VIASPACE announced this morning that it has increased its sales base by expanding into the University market after the University of Connecticut ordered its humidity sensor. The University is engaged in fuel cell R&D which is funded by federal, state and local governments in addition to major corporations.
The VIASENSOR HS-1000 humidity instrument provides real-time measurements of the amount of water vapor in gas streams. The sensor is extremely important as the performance of hydrogen fuel cells using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) depend on the moisture level.
The CEO of VIASPACE, Carl Kukkonen stated, “We are delighted to add the University of Connecticut to our growing list of VIASENSOR HS-1000 customers. We are aware that several hundred leading universities around the globe are engaged in some level of fuel cell research. With this new leading edge technology, the research staff at University of Connecticut will be able to utilize the HS-1000 instrument to directly measure the humidity level in real-time. This should help them more rapidly optimize fuel cell designs for various government and commercial research programs in which they may be engaged.”
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