The Fuel Cell System (FCS) Concept Study, proposed by the IdaTech and Raytheon Electronic Systems Team, will fully respond to the Army's objective of developing a cogeneration system that provides quiet power and environmental control for the vehicle-mounted Command & Control Shelter. The system will be mobile, ruggedized, and operate with military logistic fuels diesel or jet fuels. It will be quiet, compact, reasonably lightweight, and affordable. In Phase I, the Team will fully develop the FCS concept for generating 5-6-kW for shelter power load, and more than 5-kW for environmental control. A detailed design incorporating a comprehensive safety assessment will be produced. The Study will identify the design and development work needed to ruggedize the Fuel Cell System for field use. It will identify waste products, the amount and temperature of heat rejected, turn down ration, and expected efficiency. Response to widely varying and suddenly applied loads, and startup time, will be defined. During Phase 2, a detailed design and a full-size prototype demonstration unit will be produced for conducting comprehensive functional tests in a GFE-supplied tunnel. The FCS will have significant dual-use application, and defense and commercial markets will be assessed for commercial introduction in Phase III. The proposed Cogeneration Fuel Cell System will provide electricity for mission electronics and heat and cooling for an Environmental Control Unit for HMMWV Command & Control Shelters. This service will be quiet, clean, odorless, without vibration and with a minimal thermal signature. The System will use military logistic fuels, and have net electric efficiencies significantly higher than diesel generators used today. This development effort will have dual-use applications; (a) for military portable and stationary use in wheeled vehicles (e.g. silent watch), terrestrial and aircraft APUs, standard (common core) power modules, for battery charging, aircraft ground servicing equipment, building power systems, hospitals, telecommunications towers, bare bases and base residential applications; (b) for commercial portable and stationary uses as primary and backup power for buildings, hospitals, telecommunications, residences, recreational vehicles, ships and boats, remote applications, island power systems and for developing nations
