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10/1/1996 Hindenburg Disaster to be Discussed at Free Public Presentation - Flordia Solar Energy Center
Retired NASA engineer Addison Bain of Satellite Beach has spent hundreds of hours during the past seven years researching this disaster and trying to find out if the hydrogen really was the cause of the crash. On Wednesday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m., he’ll be giving a free public lecture and slide show on his findings. And much of what he has uncovered and will present that night will change the way people have viewed this disaster for the past six decades. Bain will also discuss similarities to the shuttle Challenger disaster and the use of hydrogen on both of these crafts. The public is invited to hear this fascinating talk in the auditorium of the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) in Cocoa (1679 Clearlake Drive, on the campus of Brevard Community College). The talk is co-sponsored by FSEC, the University of Central Florida - Brevard Campus, and Brevard Community College.
9/11/1996
Energy Research Corporation Receives Contract to Develop Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cell - ERC
Energy Research Corporation received a $750,000 award from the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to develop a direct reforming, methanol-fueled phosphoric acid fuel cell. Applications for such a device could include certain types of vehicles and small, remote power sources. The program is being managed by the Wright Laboratory of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
5/28/1996 Chilean President Inaugurates BOC Gases/Foster Wheeler Hydrogen Plant - BOC Gases
Chilean President Eduardo Frei presided yesterday over the inauguration of an 8 million-cubic-foot-per-day hydrogen plant at the Petrox refinery in Talcahuano, Chile, near Concepcion.
3/28/1996 BOC Gases Delivers On-Site Hydrogen - BOC Gases
BOC Gases will build a steam-methane reformer (SMR) hydrogen facility in Weirton, W.Va. for Weirton Steel -- a manufacturer of carbon steel. Scheduled to start up in the first half of 1996, the plant will be capable of supplying 45,000 standard cubic feet per hour (scfh) of hydrogen that will be used for annealing strip steel... BOC Gases will also construct a 45,000 scfh SMR hydrogen facility for Nucor Steel, located in Crawfordsville, IN... BOCs SMR system uses a nickel catalyst to react natural gas with steam at high temperatures. The reaction produces a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.