UQM Technologies Receives Additional Order From Eaton for Compressor Motors Used In Fuel Cell
13 February 2007
UQM Technologies has received a follow-on order from Eaton Corporation, a Tier 1 supplier to automobile manufacturers worldwide, for additional UQM compressor drive motors for use as part of Eaton’s fuel cell air management product line.
Because auxiliary systems, such as the air handling system inside the fuel cell, consume a portion of the electricity produced by the fuel cell, improvements in the efficiency of auxiliary systems enhances the energy efficiency of the fuel cell and the automobiles that are powered by them. The lightweight and compact UQM motor operates at 24,000 revolutions per minute and is highly efficient.
Eaton’s fuel cell product line consists of two product families; the M24 line, which is an offshoot of its Roots-type supercharger technology; and the centrifugal compressor product line based on proprietary two stage and single stage non-surging technologies.
The M24 product has a dual seal configuration specifically engineered for fuel cells to provide a low cost and durable solution for the atmospheric stack market and the mid-range stack market. The centrifugal compressor product uses two back-to-back impellers driven by a common shaft with an external stage-to-stage transfer tube to improve efficiency over a wide operating range and is designed to meet the needs of higher pressure stacks up to a pressure ratio of 2.8. The centrifugal compressor product has the highest system efficiency of any product available on the market.
More Nanotechnology is what we need!
Posted by: Leonard A Everson | 15 February 2007 at 04:01 PM
There are DME developments in CHina:
Since DME has an advantage of decomposition at lower temperature than methane and LPG, R&D for hydrogen source for fuel cell has been carried out.
If you would like to know more on the latest DME developments, join us at upcoming North Asia DME / Methanol conference in Beijing, 27-28 June 2007, St Regis Hotel. The conference covers key areas which include:
DME productivity can be much higher especially if
country energy policies makes an effort comparable to
that invested in increasing supply.
By:
National Development Reform Commission NDRC
Ministry of Energy for Mongolia
Production of DME/ Methanol through biomass
gasification could potentially be commercialized
By:
Shandong University completed Pilot plant in Jinan and
will be sharing their experience.
Advances in conversion technologies are readily
available and offer exciting potential of DME as a
chemical feedstock
By: Kogas, Lurgi and Haldor Topsoe
Available project finance supports the investments
that DME/ Methanol can play a large energy supply role
By: International Finance Corporation
For more information: www.iceorganiser.com
Posted by: Cheryl Ho | 23 May 2007 at 08:40 PM