FSEC Awards Funding to FL Universities for Hydrogen Research

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) recently announced it has awarded a total of $4.85 million to 30 projects at Florida A&M University, Florida International University, Florida State University, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, University of South Florida and University of West Florida to help support hydrogen research for fuel cells in flight applications.

According to FSEC, the program is funded by grants from the NASA Glenn Research Center with the objective of supporting NASA's hydrogen-related space and space launch activities.

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"This research is important to NASA because it represents a potential dollar savings to them of as much as $25 million per year," said FSEC Hydrogen R&D Division director Ali Raissi. "These savings can be realized by avoiding loss of hydrogen through storage tank boiloff, employing local production of hydrogen, implementing new sensor technologies and utilizing densified propellants."

Contact: FSEC, website http://www.fsec.ucf.edu.

(EIN STAFF: 12/22)

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