UTC Power
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| UTC Power | |
|---|---|
| Type | Subsidiary of UTC |
| Founded | 1960s (under Pratt & Whitney for NASA's Apollo missions) |
| Headquarters | South Windsor, Connecticut |
| Key people | Jan van Dokkum, President |
| Industry | Fuel cells, Combined Heat and Power, Alternative Energy |
| Website | UTC Power |
UTC Power provides On-Site Power Products, Transportation Products, and Space and Defense Solutions. UTC Power is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation.
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[edit] History
UTC Power began as a division of Pratt & Whitney in the 1960s. UTC Power supplied fuel cells to NASA for the Apollo space missions, to supply electric power and drinking water for the astronauts on board and, later, for the Space Shuttle missions. In the early 1990s, UTC Power was the first company to manufacture and commercialize a large, stationary fuel cell system for use as a co-generation power plant. UTC Power uses Fuel Cells in addition to other products such as Microturbines, chillers and heat exchangers in order to offer an array of On-Site Power, Transportation, and Space and Defense Products.
The company was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of UTC and named International Fuel Cells. It has since been renamed UTC Fuel Cells and, most recently, UTC Power. The company has expanded into the broader fuel cell industry over the last 10 years, developing fuel cells for automobiles, buses, and mobile applications.
[edit] Products
On-site Power Products:
1) PureComfort Models 180M, 240M, 300M, and 360M Combined Cooling, Heating and Power Solution
2) PureCell Model 200 Power Solution
UTC Power's On-Site Power solutions include using combinations of microturbines supplied by Capstone Turbine in the form of 60KW microturbines , fuel cells, chillers and heat exchangers powered by natural gas and exhaust energy.
[edit] References
1) http://www.utcpower.com/fs/com/bin/fs_com_Page/0,11491,0104,00.html
2) http://www.capstoneturbine.com/prodsol/global/index.asp
