's Chemistry Department. She is the lead author of a paper describing this work

that appears in the April 29, 2010 issue of the journal Nature, titled "A molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water." Co-authors of this paper were Christopher Chang and Jeffrey Long, who also hold joint appointments with Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley.

Hydrogen gas, whether combusted or used in fuel cells to generate electricity, emits only water vapor as an exhaust product, which is why this nation would already be rolling towards a hydrogen economy if only there were hydrogen wells to tap. However, hydrogen gas does not occur naturally and has to be produced.

Nature has developed extremely efficient water-splitting enzymes – called hydrogenases – for use by plants during photosynthesis, however, these enzymes are highly unstable and easily deactivated when removed from their native environment. Human activities demand a stable metal catalyst that can operate under non-biological settings.

Metal catalysts are commercially available, but they are low valence precious metals whose high costs make their widespread use prohibitive. For example, platinum, the best of them, costs some US$2,000 an ounce.

"The basic scientific challenge has been to create earth-abundant molecular systems that produce hydrogen from water with high catalytic activity and stability," Chang says. "We believe our discovery of a molecular molybdenum-oxo catalyst for generating hydrogen from water without the use of additional acids or organic co-solvents establishes a new chemical paradigm for creating reduction catalysts that are highly active and robust in aqueous media."

The molybdenum-oxo complex that Karunadasa, Chang and Long discovered is a high valence metal with the chemical name of (PY5Me2)Mo-oxo. In their studies, the research team found that this complex catalyzes the generation of hydrogen from neutral buffered water or even sea water with a turnover frequency of 2.4 moles of hydrogen per mole of catalyst per second.

Long says, "This metal-oxo complex represents a distinct molecular motif for reduction catalysis that has high activity and stability in water. We are now focused on modifying the PY5Me ligand portion of the complex and investigating other metal complexes based on similar ligand platforms to further facilitate electrical charge-driven as well as light-driven catalytic processes. Our particular emphasis is on chemistry relevant to sustainable energy cycles."

New material combines the strength of steel and the moldability of plasticBy Darren Quick

00:36 March 1, 2011

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Jan Schroers and his team have developed novel metal alloys that can be blow molded into virtually any

shape

Scientists at Yale University have done what materials scientists have been trying to do for decades – create a material that boasts the look, strength and durability of metal that can be molded into complex shapes as simply and cheaply as plastic. The scientists say the development could have the same impact on society as the development of synthetic plastics last century and they have already used the novel metals to create complex shapes, such as metallic bottles, watch cases, miniature resonators and biomedical implants, that are twice as strong as typical steel and can be molded in less than a minute.

Unlike the crystalline structure found in ordinary metals that makes them strong but also results in them requiring three separate steps for processing (shaping, joining and finishing), the metal alloys recently developed by the Yale team are amorphous metals known as bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), whose randomly arranged atoms and low critical cooling rate allows them to be blow-molded into complex shapes like plastics. This allows the researchers to combine the three traditional time- and energy-intensive metal processing steps into one blow molding process that takes less than a minute.

Although the different metals used to make the alloys, such as zirconium, nickel, titanium and copper, cost about the same as high-end steel, they can be processed as cheaply as plastic, according to Jan Schroers, a materials scientist at Yale that led the team.

The BMGs ability to soften and flow as easily as plastic at low temperatures and low pressures, without crystallizing like regular metal is what allows the material to be shaped with unprecedented ease, versatility and precision, Schroers said. To ensure the ideal temperature for blow molding was maintained, the team shaped the BMGs in a vacuum or in fluid.

"The trick is to avoid friction typically present in other forming techniques," Schroers said. "Blow molding completely eliminates friction, allowing us to create any number of complicated shapes, down to the nanoscale."

Schroers and his team have already fabricated a wide variety of shapes and devices using the new processing technique, including miniature resonators for microelectromechanical systems (MEMs) and gyroscopes, but they say that is just the beginning.

"This could enable a whole new paradigm for shaping metals," Schroers said. "The superior properties of BMGs relative to plastics and typical metals, combined with the ease, economy and precision of blow molding, have the potential to impact society just as much as the development of synthetic plastics and their associated processing methods have in the last century."

The new processing technique developed by the Yale researchers is described online in the current issue of Materials Today.

New Catalyst for Electrolysis Reduces Costs by 97% and Increases Hydrogen Production FourfoldPosted by Ovidiu Sandru on May 19, 2010

Read more: http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2010/05/19/gridshift-electrolysis-catalyst/#ixzz1FZ6OVzyj

Hydrogen, the cleanest energy storage in the Universe, is most of the time associated with high costs, although it is extracted from water, which is the cheapest yet the most precious element to life. Extracting hydrogen from water is done through a method called electrolysis, but doing electrolysis efficiently requires the usage of catalysts such as platinum, which is very expensive.

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GA-based GridShift Inc., funded by Khosla Ventures announced the discovery of a new water electrolysis technology that uses no expensive metals such as platinum. GridShift brags their technology reduces the costs with the catalysts by 97 percent, with an ounce costing just $58, as opposed to $1700 an ounce for platinum.

“Hydrogen is a critical piece of America’s future renewable energy policy,” said Robert Dopp, CEO of GridShift, Inc. “Our new water electrolysis process generates carbon neutral hydrogen that is cheaper than gasoline at a fraction of the cost and size of currently available water electrolysis hydrogen generators. We are now on the path to a truly viable hydrogen fueled future.”

The key to GridShift’s process is a new method for coating a complex three-dimensionally shaped electrode on all surfaces with a unique combination of readily available nano particles that expose the catalysts to the electrolyte for efficient water electrolysis reactions and is robust enough to withstand the rigors of electrolysis.

The result is an electrolyzer running as a full cell at 1000 milliamp per cm2 at 80% energy efficiency. GridShift is on track to reach their goal of 85% energy efficiency, which is 47 kWh/kgH2 or $2.35 per kg of H2. Overall, GridShift’s new method for hydrogen generation produces four times more hydrogen per electrode surface area than what is currently reported for commercial units today.

There are also other researchers that study the efficiency of platinum catalysts, such as Daniel Nocera from the MIT. Seeing which of these technologies will succeed will decide the price of the future hydrogen economy.

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New Electrode Makes Hydrogen Electrolysis 10 Times Faster

There is a lot of buzz lately about a hydrogen economy. I have always been a bit of a skeptic about this hydrogen economy, because although hydrogen is a clean burning energy carrier, it is currently produced in a pretty dirty way. Over 85% of the world’s hydrogen is produced by using natural gas in a process called steam reformation.

Unfortunately this process is not very green, in fact, for each pound of hydrogen this process makes, it produces 4 pounds of greenhouse gases in the form of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2). So, the idea of switching an entire economy from one dirty energy carrier (oil) to a little less dirty energy carrier (hydrogen) does not make too much sense to me.

Now the idea of the hydrogen economy is to produce all hydrogen using renewable energy sources, which in theory sounds great. However, typical electrolysis is an expensive, slow, and somewhat inefficient process and this is precisely why steam reformation is the process of choice for producing hydrogen.

Simply put, it is cheaper and faster than electrolysis, but in no way is it greener or cleaner. Until now the electrodes used in the electrolysis process were made of precious metal catalyst materials making them too expensive to compete with steam reformation.

A company called Quantum Sphere, Inc. has found a way around this little problem by using an alkaline electrolysis process, which eliminates the need for precious metal catalysts. In alkaline electrolysis, nickel is the ideal catalyst because it can easily be produced at the nano scale and it is far less costly than platinum.

The company has also invented a technique, using nano technology, to increase the catalytic surface area of each electrode, giving them 2,000 times more surface area than its predecessors.

QSI has demonstrated that by using a blend of their nickel and iron catalyst materials, they can achieved electrolysis efficiencies exceeding 85%, while achieving production increases of ten-fold over all other previously published data. Keep in mind that electrolysis is a pollution free, non CO2 emitting process.

At $1.14 to $4.09 per pound of hydrogen, this drastic improvement in electrolysis efficiency now makes hydrogen an economically and commercially viable replacement for our current fossil fuel economy.

With efficiencies like these, we may just see compact electrolysis units inside future automobiles, producing on-demand hydrogen to power on board fuel cells.

