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Completed Project: MEADS

MEA Durability Test System

MEADS is a high-performance, 8-channel fuel cell MEA Durability Test System.


The model 750 employs standard OCV monitoring techniques for testing membrane chemical stability. The enhanced model 755 with optional 8 channel potentiostat adds catalyst, electrode and carbon support durability test capability in accordance with typical government and industry protocols.

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  • Simultaneous, independent operation of 8 cells
  • Continuous OCV Monitoring of each cell
  • Compatible with standard 5 to 25 cm2 cell fixtures
  • Independent start, stop and hot-swapping of each cell
  • Isolated, multi-path humidifier for anode & cathode gases
  • Independent anode & cathode humidifier dew point control to 90 °C
  • Optional 8 Channel Potentiostat System for standard DC Electrochemical tests


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Scribner Awarded DoD Phase I

Scribner Associates, Inc. Receives DoD STTR Phase I Award
for Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell Research.

Scribner Associates, Inc. (Southern Pines, NC) has received a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) award from the Navy for development of commercially-viable benthic fuel cells as long-term energy sources for remote and low power marine applications.
 Benthic or seafloor microbial fuel cells are bio-electrochemical power sources that derive fuel from renewable organic matter readily available in the marine environments. They have the potential to be cost-effective, sustainable energy sources for distributed marine sensor and instrument networks enabling persistent littoral and ocean monitoring. Applications of the seafloor fuel cell-based energy devices include powering environmental, geotechnical and seismic monitoring and surveying sensors, vessel traffic monitoring for port management and security and monitoring of marine noise sources. Anticipated benefits of the benthic fuel cell-based power device as compared to existing marine power sources, such as sea water batteries, include reduced life cycle cost and longer operating life.
Scribner Associates is working with the University of Massachusetts to address critical improvements in the power density of the microbial fuel cell and development of high-efficiency, cost-effective power management system. Scribner Associates will leverage its extensive experience in analytical instrumentation for power devices, fuel cells and electrochemistry.
 Formed in 1980, Scribner Associates, Inc. is a small, veteran-owned business specializing in the design and manufacture of analytical hardware and software for fuel cells, general electrochemistry, and sensors and sensor arrays systems. Scribner Associates is internationally recognized for its innovative, high-quality, user-friendly products and customer support.
For more information contact Jason Scribner: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; 910-695-8884; Scribner Associates, Inc. 150 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines, NC 28387.
   

ECS 2008 PRiME Fall Meeting

Visit our booth at the 2008 ECS PRiME International Joint Meeting.

Honolulu, Hawaii October 12th - 17th 2008

http://www.electrochem.org/meetings/biannual/curr_mtg.htmhttp://www.electrochem.org/meetings/biannual/curr_mtg.htm

   

Fuelcell Seminar 2008

Join us at the Fuel Cell Seminar & Exposition 2008

"Fuel Cells for a Greener World"

October 27th-30th / Phoenix, Arizona

Please visit our exhibit booth #421

http://www.fuelcellseminar.com/http://www.fuelcellseminar.com/

   

Fayetteville Observer Story

Published on Tuesday, November 13, 2007


On a Martian mission


By Sarah A. Reid
Staff writer


SOUTHERN PINES — A Sandhills company will help answer an age-old question: Was there ever life on Mars?

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Scribner Associates Inc., a laboratory supplier for electrochemical researchers, has received a $600,000 NASA contract to build an electronic measuring system. That system is slated to become one component of an ExoMars rover that should hit the red planet in 2013.


“It is exciting,” said Louie Scribner, the president of the company. “This is something we have wanted to do for the past few years.”


In 2006, the Southern Pines-based company was awarded an initial six-month, $100,000 contract to study the feasibility of building an electronic device that would measure various oxidants — a type of chemical compound — that may be found in Martian soil and atmosphere. Scientists will study the amounts and types of oxidants to help determine whether life existed on Mars.


“They will probably spend the next 50 years looking at it,” Scribner said.


The latest contract will allow Scribner scientists and engineers to perfect their prototype over the next two years. Kevin Cooper, the lead scientist, said the final product will weigh about 8ounces and be the size of a deck of cards.


