Fuel-cell-powered lighting

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Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories are leading an effort to develop commercially viable, fuel-cell-powered mobile lighting systems.

Sandia National Laboratories is leading an effort to develop commercially viable, fuel-cell-powered mobile lighting systems, typically used by highway construction crews and airport maintenance personnel.

To that end, engineers at Sandia are working with several manufacturers - Multiquip, Altergy Systems, Luxim, Lumenworks and Stray Light - with the aim of bringing fuel-cell technology into more widespread commercial use, particularly in general construction and aviation maintenance applications.

Sandia project leader Lennie Klebanoff’s team is overseeing the production of one such mobile lighting unit that consists of light-emitting plasma technology from Luxim, Lumenworks and Stray Light, two high-pressure hydrogen tanks and a fuel cell provided and installed by Altergy Systems. Multiquip and Altergy are assembling the overall unit, which will be able to operate for 30-40 hours continuously.

The project has already attracted the interest of San Francisco International Airport, a long-time partner with Sandia on various homeland security projects. San Francisco International Airport would like to test the system for use in night-time runway repair work, as well as in its terminal renovation activities.

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