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Expected

Year TRL

7

Strength/

Weakness

Critical

Barriers/Gaps

Action (Watch/

Leverage/Invest)

Rationale

1. Conventional

plate and frame

fuel cell at small

scale

unknown unknown Leverages from

more

mature automotive

technology.

Typically requiresexpensive and

complex balance

of plant

components

low system

power density,

high system

complexity, tend

to be heavy

Look for very low

cost and lighter

weight alernatives

2. Novel

architecture PEM

fuel cell

unknown unknown Overall high

power density,

generally low

reliance on

additional balance

of plant

Costs higher in

small volumes.

Lower maturity

due to lack of

leverage from

large scale

applications

Keep abreast of

consumer

level product

developments

based on this

technology

3.MicroReformation unknown unknown Potential tomerge benefits of

'logistic fuels' for

supply side with

'hydrogen

operation' for

power generation.

Added complexity,

added volume &

weight, added

Robust andsimple reformer

systems have

not been

demonstrated.

Keep up withreformation

technologies:

1. Methanol

reformers

2. Butane

reformers

3. Other fuel

reformers (e.g.

Formic Acid,

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4. Hydrolysis

Hydrogen

Generation

unknown unknown Potential to

generate hydrogen

from chemical

sources. High

energy density

cartridges with

relatively simple

generation

apparatus.

Chemical

feedstocks can be

dangerous and

potentially toxic to

soldiers.

Requirements for

water reduce

energy density

Chemical

feedstock

materials need

to be scrutinized

to ensure they

can be

synthesized in

volume at

reasonable cost.

System

compliance with

health and

safety standards

is essential

5. Microscale

Balance of plant

unknown unknown enabling

technology for the

more complex

systems.

Balance of plant

includes pressure

regulators, valves,

blowers, cooling

apparatus, sensors

as required to

enable the more

complex (ie higher

power) systems.Micro scale

technology tends

to be expensive

and at prototype

stages only

MEMS

technologies

tend to be very

expensive.

Relatively little

MEMS work is

focused on fuel

cell specific

applications due

to small market

and slow

adoption of fuelcell technology

Possibly try to

stimulate

university /

industry research

develop

appropriate MEMS

technologies for

portable fuel cells

6. High

Temperature

Systems

unknown unknown Potential for use

with very high

energy density

fuels such as

Butane, Propane.

History of

difficulties with

therma cycling,

potentially long

startup times,

potentially ill-

suited for dynamic

duty cycle

of soldier system.

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