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FUEL CELL MILESTONE ACHIEVED
FUEL CELL MILESTONE ACHIEVED.
About this update from Ceres Power Holdings Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 6191E Ceres Power Holdings plc 30 September 2008 \n \n\n\n30 September 2008\nCeres Power Holdings plc\n('Ceres', 'Ceres Power' or the 'Company')\n\nFuel Cell Module meets Alpha phase target on schedule\n\nCeres Power announces that it has successfully built and tested a 1kW Fuel Cell Module meeting the performance, size and weight requirements under the Alpha Phase of the CHP programme with British Gas. This represents the successful achievement of the Q3 2008 milestone of the CHP product roadmap set out in the British Gas CHP update on 24th June 2008. \n\nThe Fuel Cell Module is the 'electrochemical engine' that quietly and efficiently converts fuel and air into electricity and heat and is at the heart of the Group's integrated wall-mountable residential Combined Heat and Power (CHP) product. The close-coupled Fuel Cell Module consists of the Fuel Cell Stack integrated with fuel processing and heat exchange balance of plant elements.\n\nThe Fuel Cell Module was operated on three different fuel types: mains natural gas, methane and propane. On each fuel, it delivered a maximum electrical output of just over 1kW and was operated over a broad range of power outputs demonstrating its controllability and efficiency. The core Fuel Cell Stack within the integrated Fuel Cell Module demonstrated a heat to power ratio of better than 1:1 and was built using Ceres Power fuel cells made by scaleable manufacturing processes.\n\nThe Ceres Power value engineering programme has resulted in a major reduction in component part count. This has been achieved using innovative systems integration and through pre-assembly of balance of plant elements by supply chain partners as a core part of the design for manufacture strategy. \n\nThe Fuel Cell Module has been packaged to fit overall dimensions of 205mm by 305mm by 305mm. Including its thermal insulation it weighs less than 25kg, meeting the Alpha CHP product targets. Together, ...