French Nickel Catalyst Promises Cheaper Hydrogen Fuel CellsPosted by Ovidiu Sandru on December 6, 2009

Read more: http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2009/12/06/french-nickel-catalyst-promises-cheaper-hydrogen-fuel-cells/#ixzz1FZ9fknua

Normally, fuel cells use platinum for the catalyst in splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, but platinum is expensive and rare, and after the latest calculations, it also isn’t enough for sustaining a worldwide hydrogen-based economy for long.

A group of researchers from France revealed some tests in this week’s issue of the journal Science that shows how platinum can be substituted with nickel, by mimicking the process going on in anaerobic-living algae. These have an enzyme, called hydrogenase, and use it to metabolize hydrogen. “They use exactly the same process as fuel cells to stay alive,” says Vincent Artero, one of the scientists, working for the Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique near Paris.

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Fuel cell electrodes made of nickel are 20 percent cheaper than those made of platinum. Since platinum counts for about one third of the cost of a fuel cell, replacing it with something 20% cheaper could lower the entire fuel cell’s price by a significant amount.

Nate Lewis, a professor of chemistry at Caltech, agrees. “This is an important step toward the development of a full system that splits water from sunlight,” he says. But Lewis notes that finding a way to attach the catalysts to a surface so that they can be used in an electrode is just one piece of the puzzle.

John Turner, a research fellow in energy sciences at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO adds that, “the major barrier for hydrogen production from water and fuel cells for transportation is not hydrogen catalysis, but oxygen catalysis.”

Nickel-based catalysts are already used in large multi-megawatt commercial electrolyzers, but these catalysts are much less efficient than platinum ones and therefore have to be very large–typically at least 10 square meters.

Turner notes that the current produced by Artero’s catalyst is still orders of magnitude less than can be achieved with platinum. Artero says this can be fairly easily remedied. He notes that the nanotubes used in his team’s experiments received only a low loading of the catalytic material. Increasing this should boost the current: “It’s a gap that we can fill,” he says.

Replacing the expensive platinum with something else inside fuel cells isn’t something new: many scientists have invented various methods of obtaining the same effects with much lower-priced materials, but it still remains to be seen who is going to win by inventing the most feasible technology, and when this technology is going to be applied for the sake of electric car owners out there, who can hardly wait their vehicle to drive for as long as their gasoline one does, and to have the same price it has.

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What happens when you combine water with the catalyst MnO2 and hydrogen peroxide?

by ilyandheartssemicolon | Posted in Chemistry

What happens to the water?It was not fiery and I didn't see steam when I performed the experiment.

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India's Tata invests in MIT spin-off Sun Catalytixby Martin LaMonic

Sun Catalytix, a start-up developing a low-cost catalyst for hydrogen-based energy system, said today that Indian industrial conglomerate Tata has invested in the company.

Tata and Sun Catalytix's current investor, venture capital firm Polaris Ventures, put $9.5 million into the start-up in its series B round of funding.

The investment will allow Sun Catalytix to develop prototypes of its energy system, Daniel Nocera, the MIT professor who developed the technology and founded the company, said in a statement.

A diagram of how the Sun Catalytix fuel cell could be powered by solar panels.

(Credit: MIT)

Nocera's research has focused on designing a catalyst made of inexpensive materials to break off hydrogen from water. Sun Catalytix envisions distributed energy where hydrogen is created by splitting water at people's homes and fed into fuel cells to make electricity

The company says that solar panels can power the water-splitting electrolyzer that makes hydrogen. Such an approach would make it a very clean energy system.

The investment from Tata, which is focused on IT, energy, and consumer products, is a vote of confidence in the technology and the company, which Nocera spun off of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008.

Early tests of the catalyst have been promising, company executives have said. Still, commercializing the research into a marketable product is challenging, given that it relies on a number of technical components and needs a distribution channel.

A fuel cell could be used in a number of applications. In a talk at MIT last year, Nocera hoped that the technology would be used as an energy system in the developing world.

Sun Catalytix raised $3 million from Polaris Ventures last November and has sought federal research loans.

Updated at 12:50 p.m. PT with corrections to technology description.

Going Green with Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Cars

Hydrogen car manufacturers and prices

Hydrogen Car Manufacturers and Prices is an article that examines the current state of the hydrogen fuel cell powered car industry, who the major players are, and when you can expect to see affordable versions of your favorite hydrogen powered cars at your local car dealership.

Hydrogen Car Manufacturers and Prices

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are now available, with many automobile manufacturers revealing models this year in their showrooms, but affordable styles are still about five to 10 years away.

General Motors, which currently has a fleet of six HydroGen3 vehicles in Washington, D.C., announced in October that by 2010 it will widely develop economically viable models of the hydrogen-powered vehicle.

The largest automobile manufacture is already in the process of building a New York fleet of 40 cars under the U.S. Department of Energy's Infrastructure Demonstration and Validation Project. General Motors puts a price tag of $1 million on each HydroGen3 vehicle it will produce.

The developing technology and limited quantity of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles makes them very pricey right now. The fuel cell energy in these vehicles operates like a battery. Fuel cells take in hydrogen and oxygen, and give off pure water and electricity. This electricity runs the motor. The vehicles run smoothly, handle well and can accelerate to speeds of more than 100 miles per hour.

Not until 2004 had scientists been able to develop material that can safely store and release hydrogen, and limit the storage capacity to allow for maximum seating. Other hurdles toward mass production: The availability of hydrogen stations with only a handful in the world, and a fuel cell vehicle can only travel 150 miles on average before running out of hydrogen.

If the buyer takes this under consideration and has about $1 million to spend, the current hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that are available come from top manufacturers such as Ford, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and DaimlerChrysler.

Ford delivered 30 Focus Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCV) in Florida in September as part of a real-world testing program. The FCV looks and drives like other Focus sedans, but under the hood of is a sophisticated hybrid electric engine called a powertrain. Ford is also developing the “Model U” SUV with a hydrogen internal-combustion engine that as of yet does not have a release date.

Ford also features the E-450 shuttle bus that is to hit the industrial market next year. The State of Florida will debut its fleet of six shuttle buses, and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport plans to use V-10, hydrogen-powered buses next year.

BMW unveiled its first hydrogen car – the BMW 750hl – in 2000 and has since released the MINI in 2001 and the 745h last year. The 745h produces 184 horsepower and can achieve a top speed of 133 mph. The cruising range is 190 miles. It is also more reliable for longer distances before fill-ups.

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled 60 A-Class “F-Cell” automobiles since the end of last year in Germany, the US, Japan and Singapore as part of an initial test phase.

DamilerChrysler produced the first fuel-cell vehicle in 1994 with the NECAR 1, which has been followed by 20 research vehicles and prototypes. DaimlerChrysler was also the first to conduct world-wide trial phases of its fuel-cell vehicles. The manufacturer has approximately 100 vehicles in service around the world.

Honda has the only fuel cell vehicle in regular daily operation with customers in the U.S. and Japan. It has 14 hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles (called the Honda FCX) in America. The Honda FCX is the world’s first and only fuel cell vehicle to be certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB).

Hyundai’s fleet of fuel-cell vehicles is particularly small with only five produced as the Hyundai Tucson and Kia Sportage Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs). But the Korean automobile manufacturer is looking to be a major player in the hydrogen-car industry. They paired with ChevronTexaco to build a Hydrogen energy station at the Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center in Chino, Calif., sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Since the Toyota’s fuel cell hybrid passenger vehicle FCHV began in Japan and the U.S. in December 2002, 11 FCHVs have been leased in Japan and five in the U.S.

In the last year, Toyota has conducted real-world verification tests with a fuel cell bus prototype within Tokyo's metropolitan public bus system. Toyota now has eight units of its FCHV-BUS transporting visitors between the Nagakute and Seto areas of the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan.

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1. Runyourcarwithwater.com ($49.00 Convert Your Car to Run on Water) - Find out how to double your gas mileage by running your car on water

2. Water4gas.com (Car on Water Ebook) - Water4gas in an inexpensive and relatively simple ebook you can purchase to help convert your car into a water/gas hybrid. It uses hydrogen which also helps reduce pollution. You can increase your gas mileage by 50%.

3. Gasforfree.com (Modify Your Car to Save Gas Using Water Ebook) - As seen on popular science and popular mechanics magazine, this is another water car ebook that contains simple instructions on how you can use a combination of water and gasoline to double or triple your gas mileage.

