SimpleFuel, the 2016 H2 Refuel H-Prize finalist, will present a poster about its system at the Annual Merit Review on Wednesday, June 8.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office
June 7, 2016
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SimpleFuel, the 2016 H2 Refuel H-Prize finalist, recently unveiled a model of its system and will present a poster with information about its entry and plans for the competition during the lunch and evening poster sessions at the Annual Merit Review on Wednesday, June 8. SimpleFuel is a collaboration of three companies: Ivys Energy Solutions (Massachusetts), McPhy Energy North America (Massachusetts), and PDC Machines (Pennsylvania).
The team was selected by an independent judging panel as the finalist for the $1 million H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition and is currently building its small-scale, on-site hydrogen generation and fueling system and preparing it for testing, which will start this summer.
SimpleFuel plans to develop a home-scale refueler that can provide a 1-kilogram fill to vehicles in 15 minutes at 700 bar using hydrogen produced via electrolysis, with a design that minimizes setback distances and reduces the physical footprint of the system.
The H2 Refuel H-Prize Competition opened in October 2014 to challenge America’s innovators to deploy on-site hydrogen generation systems that use electricity or natural gas and can be used in homes, community centers, retail sites, or similar locations to fuel hydrogen vehicles.
The H-Prize is administered for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Hydrogen Education Foundation, who will also be presenting on the competition.