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NEWS RELEASE
Power+Energy Receives Order For Bulk Hydrogen Purifier System
Major LED Maker in Japan will install in new fab in early
2004.
IVYLAND, PA../EWORLDWIRE/Dec 17, 2003
Power + Energy, Inc. (P+E), based in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania has recently received a purchase order for its new modular, bulk hydrogen
purification system. This first system will supply seven hundred liters per minute of ultra high
purity hydrogen (UPH) for a new fabrication plant under construction by a leading producer of
advanced light emitting diodes. Installation is planned for the first quarter of
2004.
Introduced in July 2003, this new system provides customers with a high
reliability supply of large quantities of Hydrogen containing less than 1 part per billion total
impurities. This UPH gas is typically used in the manufacture of advanced semiconductor devices
such as light emitting diodes, laser diodes and silicon carbide semiconductors. The system can be
configured to supply from three hundred liters per minute up to ten thousand liters per minute
(twenty two thousand cubic feet or 624 cubic meters per hour) of ultra pure hydrogen.
This bulk supply system integrates multiple P&E purifiers with next
generation P130 controllers and new Windows-based PC centralized monitoring and control software.
The software allows monitoring and remote control of the modular bulk supply system from
LAN-connected PC's. Multiple, redundant purifier cells are integrated into module racks. These
modules incorporate manifolding designed to allow individual cells to be serviced or replaced
without interruption to the facility's UPH supply. The system features integrated sensors,
diagnostics and redundant purifier cells to ensure that self-diagnosed problems are isolated and
back-up cells are automatically brought on line to prevent yield losses while maintaining UPH
system capacity.
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) is providing on-going funding for
research & development. At the request of the DOD, P+E has submitted a proposal for additional
funding to develop a hydrogen separation membrane that would be suitable for portable fuel cells.
This same technology will also be utilized for future to provide lower cost hydrogen purifiers for
an expanded range of semiconductor applications.
About Power+Energy
Power & Energy is headquartered in
Pennsylvania, USA. Established in 1993, the company's mission is to enable the hydrogen economy
and promote energy efficiency through the application of micro-channel technologies. The company
provides a full range of micro-channel hydrogen purifiers to ultra-high purity users across the
U.S., Asia and Europe.
Power & Energy is leading the way to the
hydrogen economy with proprietary manufacturing and patented hydrogen purification, separation
and generation technologies. Power & Energy's Micro-Channel palladium-alloy hydrogen
purifiers purify any grade of hydrogen to nine-nines purity, meeting the most stringent
requirements for semiconductor fabrication processes, including light emitting diode
manufacture, solar cell manufacture and the manufacture of other compound and silicon
semiconductors. Power & Energy's Micro-Channel hydrogen purifiers are also ideal for
metallurgy, R&D, and instrumentation applications. Power & Energy's Micro-Channel
membrane systems can also be used to efficiently separate hydrogen from reformed fuels and
synthesis gas mixtures.
Power & Energy is now applying its hydrogen expertise to the fuel cell vehicle refueling
market. Power & Energy has recognized that highly compact, low cost, and efficient hydrogen
generators that can convert existing liquid fuels to hydrogen at the refueling station will enable
the rapid development of the hydrogen refueling infrastructure that fuel-cell vehicles will
require. The company's expertise in the design and manufacture of micro-channel gas processors
provides the basis for this exciting new venture.
For further information, contact Al Stubbmann, Power & Energy Inc., 106
Railroad Avenue, Ivyland, PA 18974-1449, e-mail al.s@powerandenergy.com or call
+1-610-217-0193.
CONTACT:
Albert Stubbmann
Power and Energy, Inc.
106 Railroad Drive
Ivyland, PA 18974-1449
USA
PHONE: 215-942-4600 ext 17
FAX: 215-942-9300
EMAIL: al.s@powerandenergy.com
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