Modine Manufacturing Co., a Racine-based thermal management products form, announced that it is entering the second phase of a project with Chevron Corp. to develop a way of generating hydrogen on-site for use in automotive fuel cells.
The project aims to produce hydrogen at low cost and of a quality suitable for fuel cell applications. Chevron is working to develop and commercialize fuel-processing technology to convert resources such as natural gas into hydrogen.
Chevron Hydrogen Co. designed and built a purified hydrogen unit that will be used in a hydrogen refueling station. Modine has developed an advanced steam methane reformer that will be incorporated into the unit.
Chevron plans to install the unit at a US military base in Selfridge, Mich., to provide hydrogen for a fleet of light duty fuel cell vehicles in the summer of 2007.
Picture Courtesy: www.flickr.com
Leave a comment