4. Drivewithwaterfuel.com (Run Car on Water Ebook) - Another popular water car ebook that shows you how to greatly improve your fuel efficiency, which ultimately can save you thousands on fuel costs in the long run

These are the most popular water car ebooks available today. If you are intersted in saving money on fuel, helping the environment, or even seeing for yourself what all the hype is about, we definitely reccomend checking out any of these ebooks. On top of this, these ebooks will also all have a return policy of some sort. If you are not happy with your product, or even if you have trouble with the instructions, you can return it for your money back.

No matter if you decide to convert your existing car to a car that runs on water, if you choose to purchase a hybrid car, or if you decide a hydrogen powered car is right for you, this truely is an exciting time to witness as we reduce our dependency on oil, help the environment, and we can do this all while giving our wallets a much needed break.

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Hydrogen car - Introduction and home page of Going green with hydrogen fuel cell powered cars. Page 1 of this article will introduce you to the environmental toll fossil fules are putting on our environment.

Hydrogen Powered Car - Page two of Going green with hydrogen fuel cell powered cars gives you a basic introduction to the alternatives available to fossil fuels.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car - Page three of Going green with hydrogen fuel cell powered cars gets to a great possible solution to our environmental issues caused by fossil fuels, and to weather hydrogen fuel cell powered cars are efficient and clean.

Hydrogen Fuel Car - Page four of Going green with hydrogen fuel cell powered cars provides you with some basic technical information to how this energy works, and also includes our conclusion to this article.

Hydrogen Generator TypesHydrogen generator types come in three flavors. A hydrogen generator can be a system that creates hydrogen. Or, a hydrogen generator may be a system that is powered by H2. In a few cases, both are true.

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Creates H2

A hydrogen generator that creates hydrogen comes in many different varieties. First is the hydrogen generator for cars that creates H2 through either the electrolysis of water or reformation or extraction of another hydrogen-rich chemical. There is an advertiser on this website that promotes a hydrogen generator that uses the electrolysis of water to inject hydrogen into a vehicle's intake manifold that will increase gas mileage and decrease emissions. Many such similar devices are also available elsewhere.

Some vehicles will use a hydrogen-rich chemical compound such as sodium borohydride, ammonia, methanol or even gasoline to generate the hydrogen by reformation or extraction. The resulting hydrogen fuel will then be run through a fuel cell or internal combustion engine to power the vehicle. These hydrogen-on-demand systems generate the H2 gas while leaving behind other chemical compounds that will need to be sequestered and disposed of in one manner or another (or even recycled).

Another type of hydrogen generator is a fueling station for hydrogen cars. Not all fueling stations are generators, however. The ones that are will either reform natural gas such as the Honda Home Energy Station IV or use sunlight or wind-power to electrolyze water to create hydrogen. Besides the large commercial hydrogen fueling stations, another type of station that is being

 

developed is the home hydrogen fueling station. These types of hydrogen generators such as being developed by Honda (previously mentioned), General Motors and perhaps even General Electric are meant to sit in one's garage and generate fuel for one's car.

Another kind of hydrogen generator is commonly used in the industrial marketplace. Hydrogen is generated for use for the electronics industry, petroleum refineries, metals processing, glass manufacturing and hydrogenation of food products.

Then there are ultra high purity hydrogen generators common in the medical and research fields. This type of hydrogen generator usually uses distilled or deionized water to create the high purity H2 for gas chromatography or other medical and research applications.

Powered by H2

There are a couple of types of hydrogen generators that use this gas to create electricity. One example of a small, portable hydrogen-powered generator would be the HydroPak that is being manufactured by Millennium and Horizon for emergency use or for remote areas where electricity is not readily available. A larger hydrogen-powered generator such as those produced by the Hydra Fuel Cell Corporation use the gas and a stationary fuel cell to create electricity for a home. A company such as Hydrogenics manufactures large industrial hydrogen fuel cells to provide power to businesses that want to go off-grid or as a backup power system. Computer data centers are primary targets for these kinds of hydrogen generators. In 2005, the Verizon call-switching center in Garden City, New York converted over to a UTC Power fuel cell for its primary source of electricity.

Both Creates and Is Powered by H2

There is another kind of hydrogen generator that both creates hydrogen and uses the gas to create power. An example would be clean coal power plants such as the proposed FutureGen plant or those being built in California or Italy. This type of power plant will use coal gasification to extract the hydrogen while sequestering the CO2. The carbon dioxide is then pumped underwater or underground such as in abandoned oil wells for permanent storage. The hydrogen is then used to run through a large turbine to create clean electricity.

As one can see, a hydrogen generator needs to be defined by its function as well as whether it is powered by hydrogen or creates the gas to generate power or for another use. One thing is for certain, though, is that hydrogen is a versatile element that can provide clean power coming or going. And, this is ultimately what it is all about, now isn't it?

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Mazda 5 Premacy RE Mazda RX-8 RE

Mercedes B-Class FCell Mercedes BlueZero FCell Mercedes F600 HygeniusMitsubishi Nessie SUV

Morgan LifeCar Nissan X-Trail FCV Peugeot 207 Epure Peugeot H2Origin Pininfarina Sintesi

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HYDROGEN GENERATOR FOR CARS H2-O2 Posted in: Cars/Motorbikes in India Last updated: 13/01/10

Turn your car into H2O Hybrid

Run your car with water. Now combine a car with water is possible. Turn your car into a hybrid hydrogen generator - H2-O2. The new technology that has surprised the United States in recent months is finally in Europe.

A simple technology and environmentally friendly than you'll be able to install in your own car without the aid of a mechanic

Advantages:

• Savings up to 50% fuel • Reduction of CO2 emissions • Reduction of carbon in your engine • Reduce the temperature in the Active engine • Increase the life time of your engine • lower noise in the engine due to the effect of hydrogen in the fuel cycle.

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Contact this advertiser(0)033 434 671 704Millennium Cell Inc. Horizon Fuel Cell TechnologiesHydroPak water-activated portable power generator http://www.instructables.com/id/ST4PGHAFCRT3DRN/In January 2008 Millennium Cell Inc. and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies had announced the completion of a pre-production version of the HydroPak portable power generator.

The HydroPak product combines Horizon's fuel cells with Millennium Cell's Hydrogen on Demand storage technology. The Hydrogen on Demand storage technology, or HOD systems, is in a form of a dry cartridge. Hydrogen on Demand utilizes sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as a hydrogen storage medium. It offers infinite shelf-storage life and 400 Watt hours of "instant power" by just adding water.

The HydroPak provides the power through a common AC outlet and two USB connectors allowing low power devices to operate for more than 16 hours when the electrical grid is unavailable.

Ammonia-Hydride Hydrogen Generator forPortable Fuel Cell Power Systems- J. Schmidt (Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.), F. Lynch (Hydrogen Components, Inc.),

J. Wilkes (United States Air Force Academy),R. Lucero (Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.), and R. Vaughn (United States Air Force Academy)

The objective of the ammonia-hydride hydrogen generator project was to design and develop a lightweight hydrogen (H2) generator, with high specific energy density. Primary use of the generator would be to provide fuel for small portable fuel cell power systems.

This generator is based on the reaction of anhydrous ammonia (NH3) with lithium-aluminum tetrahydride (LiAlH4), a process that is generically known as “ammonolysis.” Unlike hydrolysis-based systems, the reaction of ammonia and lithium-aluminum tetrahydride is prompt at sub-zero temperatures, which allows for hydrogen generation in cold environments.

The best engineering-scale test results of this program showed a hydrogen yield of 6.7% of reactant mass—just over half of the theoretical maximum. Overall system yields approaching 4% have been demonstrated.

These ammonia-hydride hydrogen generators may be used with a variety of fuel cell sizes. They are self regulating and able to generate hydrogen to follow varying electrical generation demands from the fuel cell.

The present design is capable of generating up to about 1 standard liter per minute H2 (~100W fuel cell). This design is also flexible in terms of scaling the H2 generation capacity up or down.

Advantages of the ammonia-hydride hydrogen generator are compactness and simplicity of operation and safety relative to the alternatives.

