Gas cells - a clean thing

California fought „thickens air “: The US Federal State is outrider with the use of the hydrogen and gas cell technology in cars and penalties. Photo: AC transit Agency (openPR) - California makes it forwards: Owing to strict laws and generous national support the US Federal State is outrider with the use of the hydrogen and gas cell technology. This is among other things topic international gas cell symposium of this year „f-cell “to 25. and 26 September in Stuttgart. Over 50 specialized lectures in addition aspects from the three main application fields of the gas cell bring up for discussion central and document the progress with the advancement of components and systems. The accompanying fair is open to all interested specialized visitors.

Stuttgart (eos) - that is world-wide top speed: In the US Federal State at present 137 cars and nine penalty with hydrogen and gas cells drive California. 23 hydrogen gas stations supplies the necessary fuel. That California is world-wide prominent during the introduction of alternative and environmentalcareful drives is no coincidence. To most dirty US cities were appropriate for filters of the ten in densely populated California. Politicians reacted with strict exhaust regulations for vehicles. In the last 14 years the ozone values could be reduced dramatically and although in the same period the number of inhabitants by six million to 36 million increased. Catherine Dunwoody, business guide the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP) in Sacramento explains during their lecture on the Germany far largest gas cell congress „f-cell “(www.f-cell.de) into Stuttgart, the ambitious environmental goals of the state and the contribution of the CaFCP. The symposium to 25. and 26 September 2006, to which also a fair with approximately 40 exhibitors belongs, is clean a meeting of the promotion of economy development region Stuttgart GmbH and Peter agency fairs and congress GmbH from Gerlingen. The EnBW energy bathing Württemberg AG and the Department of the Environment Baden-Wuerttemberg supports the congress. The complete program is observably under in the Internet: www.f-cell.de or with Peter cleanly agency under 07156-43624-50 available.

Over 50 lectures, in which representatives come from enterprises, science and politics to word, group themselves into partially parallel forums to the following topics: Locating, portable gas cells in application, gas cells in the automobile, gas cells in stationary application, applications of technique markets, the newest from the science, BZ-system components as well as infrastructure.

Conveyance necessarily

Research & development as well as large-scale field tests devour amounts of billion. Alone the industry does not know the expenditure shoulders. The German research and development policy already promotes the gas cell and hydrogen technology therefore for 30 years. With the new „national innovation program hydrogen and gas cells “saddle the Federal Government again drauf: „Additional ones 500 million euro are to come in the next ten years this range to property “, explain Dr. Georg Menzen of the Federal Ministry for economics and technology in its „f-cell “- lecture. Franz Xaver mercenary of the European commission in Brussels will describe the European Union strategy to hydrogen and gas cells. Lectures, like of Catherine the Dunwoody, of professor Dr. John van Zee of the University OF South Carolina, the USA, Jamie Levin, of the AC transit Agency, Oakland, the USA, as well as of Takehiko Kato, president that inter+left corporation, Tokyo, throw impact lights on „lighthouse projects “in the USA and Japan. These countries hold - not least thanks of substantial national support - the role of the pioneer on the hydrogen and gas cell market.

Heat with hydrogen & gas cells

In public consciousness the gas cell is connected with cars & penalties. But hydrogen & gas cells are also an alternative for the house power supply as well as for the power stations of municipalities and industry. „The plants are expensively, maintenance-intensive still and the life span of the gas cells, which are stacked to so-called stacks, are optimal “, do not explain Marcus noble from the EnBW selling and service company ltd. in Stuttgart. In its „f-cell “- lecture describes noble the experiences, which the enterprise with its made for 20 projects in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Berlin at present. The field tests would convincingly have proven the functionality in principle of the plants. „Around the gas cell heaters to the market successfully to introduce, however still pioneer work is necessary “, reads its estimate also in the next years. „In addition we need a good interaction of industry, science and politics. “

They roll already!

They refuel hydrogen - nevertheless not all possess also gas cells. Many car manufacturers do not only invest into the gas cell car of the future, but force first bridge technologies: „We developed petrol engines, also for the hydrogen enterprise are suitable “, explain Dr. Roland Krüger of Ford the research center in Aachen. „Such a technology is at short notice available and helps to increase the acceptance of the customers for hydrogen as fuel. “With the appropriate demand, then the manufacturers, are also a hydrogen gas station net hope faster realizable. The combustion engines with H2-Betrieb its emission-free, did not discharge however clearly fewer pollutants, than conventional gasoline or diesel engined vehicles. In its „f-cell “- lecture presents however also the Ford gas cell fleet with at present 30 vehicles, which are in Germany, Canada and the USA in the test operation on the road to Krüger. Likewise from practice Jost toggle reports Hamburg overhead railway AG of that. The enterprise participated in the European-wide gas cell bus practice test „CUTE “(Clean Urban transport for Europe) and continued to develop its BZ-Bussflotte still after completion of the project.

Gas cell products

The best chances at the market have at present portable applications of the gas cell. They provide - frequently in competition with conventional batteries - for river, where no net is present; they are batteries however in effectiveness and life span clearly consider. The enterprise udomi from the hohenlohischen new stone offers for example a new gas cell Photovoltaik to hybrid current supply. This „EFOY OUTDOOR system “shows the enterprise also on the fair accompanying the congress. „It is measuring stations, traffic engineering, video control instruments, safety engineering and telecommunications plants network-independent and all year round the necessary energy supplies reliably “, explains managing director Udo Michelfelder. Dr. of olive Knauff of the ECG GmbH electro-chemical generators from Hürth reports mobiles of the energy taking precautions for a bank system. In a Truck a small branch bank with cash range, statement printer, ATM machine and consulting area is accommodated. The energy supplies a gas cell system. „In the winter 2005/2006 found successful a first two-month test instead of “, report Knauff during its „f-cell “- lecture.

Hydrogen in the tank - a danger

In addition, the offerers notice: Hydrogen as fuel makes fear for many users. Judith Ortenburger of the TÜV the SOUTH of automotives GmbH in Munich will represent and with the Gefahrenpotenialen within other ranges will compare the risks exactly during its congress lecture. And their result reads: „Hydrogen technology is controllable. The risk is acceptable. “By broader information for the public apply it to cultivate reservations and prejudices.
The symposium-accompanying fair with approximately 40 exhibitors is open to all interested specialized visitors free of charge. „f-cell “in the Internet: www.f-cell.de

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