Bio-Reformation Development
for Hydrogen Production
Energy Technologies, Inc. (ETI), an Ohio based business, has become an industry leader in power conditioning, distribution and generation products for the defense, industrial and telecommunication industries. As part of their ongoing relationship with the defense community, ETI has been asked by the Mobile Electric Power (MEP) commands within the US Army (headquartered at Ft. Belvoir) and the US Marine Corp (headquartered at Quantico) to look at implementing Renewable Energy such as Alkaline Fuel Cell (AFC) technology into their existing mobile microgrid offering.
ETI evaluated the state of the market for fuel cells and
determined that utilizing alkaline fuel cell technology
would provide unique performance and mobility
advantages in a mobile microgrid over other conventional
technologies. This review also identified the issue of the
fuel cells needing a hydrogen source and the lack of
existing hydrogen infrastructures. The provisioning of
hydrogen was identified and documented which has lead
to the development of ETI's tactical, renewable, bioreformation
system (HFRS). This hybrid approach is
currently being tested in a program identified as Ex-FOB
(Experimental Forward Operating Base).