Intelligent solutions™ Hydrogen generatorsCompact hydrogen generator

Pure hydrogen, anywhere, anytimeIntelligent solutions™Intelligent Energy is an energyFor further details please contact:London, EnglandE: unitedkingdom@intelligent-energy.com T: +44 (0)20 7958 9033 Long Beach, California, USA E: unitedstates@intelligent-energy.com

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http://www.intelligent-energy.comsolutions company, with proprietary PEM fuel cell and pure hydrogen generation technology at its core. Our portfolio includes PEM fuel cell stacks and power plant systems at a range of scales to suit a broad spectrum of applications.

These power plants are suitable for motive and stationary power applications including hybrid vehicles, distributed generation, portable power and residential and commercial cogeneration systems.

We offer partners the opportunity to license our technology for use in their own end products and applications.

We operate globally, working directly with leading OEMs and public–private consortia to develop solutions for real market applications.

Efficient and compactDeveloped around steam reformation and thermo-chemical processes, our hydrogen generation products are the most efficient, compact and light weight systems on the market today. The three key aspects of our systems include our proprietary meso-channel architecture, integrated hydrogen separation membrane and proprietary catalyst technology.

Fit for purposeThese technologies combined with our design for production methodology make our hydrogen generators ideal for fuel cell power systems when weight, volume, form factor and cost are a consideration.

Power ranges have been developed to support our fuel cell based systems from less than 20W up to 500W. Systems can be designed and manufactured for specific power requirements. Such flexibility is also a characteristic of our larger scale Hestia hydrogen generators, giving us a unique and comprehensive portfolioin hydrogen generation.

Multi-fuel capabilityThe assortment of fuels that can be processed via our hydrogen generators includes propane, LNG, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, bio-diesel and ammonia.

Our integrated membrane based systems can deliver up to 99.95% pure hydrogen with CO levels below 2 ppm.Where a reformate stream is sufficient, e.g. tolerant PEM fuel cells or SOFC, our non-membrane generator represents a smaller, more cost-effective system.

Benefits• Remote, portable and distributed hydrogen generation• Cost effective (e.g. low maintenance)• Pure hydrogen production• Multi-fuel capability• Low environmental impact• Quiet operation

Compact hydrogen generatorSummary Rated capacity 100W

Pure hydrogen flowrate 1.2 SLPMPerformance Pure H2 efficiency(LHV) 35%Cold start up time 90 min

Input requirements Types of fuels Ammonia, ethanol, propane, bio-diesel, kerosene, diesel, LNG, gasolineProduct gas details Control input signal RS232, RS485, LAN

Hydrogen purity 99.950%System physical dimensions CO content (dry) <2ppm

Total volume 14LTotal weight 4.5kg

Sondex Freshwater Distiller 

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Fresh Water   - Single stage 

 

Sondex Freshwater Distiller 

 

 The Sondex freshwater distiller utilizes the heat from diesel engine jacket cooling water to produce pure drinkable water by evaporating sea water under high vacuum, enabling the feed water to evaporate at temperatures below 48°C.

 

Steam can also be used as the heat source instead of the hot jacket water.

 

The Sondex freshwater distiller is based on two Sondex titanium plate heat exchangers, acting as an evaporator and a condenser respectively.

 

Capacity 1-150 tons/day. 

Features and Application • The Sondex multistage freshwater distiller is based on the utilization of waste heat

basically used where high production is required, and the energy available is limited.  • The Sondex multistage unit is therefore only consuming about the energy of the

single-stage units. • The typical applications are off-shore rigs, passenger ships, hotels and other places

where the waste heat is limited or expensive to create. • The Sondex multistage units have been specially designed and fully scale tested,

before introduction to the market, in order to secure a stable and reliable production with long service intervals, and production of very pure fresh water with low salinity. 

• The Sondex multistage units are today covering a capacity range from 50 to 500 tons/day. Therefore we can offer our customers an economical and technical solution which is far superior to any other evaporators on the market.

• The Sondex multistage unit is remarkable on many points and is also based on the specially designed      "vertical tube" design plates resulting in excellent water distribution with no disturbing contact points in the boiling stage. Thus the water scaling is very low.

• The Sondex multistage unit operates fully automatically according to given water flow and pressures, and requires a minimum of supervision.

• Steam can also be used as the heat source instead of the hot jacket water.

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The mileage booster is suitable for increasing the mileage of any petrol / gasoline / diesel cars by around 20-40%.

This product is designed after 2 years of extensive research and tested out on various vehicles. However it can be installed on small Diesel generator set having engine size upto 3000 cc.

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Water to gas and increase your Vehicle mileage average

Up to 40% and save fuel cost! 

Water to gas kits are the latest innovation to increase mileage and power of two wheelers, three wheelers,  your vehicle will not be totally dependent on water but it will be sorts of hybrid type.

Utilizing water as a fuel  additive by converting water in to HHO gas once it is broken down. And increase in mileage economy up to 40%. By using our kit you are using a HHO gas it is used by engine as a supplement to help reduce your consumption of existing fuel.

This gas is then mixed with fuel at air manifold just before it enters the engine resulting in possible gas savings. The benefit of technology are increased fuel mileage in some cases doubling it, increase in horsepower, better or smoother running engine and less emission.

We designed the kits to be very easy to install

Hydrogen powered Royal Enfieldmore details – royalrider.blogspot.com Email – arun656@gmail.com

The project is done by Arun, Nabeel Ibrahim and Chadrashekaran.

This is our new project to run Bullet with hydrogen power. The gas (HHO) is produced from water by splitting the structure of water (H2O) to HHO(brown gas / hydroxy gas). The gas mixes with fuel in the engine and creates a better combustion leaving no carbon which gives a clean exhaust and makes the environment green. This process also increases the power and mileage of the vehicle and also increases the engine life. On testing we got an extra 8 – 10 kmpl. More research and design improvements has to be done.

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Water to gas and increase your Vehicle mileage average

Up to 40% and save fuel cost! 

Water to gas kits are the latest innovation to increase mileage and power of two wheelers, three wheelers,  your vehicle will not be totally dependent on water but it will be sorts of hybrid type. Utilizing water as a fuel  additive by converting water in to HHO gas once it is broken down. And increase in mileage economy up to 40%. By using our kit you are using a HHO gas it is used by engine as a supplement to help reduce your consumption of existing fuel. This gas is then mixed with fuel at air manifold just before it enters the engine resulting in possible gas savings. The benefit of technology are increased fuel mileage in some cases doubling it, increase in horsepower, better or smoother running engine and less emission.

We designed the kits to be very easy to install

NedStack PS100 PEM Fue l Ce l l Sys temNedStack sells a limited number of standard stacks and power supply systems. Dedicated stacks are designed according to customer specifications, using Nedstack's fuel cell simulation software. Next to the fuel cell stacks, NedStack offers as an option its integrated cathode gas humidifier, based on membrane

technology. With one click you can print our preliminary specifications sheet of our following commercially available products

Nedstack is primarily a producer and supplier of stacks. The accumulated system design know-how enables NedStack to design better stacks, and helps to support its customers.

Fuel cell powered transportation results in low operational costs and zero emission. Fuelled by hydrogen, their only by-product is water. Even using today's technology, hydrogen can be made and sold at prices below that of diesel fuel on

a €/kJ basis.

Given the as yet limited availability of hydrogen fuel stations along public roads, one needs to start off with medium sized fleet applications. NedStack is producing PEM fuel cell stacks for system integrators such as passenger car manufacturers,

buses, trains, inland shipping, internal and utility transport.

 Buses : A fuel cell powered bus offers more passenger comfort and lower operational costs than its conventional counterpart powered by diesel or natural gas. And above all, a fuel cell bus is whisper silent and completely emission free!

Utility transport : Most modern city distribution trucks and garbage collecting trucks produce too much noise and pollution, such as fine dust, at their constant stop and go movements in highly populated areas. PEM fuel cell systems (NedStack PS6 to PS100) are especially developed for these kinds of trucks in order to eliminate this nuisance.

Inland shipping :

There are two different inland shipping areas in which PEM fuel cell technology is applicable:

Inland utility vessels Inland passenger ships

Currently harbour authorities show intense interest in the PEM fuel cell technology in order to reduce the hazardous emission and noise of such vessels, as they are sailing and as they are docked.

For inland utility vessels at long distances the PEM fuel cell system will most likely be implemented as an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU).

 

 

Trains : A hydrogen fuel cell train works in the following environments: Low capacity tracks lacking an overhead power line, busy tracks with overhead power lines, with limited power, train ranking area, with limited overhead power lines located in highly populated areas and light weight trains in subways and city centres.

