Northwest Power Systems

IdaTech LLC (formerly Northwest Power Systems), of Bend, Oregon, an Idacorp subsidiary, delivered the first of 110 planned fuel cell systems to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Portland, Oregon in June 2000. The BPA program is part of a fuel cell test and development phase intended to commercialize fuel cell systems for home and small commercial applications by 2003. 

Northwest Power Systems obtained U.S. Patent 5,997,594 in 1999 for a Steam Reformer with Internal Hydrogen Purification. This process is based on a steam reformer that has a membrane separation system and a methanation system in close proximity to the area in which the reforming reaction occurs. Several potential equipment configurations are described in the patent. 

Northwest Power Systems obtained U.S. Patent 5,997,594 in 1999 fora Steam Reformer with Internal Hydrogen Purification. 

As mentioned before, the design for methanol CPO reactors can be very simple. There has been a push in recent years towards a multi-fuel processor, brought about by the requirements of the US Department of Energy to keep open all options for fuelling vehicles. Examples of multi-fuel processors are the integrated designs of Northwest Power Systems, LLC - now known as Innovatek (Edlund and Pledger, 1998). 

The first nuclear-produced electricity from one of the HGP s two 430,000-kW turbines was synchronized Into the Northwest power pool and sent into the BPA transmission grid system. On June 12, 1966, the second turbine generator went into operation, with power generation rising to 800,000 kW. 

Alternatively, short-rotation hybrid poplar and selected grasses can be multicropped on an energy plantation in the U.S. Northwest and harvested for conversion to Hquid transportation fuels and cogenerated power for on-site use in a centrally located conversion plant. The salable products are Hquid biofuels and surplus steam and electric power. This type of design may be especially useful for larger land-based systems. 

L3 Communications manufactures and markets two portals that use low-power, active millimeter-wave technology the SafeScoutlOO Security Portal [62], shown in Fig. 13, and the Provision Body Screening System portal. The SafeScoutlOO was originally developed by SafeView, Inc., and was developed at the Pacific Northwest National... 

MBL hardware and software for use in teaching can be constructed from common parts, from kits, or purchased. MBL is increasingly available commercially, although there is a wide range of performance and cost, and no single system yet combines the power and flexibility that is possible. The Northwest Regional Laboratory produced a good review of MBL and developed useful criteria for its evaluation. TERC provides current information about MBL materi and workshops. 

The micro-model facility at the university of the Northwest, Potchefstroom, South Africa has demonstrated the operation of the closed cycle, three shaft recuperative Brayton cycle power conversion system [XIV-2],... 

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