Oregon-based XFuels Begins Development of Fuel Cell Technology
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XFuels Inc. will begin development on a combined hydrogen and carbon fuel cell using both XFuels’ hydrogen capture technology and its non-thermal plasma reforming technology with Converde Inc.‘s carbon fuel project.
The resulting system will be targeted for small and mid market applications with focus on natural gas and biogas conversion to start. The company will integrate its coal slurry reforming technology once there is a successful pilot on the gas system.
“Having a combined carbon/hydrogen fuel cell gives the advantage of using the entire product for electricity and heat production. Most systems to date use conversion technologies to change the carbon into hydrogen via another reaction. The XFuels system will not have to do that conversion and will simplify the system, thus reducing cost and increasing efficiency,” said Michael McLaren, CEO.
Converde Inc., XFuels’ parent company, is currently in negotiations to purchase several gas wells in Alberta, Canada, where the company plans to build and test the pilot project. Management has a target date of August to finish and implement the pilot project.
“We have an aggressive timeline for this product development, however most of the technology involved is already fully developed by the companies and is utilized in other systems. We believe we can make an aggressive timeline for this project, due to the fact it’s only a matter of integrating the technologies into a new system,” said McLaren.
About XFuels Inc.
XFuels, “The Clean Petroleum & Power Company”, is an energy company based in Portland, Oregon USA, established to design, build, and operate regionally-integrated, small-to-midcap electricity and petroleum production facilities. XFuels is a leader in carbon-neutral energy solutions, as well as providing water and food technologies specifically designed to improve life on the planet. The company’s (patented and patent-pending) IP delivers one of the highest energy yields (electricity at sub-5 cents per kWh, and diesel fuel profitable at $25 a barrel oil without government subsidies), from a broad range of carbon-bearing inputs (forestry, agricultural, and urban waste including municipal solid waste and plastics), with one of the lowest capital expenditures of any known energy production method. Literally, garbage-to-gas.
XFuels offers a range of low cost attractive modular systems via its hydrocarbon bio refinery platform (the XRefinery), which produce low cost electricity and advanced petroleum-equivalent fuels and chemicals in partnership with select small to mid-size industrial energy users in target markets. Clean petroleum chemicals and fuels have the same molecular composition as traditional petroleum, offer premium performance with NEAR-ZERO environmental footprint, and face very few hurdles to full market penetration in today’s existing petroleum vehicle fleet and distribution infrastructure.
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