Leading gas conditioning products manufacturer Perma Pure LLC introduces the FC™-Series of fuel cell humidifiers.  The compact, efficient units offer water management that is critical to the operation of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells in a range of sizes suitable to virtually any application.

In PEM fuel cells, where the incoming gas must be humid, FC-Series humidifiers provide durable, self-contained humidification for stationary power, portable power and transport applications.  The humidifiers recover water from the fuel cell exhaust and transfer it into the incoming gases by permeation through the walls of Nafion® tubing, a proprietary technology available only from Perma Pure under license from the polymer manufacturer, DuPont.  

The units have no moving parts and require no power, thereby eliminating the parts failure, leaks and parasitic power consumption associated with alternative humidifiers.  Selective permeation ensures that there is no crossover contamination between the exhaust and incoming gases.  FC-Series humidifiers are self-limiting and require no controls.  The lightweight devices are available in a range of models which may be used alone or in parallel to accommodate any application size.  In addition to moisture exchange, Perma Pure’s humidifiers simultaneously function as heat exchangers, recovering waste heat as well as water from the exhaust.

Perma Pure LLC, a member of the world-wide Halma Group, manufactures gas conditioning products such as dryers, humidifiers, filters, coalescers, specialty scrubbers and complete sampling systems for use in medical, industrial and scientific applications.  The company’s dryers and humidifiers incorporate proprietary technology based on the unique properties of the Nafion® polymer.  The company is the sole manufacturer of Nafion tubing under license from the polymer manufacturer, DuPont.  The company is based in Tom’s River, New Jersey and has representatives and distributors around the world.

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