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Gold/Mining/Energy : SOFC vrs PEM Fuel Cells (Debate Forum) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (60)	7/22/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Greg from Edmonton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 79

Any informed skeptics or believers out there? The latest developments in GLE's SOFC are open for discussion. Global Thermoelectric Successfully Runs Fuel Cell System Directly on Natural Gas newswire.ca CALGARY, July 22 /CNW/ - Global Thermoelectric Inc. (TSE: GLE) announced today that it has successfully tested a solid oxide fuel cell system running directly on natural gas. Using an integral reformer, the system produced over 800 watts from a stack of twenty 10 x 10cm. cells. An integral reformer is a device incorporated directly into the hot area of the stack, where it converts natural gas into a stream of hydrogen and other gases that are fuel for the cells. ''We were very pleased to see the significant power output from this small stack'' said Jim Perry, President and CEO of Global. ''Our original goal was to use a stack containing fifty cells to develop an output level of 1,000 watts. The power per cell in this twenty cell stack considerably exceeded our original expectations.'' ''All fuel cells require hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity'' explained Jim Lumsden, Vice President of Research and Development. ''Our integral reformer uses heat generated by the solid oxide fuel cells to produce hydrogen directly from natural gas, a commonly available fuel. This small, inexpensive and simple reformer will provide Global with a significant cost and reliability advantage versus other fuel cell systems that require a complicated external gas reforming and purification system. A key to success in mass market applications like home cogeneration, where a fuel cell system would provide both electricity and heat, will be the ability to use natural gas directly as a fuel, as we have demonstrated. Based on the test results, we are now starting development of next generation fuel cell systems for stationary and mobile applications.'' Global Thermoelectric Inc. is the world's largest supplier of thermoelectric power generation equipment for use in remote locations, and produces crew compartment heaters for use in tracked military vehicles. The Calgary-based company is also quickly becoming a world leader in the fuel cell development industry. %SEDAR: 00002531E -30- For further information: Jim Perry, President and CEO, Jim Lumsden, Vice President of Research and Development or Larry Kyle, Chief Financial Officer at (403) 236-5556