Sensors
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Fuel cells provide no-maintenance power
The remote power logistics for operating sensors can be monumental. Pressure is mounting world-wide to reduce costs and boost power source efficiency. The EFOY Pro presents an attractive, low-maintenance alternative for reliably powering remote telecommunications and metering equipment such as:
- Level gauges used in flood and tsunami early-warning systems
- Water-quality meters
- Biological and geological instruments
- Remote servicing stations
- Vehicle-based measurement instruments
- Electromagnetic-wave meters
- Digital BOS transmission/TETRA etc.
EFOY fuel cells are at work today providing clean, reliable energy to numerous environmental sensors and telecommunications facilities located in remote areas. Using EFOY fuel cells has lessened need to travel long distances to replace batteries or refuel generators, which in turn has reduced costs and environmental harm.
A Practical Example:
Before: No EFOY Pro fuel cell
For example, a 10-watt level sensor requires 240 watt hours per day for continuous operation. A 60 Ah lead-acid battery can supply enough power for three days. To replace the battery from a base camp 60 miles away will cost $ 60 in gas & car expense (120 miles @ $.50). Add to that three hours of loaded wages @ $100, equaling $300 additional cost. The total cost per trip is thus approximately $ 360 per day trip, not including the time it takes to recharge the replaced batteries at your home base, battery replacement and disposal costs, and the environmental costs associated with lead acid battery pollution. In this example, that would mean your costs would exceed $ 1000 every week just to manage your old battery replacement logistics.
After: With an EFOY Pro fuel cell
One EFOY Pro equipped with an M28 EFOY fuel cartridge will power the level sensor for 130 days – nearly 4 ½ months – reliably, quietly, cleanly, and completely maintenance-free.
The SFC EFOY Fuel Cell can also be used in Industrial Communications and many other fields.
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