Further fuel cell contract for Jadoo

General Atomics, Space Power Division awards Jadoo a contract to develop an advanced fuel canister for use with hydrogen fuel cells, making use of the Jadoo N-Stor intelligent digital fuel interface

Jadoo Power Systems, the leading supplier of portable fuel cell power systems, has announced that General Atomics, Space Power Division has awarded Jadoo a contract to develop an advanced fuel canister for use with hydrogen fuel cells.

Using the Jadoo N-Stor intelligent digital fuel interface, the new fuel canister utilises an advanced chemical hydride derived from ammonia borane.

Compared to re-chargeable metal hydrides, one-time use chemical hydrides provide higher energy densities at a dramatically reduced weight.

The fuel canister will allow consumers to choose which fuel option they prefer, knowing that the interface ensures compatibility with the Jadoo N-Gen fuel cell power unit.

The proprietary Jadoo N-Stor interface adds the following capabilities to the new fuel canister.

* Easy-to-use digital "state-of-fill" indicator.

* Automatic information transfer between fuel canister and fuel cell for power, data and fluids.

* Industry standard, tamper-proof safety valve design.

* 100% compatibility with all N-Stor enabled fuel cell power units.

"The N-Stor interface is certainly an important and necessary innovation for the advancement of fuel cell power," said Dr Tom Lechtenberg, General Atomics Vice President: "With an installed base of fuel cell systems in the market, the time to commercialisation of an ammonia borane fuel solution will be cut in half thanks to the N-Stor interface".

"Our N-Stor interface is quickly becoming a standard for the industry," said Larry Bawden, President and CEO, Jadoo Power: "We are excited to be working with General Atomics to bring yet another advanced fuel option to market for our customers".

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