SwRI completes successful residential fuel cell program.(ENERGY)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  January, 2005  

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Southwest Research Institute recently completed a year-long residential fuel cell demonstration program conducted at a local military installation. Funded by the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SwRI demonstrated three 5-kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells at Brooks City Base in San Antonio, Texas.

The fuel cells, fueled with hydrogen through natural gas reformers, supplemented the power to three individual base housing units at Brooks City Base. The units were grid-connected, meaning that the electric grid provided ...

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