NedStack PS100 fuel cell system is developed for maximum endurance under 'heavy duty' conditions. Its unique and patented conductive composite material is used for the bipolar plates in the fuel cell stack. This material is much more resistant to the corrosive environment within the cell than conventional metallic bipolar plates. An endurance test performed by an independent research institute has shown that the extrapolated lifetime of a NedStack fuel cell is over 20.000 hours.

 Advantages:

- Zero emissions such as CO, CO2, NOx - Zero fine dust- Stacks are recyclable - High system efficiency (atmospheric operation) - High power density of fuel cells - Economic use of by-product hydrogen - Significant decrease of power demand from grid - Long maintenance-free lifetime - Modules are replaceable without interruption - No limitation in start and stop cycles - Scalable system, optimized to local situation - Low noise

Type 100 kW fuel cell system Nedstack PS100

Performance Net Rated Electrical Power

100 kW

 Typical Beginning of Life Voltage Range

550– 900 V (DC)

  Operating current range 25 – 180 A (DC)

  Efficiency – LHV 55 – 57 % (stack) / 48 – 50 % (system)

  Expected Life >10.000 hrs (stacks); >20.000 hrs (pumps)

  Operational ambient -20–+40 °C

temperature

Fuel Hydrogen  

  Purity 99.95 % (no sulphur compounds)

  Supply pressure 350 bar (filling pressure)

  Stack Operating Pressure ambient

  Maximum Consumption About 12 slpm/kW

Air delivery system

Flow rate About 349 Nm3/h

  Supply pressure ambient

  Sulphur 0 ppb

Physical Dimensions 900 × 900 × 2300 mm

  Mass ± 1000 kg

Emissions NOx, SOx 0

  Noise @ 200 A <40 dBa

Cooling system requirements

Heat Rejection to Coolant at Maximum Power

About <140 kW nominal

Cooling method Primary de-mineralised water

  Secondary normal water or coolant

Portable PowerIntroducing

: a new fuel cell power generator designed by Horizon

The HYDROPAK is a revolutionary portable "off-grid" power device that combines next generation PEM fuel cell technology with water-activated energy storage cartridges. The result: clean power where and when you need it - just add water!

Horizon's HYDROPAK provides significantly more energy stored at a lower cost, reduced weight, and smaller size then today's existing battery-based portable emergency power devices. Its recyclable dry fuel cartridge overcomes the logistics and supply infrastructure for hydrogen, since the HydroPAK system is able to generate its own hydrogen when needed, once users add water to the cartridge. No hydrogen is ever stored in the HYDROPAK or its cartridges since the HYDROPAK produces hydrogen on request. When the system is turned off, there is no hydrogen in the system. The unique HYDROPAK water-activated cartridge system: Provides long shelf life when stored dry, with no self-discharge

Can run indoors with no harmful emissions (no carbon monoxide, no carbon dioxide) Is quieter, lighter and smaller than generators Stores significantly more energy than batteries at a lower cost and less weight At 60W-120W the HydroPAK is the world's lowest cost fuel cell portable device

The HydroPAK targets industrial, consumer and commercial markets with applications ranging from recreational outdoors to emergency power. We are currently shipping HYDROPAK evaluation units to professional buyers around the world and first commercial sales are expected to start in 2010. HYDROPAK cartridges are supplied in boxes of 6 units.

To order an evaluation unit, please contact us on hydropak@horizonfuelcell.com

ElectraGen ME System

Corporate Headquarters63065 N.E. 18th Street BendOregon97701USA

Asia Pacific OfficeTokai BuildingTokai BuildingSeksyen U8, Bukit JelutongShah Alam40150Malaysia

European OfficeKonrad-Adenauer-Strasse 9-13HertenD-45699Germany

Next Generation Extended Run Backup Power Fuel Cell Systems For Telecom

The ElectraGen™ ME System is an extended run backup power fuel cell system, available in 2.5 kW and 5 kW configurations. These systems provide reliable backup power for telecommunications applications.

The ElectraGen™ ME System includes a fuel reformer that converts methanol and water liquid fuel into hydrogen gas to power the unit. By generating its own hydrogen, the need for delivery and storage of bottled hydrogen is eliminated.

This system is designed for reliability, long autonomy and minimal maintenance.

The ElectraGen™ ME System is the ideal solution for telecommunications towers, remote sites or other installations that require dependable backup power for the long run.

ElectraGen™ XTi System Specifications

Power Rating 2.5 kW or 5 kW

Nominal Voltage 24 or 48 VDC

Voltage Adjustable 23 to 27 VDC, 46 to 54 VDC

Size (WxDxH) 1.4 x 1.1 x 1.7 m (57 x 45 x 68 in.)

Weight (Product) 590 kg (1300 lbs)

Fuel Specification HydroPlus (methanol-water)

Ambient Temperature-5°C to +46°C (23° to 115°F) Standard-40°C to +46°C (-40° to 115°F) Cold

Location Outdoor Rated

Certifications CE and ANSI/CSA FC-1

Communications 8 Dry Contacts (relays) and SNMP Ethernet

Specifications may change without notice

PowerCell will supply its Power Generator to two main market segments in the transport industry, the Marine leisure and the Truck segment.

The Truck APU segment has a rapidly increasing need for environmental friendly power generators (APUs), mainly driven by anti-idling legislation in North America. All trucks with sleeper cabs require electricity during rest to power auxiliary systems such as air condition, TV and kitchen appliances.

In the Marine leisure segment, the customers require electricity to power auxiliary systems. The existing solutions, diesel engine based generators, have many negative characteristics such as un-healthy emissions, high levels of sound, vibration and odor. Compared to existing solutions, the fuel cell generator will increase user comfort by reducing these negative characteristics.

In addition to the segments mentioned above, PowerCell’s strength and core competence creates a significant competitive advantage in market segments such as stationary fuel cells for housing and telecom stations, range extenders for electrical cars, power for

transport refrigeration and military applications are examples of segments with a huge potential for PowerCell’s system.

PowerCell’s intention is to offer our fuel cell stack to system integrators in non-automotive markets. PowerCell’s unique scalable fuel cell design is suitable both for reformate and hydrogen fuel cell stacks. Substantial contracts for such applications are under negotiations.

PowerCell’s PowerPac is developed for different demanding applications, both a water cooled version for marine applications and an air cooled version for truck applications. The core technology can easily be adapted to several other applications and segments. PowerCell is currently focusing to meet the following main milestones;

Separate sales of fuel cell will start 2010 Power Pac is under development

F u e l C o n v e r t e r

PowerCell is developing a fuel converter which convert standard grade diesel into high quality hydrogen reformate which can be used to fuel our fuel cell system.

Diesel is a complex mixture of numerous hydrocarbons, and it is this complexity that has presented a major challenge in the production of clean hydrogen for automotive applications.

The main difficulty with using diesel is to avoid soot formation of the simpler compounds, while at the same time providing sufficient energy for converting the more complex hydrocarbons in diesel.

PowerCell has solved this problem, by designing a system that homogeneously oxidizes the fuel in a pre-reforming chamber, while at the same time providing additional heat for converting the more complex hydrocarbons to a rich, high quality hydrogen gas mixture.

Features:

Converts commercial available fuel, such as diesel, into a hydrogen rich gas.

Fuel infrastructure neutral Scalability Clean conversion Patent design

How Does it work?

A fuel cell is an electrochemical cell that produces electrical current during an electrochemical reaction in which hydrogen reacts with oxygen to form water.

A fuel cell stack is composed of several single cell units, the more cells, the more power is obtained. Each cell is composed of several sub components. Fuel cells differ from conventional batteries in that they consume reactant (hydrogen) provided from an external source, while batteries store electrical energy internally. A fuel cell will generate power as long as it is supplied with fuel.

The core of our technology is a unique cell design which allows for the production of highly robust fuel cells. These fuel cells can be fuelled by hydrogen created directly from diesel in the truck and not just pure hydrogen from pressurized tanks. The main issue with PEM-fuel cells has always been the ultra low tolerance to carbon monoxide (a by-product from the hydrogen production process). The PowerCell design however, allows for carbon monoxide.

What is it used for?

The diesel engine in a heavy-duty truck is dimensioned for operation at a high load to meet the propulsion requirements, where the normal efficiency is above 40 percent.

