AFPW News .0008 AlumiFuel Power Submits Specs on
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Posted On: 05/29/2012 9:09:47 AM
AFPW News .0008 AlumiFuel Power Submits Specs on New Portable Balloon Inflation System (PBIS)-200 to Air Force Customer
2012-05-29 07:00 ET - News Release
CENTENNIAL, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/29/12
Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power Corporation (OTCBB: AFPW) (the "Company") through its operating subsidiaries, announced today that it has submitted detailed specifications on a new PBIS-200 system to its U.S. Air Force Special Operations customer at their request. The new system can be easily transported and rapidly deployed for launching 30g pilot balloons in remote locations around the world.
The PBIS-200 is a scaled down version of the PBIS-2000, which was designed and engineered to provide lift gas for 200g weather balloons, and which was delivered to the Air Force Special Operations Command in April 2012. The PBIS-200 generates 200 liters of hydrogen in less than 15 minutes using only one 32oz. AlumiFuel cartridge. As with the PBIS-2000, it operates at ambient pressure and low temperatures, and is housed in a ruggedized Hardigg case, but with the reduced size of the unit, the new system would weigh only about 50 pounds.
The current weather balloon lift gas market is pegged at $200 million per year, and encompasses military and meteorological users worldwide. Traditionally, helium has been used as the primary lift gas for weather balloons, but with the increasing scarcity and cost of helium, users are rapidly switching to hydrogen, and the Company's PBIS family is far more mobile, safe, and cost effective than other on-site hydrogen generation systems. After purchasing any PBIS unit, typical customers would continue to purchase replacement cartridges to launch up to 700 balloons per unit each year.
2012-05-29 07:00 ET - News Release
CENTENNIAL, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/29/12
Early production stage hydrogen generation company AlumiFuel Power Corporation (OTCBB: AFPW) (the "Company") through its operating subsidiaries, announced today that it has submitted detailed specifications on a new PBIS-200 system to its U.S. Air Force Special Operations customer at their request. The new system can be easily transported and rapidly deployed for launching 30g pilot balloons in remote locations around the world.
The PBIS-200 is a scaled down version of the PBIS-2000, which was designed and engineered to provide lift gas for 200g weather balloons, and which was delivered to the Air Force Special Operations Command in April 2012. The PBIS-200 generates 200 liters of hydrogen in less than 15 minutes using only one 32oz. AlumiFuel cartridge. As with the PBIS-2000, it operates at ambient pressure and low temperatures, and is housed in a ruggedized Hardigg case, but with the reduced size of the unit, the new system would weigh only about 50 pounds.
The current weather balloon lift gas market is pegged at $200 million per year, and encompasses military and meteorological users worldwide. Traditionally, helium has been used as the primary lift gas for weather balloons, but with the increasing scarcity and cost of helium, users are rapidly switching to hydrogen, and the Company's PBIS family is far more mobile, safe, and cost effective than other on-site hydrogen generation systems. After purchasing any PBIS unit, typical customers would continue to purchase replacement cartridges to launch up to 700 balloons per unit each year.
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