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November 28, 2007
Technology Management, Inc. participated in the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio. Exhibitors displayed hands-on activities highlighting rural health, energy, agbioresources, and agribusiness. TMI displayed its 1kW class fuel cell which can operate on a variety of fuels including natural gas, propane, JP-8 kerosene, diesel, and renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, digester biogas, ammonia, vegetable oils and used cooking oils.  Ohio Farm Bureau Federation link: www.ofbf.org NorTech, Northeast Ohio's leading technology-based economic development organization, recognized Technology Management Inc. as a winner of the 2007 Innovation Awards during the NorTech Summit at LaCentre in Westlake, Ohio. NorTech hosts the annual Innovation Awards to honor individuals, companies and organizations creating innovative breakthroughs in products and processes in Northeast Ohio. The 2007 Innovation Award winners were selected based on the theme "breakthrough innovation"-technologies that have the potential to dramatically impact a specific industry or market sector. A distinguished panel of judges chose seven companies/organizations in Northeast Ohio with inventions in a variety of technical fields including: nanotechnology, robotics, cancer diagnostics, medical imaging, air filtration, electronic sensory technology, and advanced energy (fuel cells).  Nortech award winners: Benson Lee, President and CEO of TMI at the bottom left Nortech link: www.Nortech.org Technology Management, Inc. and the Ohio Soybean Council jointly presented a first public demonstration of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system operating on vegetable oil made from soybeans, Ohio’s largest cash crop. The demonstration took place at the Ohio Soybean Council Pavilion at the annual Ohio State University Farm Science Review. Funded by the USDA, the Ohio Soybean Council, and Ohio’s Third Frontier Program, TMI’s President Benson Lee said, “This is the first known instance where unblended soybean oil has been converted by a fuel cell system into electricity.” “This unique demonstration shows how TMI’s fuel cell systems enable Ohio’s small farms to become energy independent, by generating their own renewable energy onsite from soybean oil, Ohio’s largest cash crop,” Lee continued. “If fuel cells were available across the Midwest’s farm belt, they could enable America’s small farmers to play a direct role in reducing our nation’s dependency on foreign oil and consumption of fossil fuel.” Farm Science Review News: http://fsr.osu.edu/news.html  The TMI 1-kW SOFC System operating on Soybean Oil in the Ohio Soybean Council Pavilion at the Farm Science Review  OARDC Director, Steven Slack with USDA Undersecretary Gale Buchanan, and OSU Dean Bobby Moser  Ohio First Lady, Frances Strickland with OSU Dean Bobby Moser and Mike Petrik of TMI The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded TMI a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award in the amount of $70,000 for 6 months. The project is entitled "Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels from Biomass Materials" and marks TMI’s first collaboration with the EPA. November 27, 2006Following a successful Phase I program, the Ohio Soybean Council awarded a $100,000 Phase II grant to TMI to support a program entitled "TMI SOFC Systems for Soybean Utilization". November 27, 2006TMI successfully demonstrated TMI’s 1kW fuel cell system operating on soybean oil (vegetable oil) to the Board of Directors of the Ohio Soybean Council (see picture) at their annual meeting on November 27, 2006, in Dublin, OH. This system has been operated on diesel, soybean oil, and biodiesel fuels. 
TMI was awarded $349,323 from the Ohio Third Frontier Project, Ohio Research Commercialization Grant Program (ORCGP) for commercialization of our Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System. The funds will be used for "Accelerated Business Development for Commercialization of TMI SOFC Systems". April 21, 2006The Ohio Soybean Council awarded $50,000 to TMI to support a program entitled “Fuel Cell Conversion of Soybean Oil into Electricity”. This grant provides cost share to TMI’s 2004 Joint DOE/USDA Biomass R&D Initiative Program. March 7, 2006 Edison Technology was awarded $1,000,000 for its Design for Manufacturability of TMI’s SOFC System project, which will develop TMI’s small-scale SOFC platform into a complete auxiliary power unit (APU) primarily to address anti-idling of over-the-road heavy trucks. Use of an APU to meet the electrical needs of today’s trucks will improve engine efficiency and allow the engine to be turned off when the truck is not moving, significantly reducing vehicle emissions and fuel consumption. www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1424.asp January 1, 2006 TMI was awarded $200,000 by the Department of Energy through the EMTEC Hydrogen Program (Dayton, OH) to demonstrate hydrogen production from a biomass-fueled system using regenerative fuel cell technology at high efficiency, with low emissions. This is a nine-month contract. http://www.emtec.org October 4, 2005 TMI has completed work on its first public demonstration system at Mayfield Schools CEVEC that has as its centerpiece three 1-kW modules. The TMI fuel cell system operated on propane fuel providing security lighting and power to various loads including the recharging of a forklift. May 1, 2005 TMI in collaboration with The Ohio State University (OSU) Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center (OARDC) received funding from the USDA SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) program. This funding will be used to show that ammonia-contaminated waste products can be converted into useful electricity and heat by employing the SOFC. This is an 8 month, $80,000 program. December 6, 2004 Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center (Wooster, Ohio) received more than $1.5 million from the Ohio Department of Development Third Frontier Wright Project grants. OARDC will use this grant for its Development and Commercialization of an Integrated Biomass to Electricity (IBES) project. TMI received a $500,000 subcontract to provide a fuel cell system that will produce electricity which operates on bio-gas derived from renewable mixed bio-mass. Collaborators include TMI and New Bio, LLC. www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1127.asp September 16, 2004 TMI was funded by the USDA-Rural Development program and the Department of Energy (Joint DOE/USDA Biomass R&D Initiative Program) to design, build and operate a modular proof-of-concept SOFC power generation system capable of generating up to 1kW of biopower from ethanol, biodiesel and vegetable oil biofuels. This is a 27 month, $1.2 million contract. August 26, 2004 TMI received a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Department of Energy (DOE) award for $1.2M over two-years. The program focus is the operation of TMI’s fuel cell on 100% bio-liquid fuels. www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov May 24, 2004 TMI was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The title of the program is “Weight-Reduced Regenerative Fuel Cell Solutions for High Altitude Airships (HAA). www.dodsbir.net/selections/abs041/mdaabs041.htm April 25, 2003 The Department of Defense, Dual Use Science and Technology (DUS&T) Program awarded TMI a two-year $1.6M cost-shared contract. The program objective is to develop and demonstrate fuel cell electric power generation from jet fuel, with eventual target applications being ground based power supplies at air bases. www.dtic.mil/dust/index.htm February 27, 2003 Ohio Third Frontier Action Fund has awarded two cost-shared programs to TMI totaling approximately $2M over 24 months. The funds are being used as cost-share on two federally funded programs ad to demonstrate a fuel cell system at a public site. www.odod.state.oh.us/taf.htm September 23, 2002 TMI received the Ohio Department of Development Emerging Technology Award www.odod.state.oh.us/tech/edison/97PRO.htm July 12, 2002 NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative grant awarded to TMI www.nasagmci.org/main_CommAwinfo.htm June 10, 2002 TMI wins Department of Commerce (DoC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Award for “Small, Ultra Efficient Fuel Cell Systems” www.atp.nist.gov/awards/02announce.htm |
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