Today however, diesel engines are also used to power auxiliary systems when the truck is idle and the engine load is outside of its optimal operating range. By supplying power to the vehicle by means other than that from main engine, it is possible to increase performance and reduce emissions.

Power Generators are also highly suitable for replacing diesel based generators, both for marine and other stationary applications.

Benefits of PowerCell :

The Power Generator from PowerCell increases fuel efficiency while creating both environmental and financial profits.

The use of Power Generators, based upon small diesel engines, is today the preferred alternative in the automotive industry. These generators are limited by low fuel economy and high emissions, both of which can be resolved by replacing the small diesel engine with a fuel cell.

PowerCell’s Power Generator is a compact and reliable system that generates electricity at a high power density with ultra low emissions of NOx,HC,CO,SOx and PM. Our Power Generator will solve the emission problems associated with the idle operation of trucks, while at the same time offering fuel efficient solutions for the customers.

We lead our customers into the H2-Society by delivering the benefits today!

Extensive research in the field of fuel cell systems for applications within the Volvo Group has resulted in an innovative, unique and patented technology for converting commercially available hydro carbon fuels into clean, environment-friendly electricity.

Vast investments are being made in the industry of hydrogen fuel cell systems and the results are promising. However, the infrastructure for hydrogen is not yet available and it will most likely require a number of decades to be thoroughly developed and established.

The unique PowerCell system will use today’s fuels, both fossil and renewable, to create clean energy. Most hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel, gasoline, biogas and methanol can be used in our fuel cell systems.

In addition, the Power Generator under development by PowerCell, is being designed for easy adaptation to renewable fuels such as;  di-methyl ether (DME), ethanol, renewable methanol and biogas. When these fuels become commercially available, our customers are ready to use them. The system bridges the gap between the infrastructure of today and that of tomorrow.

Our mission is to provide unique Fuel Cell Electric Power Systems to support customers’ use of existing fuel infrastructures without compromising the environment.

The development of new fuel cell technology within the Volvo Group dates from the early nineties. A world class research team has since then reached astonishing results.

The expansion of PowerCell Sweden has been made possible by enthusiasm and confidence in the fuel cell technology combined with the vast R&D resources of the Volvo Group. Our research and development has resulted in a unique patented fuel cell and fuel converter technology.

PowerCell Sweden AB was founded in 2008 with the objective of bringing fuel cell and fuel converter technology to full commercialization.

In 2009, capital investments were made in the company by Volvo Technology Transfer, Midroc New Technology, Ocas Ventures and Fouriertransform, all major contributors in their fields and robust in their directions for an environmentally sustainable world.

Increased environmental awareness often goes hand in hand with economical savings.

For instance, replacing idle operation of a main engine with an alternative power source, makes it possible to reduce emissions while at the same time lowering the fuel consumption of the vehicle.

In every step of the development and manufacturing process, care is taken to ensure the safety, reliability and of the highest quality of the product.

Renewable fuels contribute to a more sustainable world. Anticipating this, PowerCell’s Power Generator is being designed for easy adaptation to clean fuels such as di-methyl ether (DME) and ethanol. When these fuels become commercially available, our customers are ready to use them.

Powercell Sweden AB on Hannover Exibition 2011, 4-8 of April. 

February 14, 2011

Powercell will be present at the Hydrogen + Fuel cell exibition in Hannover. Booth no D66/3.

First fuel cell manufacturing to begin by New Year

November 20, 2010

Power Cell is now taking the step from a development company into a commercial company. Within one year, a unique business center focused on developing, testing  and manufacturing fuel cells has been built up. Preparations for series production of fuel cells are to be completed by the New Year with actual production beginning in 2011.

- We have a global potential customer base, where we cooperate with numerous companies in many industries.” says Torbjörn Assarsson, President & CEO of PowerCell. Mutual confidentiality agreements prevent revealing specific details, but customers include industries involved in telecom stations, material processing and automotives for example.- Further new and unexpected applications may also develop for us that even lie beyond our current market and sphere of strategic planning.

- I am convinced that fuel cell technology is on the threshold of a wide breakthrough  although the market and this whole new industry remains dynamic. It is an exciting but demanding task of creating a new business that I think will significantly challenge our flexibility and adaptability.The world’s third largest industrial investment in fuel cells went to Powercell last year. As the new fuel cell test center, the largest of its kind in Northern Europe,  continues to be built up in the Hisingen area of Gothenburg, , cross-border cooperation continues in parallel aiming at developing a new national fuel cell cluster in Sweden.- We are of course very pleased that our new facility will become a fuel cell center for customers, companies, research institutes, universities and colleges, “says Torbjorn Assarsson.

Looking aheadWhile PowerCell powers ahead towards fuel cell manufacturing and commercialization,, future product development continues. For example, we are combining the fuel cell stack with our fuel conversion processor in an APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) system for backup power of telecommunication stations, trucks and ships when the primary engine is not operating.- Different fuels such as diesel, gasoline or biofuels, reformed into hydrogen, drive the fuel cells . The efficiency is high. A complete APU system will produce electricity with the only waste products being water, heat and a reduced amount of carbon dioxide while toxins such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide or particulates are completely eliminated.

“We create quiet environment-friendly electricity, period.” says Torbjörn Assarsson.

Power Cell Company Summary

Power Cell is a company in Gothenburg, which produces and sells fuel cell stacks (provide electricity from hydrogen and oxygen) as well as develops new technology in fuel conversion and power units. The company is jointly owned by Volvo Technology Transfer, OCAS Ventures, Midroc New Technology and Fourier transform.

This article is published 2010-11-20 at Dagens Industri. Search for “Vätgas och Bränsleceller” or read the article in Swedish here.

PowerCell launches Fuel cell stack platform to the market.

November 11, 2010

PowerCell’s fuel cell stack technology is based on more than 15 years of R&D work within the Volvo Group. Powercell’s stack platform has a unique design that enables operation on either reformate or pure hydrogen and allows for cost-effective and reliable power generation. Our strategy is providing customers with innovative and reliable products. We work on understanding the needs of OEM’s, system integrators and end users, and challenge ourselves to provide a flexible and environmental friendly solution.

Powercell stack platform design

Features:                                                                                                                      

  – Fast start up power                                                                                                                

            – Compact design for high power

density                                                                                                    – Scalability   – Patented design   – Robust construction   – High fuel efficiency   – Liquid-cooled   – Runs on both reformate and hydrogen gas   – Zero emissions 

Basic data:

  – RATED GROSS POWER (kW): 1 – 7   – OPERATING AMBIENT TEMPERATURE (C): 0-70C   – DESIGNED LIFETIME 10 000h   – CAN HANDLE GASES WITH AT LEAST 40% H2 AND UP TO 50 PPM CO 

 PowerCell Sweden AB was founded as a spin-off from Volvo Group in 2008 with the objective of bringing fuel cell and fuel converter technology to full commercialization. Powercell recently moved into a 5000 sqm facility in Gothenburg Sweden that combines laboratories, research & development and production under one roof.

Contacts:

Mats Forsberg                                                                       Stefan ThundalBusiness Development Director                                           Sales & Marketing ManagerPhone: +46 739 103704                                                        Phone: +46 739 103741E-mail: mats.forsberg@powercell.se                                   E-mail: stefan.thundal@powercell.se

  PowerCell and Volvo Cars have been granted research funding from the Swedish Energy Agency October 27, 2010

Electric cars are the most powerful tool for reducing oil dependency. An electric car with Range Extender gives the best of both worlds. The daily runs are covered by the battery while longer trips are supported by the Range Extender.

PowerCell and Volvo are executing a feasibility study on a 30kW Range Extender (reformer / fuel cell) for electric cars. The advantage of a Range Extender is that it combines all the benefits of  a pure electric car with the range of a conventional car. When the car’s battery is discharged to a predetermined level, the fuel cell starts automatically. Unaware to the driver, the car is driven by the electric motor with the average power being supplied by the fuel cell, maintaining the battery charge. The battery provides maximum power for overtaking. For the customer, the car always has the same performance.

The fuel is regular gasoline, converted to hydrogen by reforming with special catalysts at elevated temperatures. PowerCell’s fuel cell then converts the hydrogen into electrical energy, which powers the car and recharges the battery while driving. The system is quiet and vibration free.This unique solution allows one to fill fuel at any gas stations. The driver is not dependent on hydrogen stations that are otherwise necessary for hydrogen fuel cell cars.

