Nuvera Fuel Cells

Michael Leschiner, James Cross and Darryl Pollica presented at the DOE 2007 Annual Merit Review and Peer Evaluation in Washington DC on May 15-18, 2008. The Annual Merit Review gives principal researchers an opportunity to present the status and results of their projects that are funded by DOE’s Hydrogen Program. Michael, James and Darryl presented a poster on Nuvera’s Cost-effective High efficiency Advanced Reformer Module (CHARM) project, which you can view below (click on the image to enlarge).

Some of the major findings were:

• Improved durability of Superheater, tested for over 1600 hours and 43 cold cycles
• Catalyst testing confirmed significantly improved hydrothermal stability, anti-cooking and crush strength
• Implemented new desulfurization material that is chemisorptions based

Additionally, James Cross presented an update on “Subfreezing Start/Stop Protocol for an Advanced Metallic Open-Flowfield Fuel Cell Stack.”

By Darryl Pollica, PowerTap Platform Leader
Nuvera Fuel Cells

Many people may not be aware of Nuvera’s expertise in developing on-site hydrogen generation gas stations, called PowerTap^TM, which were developed in response to the specific need of finding a low-cost source of hydrogen fuel for our fuel cell forklift product.

The pace of our fuel cell development has been accelerating. The abundance of PEM fuel cell test stands and fuel cell product development activities inside Nuvera has created an ever increasing demand for pure hydrogen gas at our facility. Nuvera takes pride in using our own products for our internal use, and PowerTap is no different.

Once transitioned to our new Billerica facility, we have been supplying all of our fuel cell test stations and product development hydrogen gas needs via PowerTap, and are poised to be self sustaining this year!