Hydrogenics Corporation (HC) recently announced that it has sold a 5kW hydrogen-oxygen PEM fuel cell stack to the NASA Glenn Research Center, which will use it in an experimental closed cycle hydrogen-oxygen regenerative fuel cell.
NASA will use this stack as part of its research program to understand how the regenerative fuel cell will operate in future aerospace applications.
The stack was designed to be very light, which is critical for this type of application.
This is Hydrogenics' first hydrogen-oxygen PEM stack sale.
HC commented that "This type of system can be used for energy storage in places where oxygen is not easily available, such as very high altitude, space or underwater environments".
"This sale has the potential to open the door to other sales of this light weight hydrogen fuel cell technology, particularly for aerospace and underwater applications, where weight is a consideration," said Pierre Rivard, CEO of HC.