Range Extender

The combination of reformer/ fuel cell delivers extremely low emissions. In comparison with an internal combustion engine, PowerCell’s solution shows a drastic decrease in emissions. NOx (nitrogen oxides), SOx (sulphur oxides), CO (carbon oxide) and particulate emissions are completely eliminated by PowerCell’s Range Extender, while providing lower fuel consumption.

With support from the Swedish Energy Agency, the first phase is now under way, which comprises of (feasibility study) comprehensive design calculations and solutions.

Phase 2, which is pending approval, comprises a plan to build two Volvo C30 Electric Range Extender vehicles with half of the batteries to be replaced by PowerCell’s reformer/fuel cell system. The battery range is 60-70 km while further range is provided by the Range Extender. The cars will have the same range between refueling as a conventional car. Volvo Cars and Power Cell have jointly applied for grants from the Swedish Energy Agency for Phase 2.

Phase 2 has the goal to have two prototype cars based on the Volvo C30 DRIVe Electric ready for testing in everyday traffic in 2012. The project will be evaluated and reported to the Swedish Energy Agency at the end of 2012.

PowerCell is also developing pure hydrogen powered fuel cells for specific markets, especially for fleets that have access to local hydrogen stations.

Thanks to the Swedish Energy Agency’s support, Power Cell and Volvo Cars are implementing the Phase 1 feasibility study. This collaboration enhances competitiveness for both companies as well as numerous Swedish suppliers. The automotive industry is facing the greatest transformation in automotive history. A transformation which is exciting, necessary and high paced.

For more information please contact Mats Forsberg, Sales & Marketing Director or Torbjörn Assarsson, President & CEO. 

Swedish ministers visiting Powercell’s site.

August 31, 2010

With aim to get an update on hydrogen and fuel cells the ministers visited Powercell together with the automotive industry, Swedish authorities, universities and branch organizations. The meeting was organized by Vätgas Sverige.

 

From the left: Åsa Torstensson, Ministry of Entreprise, Energy and Communications. Torbjörn Assarsson, President and CEO. Andreas Carlgren, Minister for the Environment.

PowerCell Sweden AB

Address:Ruskvädersgatan 12SE-418 34 GöteborgSweden

E-mail: info@powercell.se

Phone: +46 31 7203620

Telefax: +46 31 7203621

The people at PowerCell form an extraordinary team. We offer the opportunity to contribute to the creation of a future business and to shape the solutions for a more sustainable world.

Our team consists of people with wide backgrounds and experiences from different fields. We are motivated by the thought of creating something extraordinary and of vital importance for the environment.

If you would like to learn more about working at PowerCell, please send an e-mail to:info@powercell.se

GreenHub Powerbox - Hydrogen Fuel Cell UPS 500W-2kW

A complete fuel cell UPS power system solution!

Horizon and H2Planet are now introducing a complete suite of standby power system that are able to run on bottled industrial hydrogen gas, or metal hydride canisters able to store renewable energy using PEM electrolyzers. The GreenHub line of UPS systems ranges from 500W to 2kW, and combines self-humidified PEM fuel cells from Horizon with ltalain system engineering by H2Planet, including innovative remote control features via GPRS using iPhones or PDAs!

Features Integrated self-humidifying PEM stack Rubber handles for transport Threaded attachments for wall-mounting Secure pressure system Quick stop access Programmable (weekly or standby) Integrated inverter DC/DC & AC/DC 220-230V AC @50Hz (optional 110V AC) 12/24 DC output for battery chargers USB 2.0 output for electronics Safety sensors for H2, temperature, and H2 pressure control levels

Benefits Zero carbon emissions Silent operation Longer lifecycle over conventional systems Indoor use capability Anti-freeze heat recovery system 3 output sockets in one: 12V DC, 5V USB, 220V AC Auto regulating feed system with pressure regulators Can use hydride canisters or pressurized cylinders Compatible with our catalyzed combustion system Can be integrated with various renewable energies Can use industrial bottled gas Compact and easily transportable Easy to install and operate

Specifications

Options

iGreen: GreenHub remote control (iPhone and PDA)-H2 cylinder replacement By-product heat recovery system duct using "GreenAir" system

H2Swap: GreenHub on-site cylinder delivery and cylinder swapping

Technology

 

What we strive to achieve:

•Producing economically viable, high performance fuel cell solutions •Solving access to hydrogen for mainstream users •Developing scalable mass-manufacturing processes

Since late 2005, following significant cost-reduction milestones and core technology breakthroughs, we are now actively involved in launching products in applications that can be powered by Horizon today, and preparing those applications that will be powered by Horizon tomorrow.

Innovation is at its best and most powerful when ideas converge, when very different sciences interact with each other. Our capability is diverse, meaning we can design complete solutions that include software, electronics, hydrogen storage, peripherals and mechanical devices – all under one roof.

Horizon’s technological advantage resides in developing complete PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) fuel cell power solutions delivering 0.3W to 15kW. Our PEM fuel cells are air-cooled, and self-humidified, making it possible to offer simpler and therefore more reliable system designs. They have the additional benefit of being one the lightest and most compact solutions on the world market.

As a result of our core materials technologies, we also offer flexible designs by being able to modify at will all the variables of weight, conductivity, lifetime, and cost based on the specific requirements of the product to be powered by our fuel cells. This means the range of our application possibilities is virtually endless, and explains why we are able to simultaneously make aerospace grade 1kW PEM fuel cells that weigh only 800g, consumer grade fuel cells for toys, education, and consumer electronics, and industrial grade fuel cells for portable power, back-up power and transportation.

HQ : Gasanstaltstraße 2 Dresden

D - 01237 Germany

P a t h t o 2 0 k W s y s t e m s

staxera and EBZ have begun a joint SOFC system development program, focusing on high electrical efficiency and based on steam reforming of natural gas. The commercial focus of this program is a 20 kW system with an electrical efficiency of between 50 and 60%. The basic design will also be used to develop other products such as systems which operate on biogas or landfill gas.

The first phase of the program involves the construction and testing of a system demonstrator based on a peak stack power of 3 kW, using two of staxera’s integrated stack modules (ISMs). The system demonstrator has been in operation since September 2009, and is at present using two of staxera's 1.1 kW ISMs. This system design is now available for purchase as a commercial product - please contact us for details.

The second and third phases of the program involve increasing the system power to 5 kW by including five ISMs; and then scaling up to 20 kW by using staxera's future 5 kW ISMs.

In order to accelerate the development and marketing of the system, staxera and EBZ welcome other partners to join their cooperation.

Please contact us for further information, or download the attached presentation

Tropical S.A. Business type: manufacturer, retail sales, exporter Product types: Hydrogen Fuel cell systems (100W to 20kW), Reformate Fuel cell

systems operating with LPG & Natural Gas(1kW to 20kW), Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage Tanks (25lt to 100Nm3), Hybrid power systems (Solar, Wind & Hydrogen), Hybrid (Electric & Fuel Cell) cars,scooters & minibuses, Demonstration & Educational products for Schools & Universities.

Service types: design, installation, engineering, project development services, research services, maintenance and repair services

Address: 98 Kifisou Avenue, Peristeri, Athens Greece 121 32 Telephone: +30 210 5785455 FAX: +30 210 5785457

P o r t a b l e F u e l C e l l P o w e r G e n e r a t o r s

Power Ranging from 300W to 3kW, stabilized 12 to 48V/DC & battery charger 12 to 48V/DC

ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY & NOISELESS GENERATORS

TROPICAL S.A. presents its all new TB Series hydrogen fuel cell power systems, with nominal electric power ranging from 300W to 3kW using the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) technology. The membrane on the fuel cell stack is converting hydrogen into electric power and the only “pollutant†is clean water. These power generators produce stabilized 12V, �24V or 48V DC (using a high quality dc/dc converter) or 12V, 24V or 48V DC as battery charger s and moreover, an inverter can be used to produce 110V or 230V AC. Mostly designed to be used as battery charger, Uninterruptable Power System

(UPS), back-up power system, stand alone power generator providing electricity to our homes, solar hybrid solution, several military applications and for remote applications. Its main advantages are: quite in operation, small in size & light weight, produces zero-emissions, minimal maintenance, reliable, stable & quick start operation.

USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE FOR EASY OPERATION & DATA ACQUISITION

All TB - Series hydrogen fuel cell power systems are being controlled by an intelligent controller which is operated by a 16-colored touch screen monitor. The management of these systems is easily done through the touch screen monitor and is fully automated. Moreover, data acquisition of the parameters can be saved on an excel file (using a SD memory card or your memory stick directly).

MEASUREMENTS APPEAR ON THE SCREEN 

Stack Power (Watt) Stack Voltage (Volt) Stack Current (Ampere) Battery Voltage (Volts) Converter / Charger Voltage (Volts)  Converter / Charger Current (Ampere) Hydrogen Leak Sensor Hydrogen Pressure Sensor (Bar)

Hydrogen Inlet Valve (on/off) Hydrogen Purge Valve (on/off) Air Stack Temperature (°c ) Fan Air Flow Rate ( % ) Systems Total Operating Time Hydrogen Consumption (lt/hr) Time / Date System Service Time Stack’s Lifetime

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

FUEL CELL SYSTEM CODE : TB Series TYPE : PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) POWER OUTPUT : 300W to 3kW DC OUTPUT (DC Inverter) : 12V, 24V or 48V/DC DC OUTPUT (Battery Charger) : 12V, 24V or 48V/DC AC OUTPUT (Inverter) : 110 or 230 V/AC HYDROGEN PURITY : 99.95% OXIDANT : Ambient Air COOLING SYSTEM : Air WEIGHT : 15kg (300Watt) to 50Kg (3kW) DIMENSIONS (mm) : L:450 x W:250 x H:450 to750

MAIN APPLICATIONS

Battery Charger for laptops, i-pod, mobile phones, PDA’s, etc Military applications, Robotics, Automation, Modeling, Emergency power,

etc Mobile applications with alternating points of use as Outdoor events, Mobile

Traffic Signals, Solar/air/fuel cells hybrid systems Signal gathering and transmission, environmental data logging, security

appliances & cameras, building observation, etc Stationary appliances in remote regions / Remote applications Recreational Vehicles, Caravans, Motor Yachts & Boats, etc Emergency UPS power / back-up power for Telecommunication, Shops,

Buildings, etc Seismographs & Meteo Stations, Security, Oil, Gas, etc Demonstration & Research projects

URJAGHAR POWER SOLUTIONS

91-11-55251355

C-12, East Krishna NagarNew Delhi, Delhi, India   11005-0051

UrjaGhar Power Solutions   |   BATTERY CHARGER   |   BATTERY DESULFATOR   |  

POLARIS 5 www.morphic.com

APU Pure Hydrogen Power Generator5 kW AC and DC Morphic Exergy info.exergyfuelcells@morphic.comVia Buozzi 53-55-5740057 Cadriano di Granarolo (BO), Italy +39 51 675 11 29

POLARIS 5 is the new fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) system fuelled by pure hydrogen to produce clean electrical power. POLARIS 5 is based on PEM fuel cell technology to eliminate noise and vibration while maximizing durability, efficiency and environmental friendliness. POLARIS 5 is designed for installation and use in countless applications that require a high-quality power source. It is available in a variety of different configurations: 230

VAC single-phase grid-connected, 400 VAC three-phase grid-connected, and 48 VDC.

The POLARIS 5 system is a combined heat and power unit based on PEM – proton exchange membrane – fuel cell technology. Fuelled with pure hydrogen the POLARIS 5 system is capable to deliver 4,8 kW electricity and hot water at 60°C. The system is equipped with an electronic converter for three different types of output supply: a single-phase 220 V, 50/60 Hz; a three-phase 380V+neutral and 48 VDC. The POLARIS 5 power conditioner transforms the electric energy in continuous current supplied from the stack at 220 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz single-phase grid connected for domestic use.

PERFORMANCE

Net electric power: 1 to 4,8 kW and Idle

Voltage (depend of configuration): V 220 VAC / 380 VAC + Neutral / 48 VDC

System electric efficiency at nominal power: 41%

OPERATING MODES GRID CONNECTED

Start-up time: 12 sec to 0,5 kW, 1 min to full power

Routine Maintenance Interval: 500 hr

Mass: 200 kg

MTBO: 500 hr

Locations: Outdoor

Operating temperature: 0 to 50˚C

Storage temperature: above 0˚C

Noise: 55 dBA at 1 m, Outdoor

HYDROGEN SUPPLY

Hydrogen Grade: 3.5 (EU)

Inlet pressure: 2–5 bar

Mass flow: Re-circulated

Anode stochiometry: 1,02

Fuel Consumption: 4,2 Nm3/hr at max power

COOLING – PRIMARY CIRCUIT

Water cooled: 65 °C

Circuit type: Closed circuit with circulating pump

Required water quality: DI (< 5 S/cm) – External water only required for initial fill

Water quantity: 2,5 lt

COOLING – SECONDARY CIRCUIT

Water cooled: Inlet min, 20 °C – max, 55 °C outlet min, 25 °C – max, 60 °C

Circuit type: External pump is required

Required water quality: City line

INTERFACES

Front panel: Liquid crystal display.

Communication: Rs 232 serial port for remote operation / CANOPERATING CONDITIONS

Environment temperature range for operating: 0 °C / +50°C

Start up time up to 50% nominal power:

At 0°C min < 2

Environment temperature range for depositing on the shelf: -30 °C / + 60°C

Percent of nominal power delivered at extreme temperature: 70 %

WEIGHT AND SIZE

Length: 588 mm

Depth: 925 mm

Height: 649 mm

Weight: 120 kg

SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

230 VAC SYSTEM TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Fuel type: Hydrogen

Minimum pressure of the hydrogen: 2 bar

Electric supply: 230V-50/60Hz single-phase

Operating mode: Unit in parallel grid.

Capacity of electric supply: Completely automatic from 2 kW to 4,8 kW

Thermal power: Transferred to the water that flows through a liquid-liquid heat exchanger that is part of the system.

The system is completely automatic. All relevant system data can be transferred to the acquisition system through a RS-

232, RS 485, CAN Bus port. Available data: Stack temperature, Stack current and voltage, Power, Supplied electric energy

(kWh), Operation condition, Alarms.

Expected Lifetime: 10000 Hours.

Use Dimensions Connection type

H2 1/4 inches NPT female

Co-gen IN 20 mm Water nipple

Co-gen OUT 20 mm Water nipple

Data communication: RS-232, RS 485, CAN Bus

Electrical connection: 1 ph: cables section 3x6 mm2 3 Terminal

3 ph: cables section 5x6 mm2 48 VDC: cables section 70 mm2

Morphic Exergy is a company within Morphic, a corporate group based in Sweden with a primary business focus on renewable energy solutions. For more than a decade, the key personnel at Morphic Exergy has amassed experience and know-how in the development of protonexchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and related systems, control and software, DC power modules and technical support technology for global product support. On its three automatic assembly lines, Morphic Exergy manufactures essential components such as electrodes, membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs), cells and complete stacks, sensors and controllers. A high production capacity allows Morphic Exergy to offer its superior end products at competitive prices.

NedStack fuel cell technology BV info@nedstack.comP.O. box 5167, www.nedstack.com6802 ED Arnhem, The Netherlands

Factory: Industriepark Kleefsewaard, Westervoortsedijk 73, 6827 AV Arnhem, The NetherlandsT +31 (0)26 366 4278 / T +31 (0)26 366 5129.

Type 100 kW fuel cell system Nedstack PS100

Performance Net Rated Electrical Power 100 kWTypical Beginning of Life Voltage Range 550– 900 V (DC)Operating current range 25 – 180 A (DC)

Efficiency – LHV 55 – 57 % (stack)/48– 50 % (system)Expected Life >10.000 hrs (stacks);

>20.000 hrs (pumps)Operational ambient temperature -20–+40 °CFuel HydrogenPurity 99.95 % (no sulphur compounds)Supply pressure 350 bar (filling pressure)Stack Operating Pressure ambientMaximum Consumption About 12 slpm/kWAir delivery system Flow rate About 349 Nm3/hSupply pressure ambientSulphur 0 ppbPhysical Dimensions 900 × 900 × 2300 mmMass ± 1000 kgEmissions NOx, SOx 0Noise @ 200 A <40 dBaCooling system requirements Heat Rejection to Coolant at

Maximum Power About <140 kW nominal

Cooling method Primary demineralised waterSecondary normal water or coolant