Violet Fuel Cell Sticks Announces 15 Kilowatt/Liter Cell Density with Their Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)

March 11, 2008 – Vol. 12 No. 51

Violet Fuel Cell Sticks Announces 15 Kilowatt/Liter Cell Density with Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC).

Previous commercial fuel cells, including both SOFCs and Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) designs have struggled to meet a target of 2KW/Liter. Advanced concepts have struggled to achieve 4KW/Liter according to the company.

Stick (tm) technology, created by Violet (tm) Fuel Cell Sticks (tm), offers a fundamental change to the physical structure of SOFCs that enables, high density, low cost, mass produced solid state engines. The SOFC StickTM solves decades-old commercialization challenges for SOFC technology. The technology opens the door to mass production for numerous applications, such as: large-scale power generation, small-scale distributed power, auxiliary power units, mobile power generation, automotive, flight and advanced vehicle concepts.

“We believe that this is the highest density, scalable fuel cell in the world, and we are confident that we can quickly go much higher,” said cofounder Alan Devoe.

Like other SOFC designs Violet Fuel Cell Sticks can operate on a variety of fuels, not just hydrogen.

A white paper offering a description and problems associated with other SOFC and PEM designs as well as an in-depth discussion of the Violet technology is available through registration at the company website.(3/7/08)

Links:

Violet Fuel Cell Sticks
http://www.violetfuelcellsticks.com

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