If NASA likes the prototype, a third contract most likely would be awarded.


The actual device that goes into space probably will be built by an avid NASA partner — the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. There, scientists will determine how to ensure that the electronics can survive extremely cold temperatures, radiation and a heat treatment designed to eradicate germs and other biological material.


“They put this thing in an oven and bake it before it even gets on a rocket,” Scribner said.


Scribner Associates is known internationally for fuel-cell testing equipment and software that measures electrochemical reactions.

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Typically, Scribner scientists and engineers build the tools researchers need to build products sold to the public. For example, Scribner supplies equipment to most U.S. battery manufacturers and Japanese car makers. Those companies use the information provided by Scribner Associates’ tools to build longer-lasting batteries and faster cars.

“What we are doing here steps a little outside our boundaries,” Scribner said.


But Cooper, the head scientist, and Matt Smith, the director of engineering, are up for the challenge — as long as they don’t have to travel intergalactically to repair their work.


“We told them there was no service agreement,” Smith joked.


Scribner Associates was founded in 1981 in Charlottesville, Va. The company moved to Southern Pines in 1997 and has 14 employees. Scribner wants to hire another electronics engineer and another researcher to help develop the NASA electronics and fuel-cell testing equipment for the Department of Energy.


Staff writer Sarah A. Reid can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or 323-4848, ext. 280.



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Scribner Awarded NASA Phase II


Scribner Associates Receives NASA Award to Develop Sensor Array Analyzer for Mars Rover

Southern Pines, North Carolina (October 24, 2007) – Scribner Associates Inc. has been awarded a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract to develop an advanced sensor array analyzer for a planned mission to Mars. Scribner Associates will work with planetary scientists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to develop the measurement electronics and measurement methods for a suite of sensors that are part of JPL’s Urey instrument. The Urey instrument has been selected for the payload in the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ExoMars rover mission scheduled to launch in 2013 and is considered a fundamental instrument to achieve the mission’s scientific objectives. Urey incorporates an array of sensors designed to profile the chemical reactivity of the Martian surface and atmosphere.

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Artist’s conception of the ExoMars rover. Courtesy ESA.

Future planetary exploration missions require definitive chemical and biological measurement technologies that will help answer fundamental questions about the composition of planetary atmospheres, surface and sub-surfaces materials, and the presence of biomarkers of extinct or extant life.

During the two-year project Scribner Associates will develop a prototype instrument capable of efficiently interrogating arrays of sensors that will be selectively exposed to the Martian environment as the rover moves over the red planet’s surface.

Scribner’s scientists and engineers will leverage their extensive experience in the design and development of robust analytical instrumentation for sensor arrays as well as their knowledge of advanced measurement techniques, such as impedance spectroscopy that allows a high level of information to be extracted from the sensor response, to ultimately develop a space-qualified instrument package for planetary exploration.

The project is a NASA Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program valued at $600,000 over two years.

“This is a very exciting opportunity for us,” noted Dr. Kevin Cooper, Principal Scientist at Scribner. “In addition to being part of NASA’s mission to explore the solar system, this project will allow the company to develop the next generation of electronics and analytical instrumentation for a wide range of applications, including portable and handheld systems for chemical and biological detection and monitoring. Commercialization of technology developed under an SBIR project is a key element of the program and we fully anticipate taking the technology that we develop for NASA’s space exploration program and finding markets for it right here at home.”

About Scribner Associates Inc.

Scribner Associates Inc. is a world-leader in analytical instrumentation and software for electrochemistry. Scribner’s products include application software for general electrochemical research and laboratory instrumentation that are used by scientists and engineers world-wide in the development of electrochemical technologies such as batteries and clean energy research such as hydrogen fuel cells, corrosion science and prevention technology. The company also specializes in instrumentation and measurement software for sensor array technologies in a broad range of industrial, medical and environmental monitoring applications.

Founded in 1981, Scribner Associates Inc. is a privately-owned company located in Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA. The company employs a professional staff that includes scientists, engineers, business officials and support staff. The company has sales representatives in the USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Taiwan, and other EU and Far East countries, and enjoys close collaborations with leading industrial companies and Universities.

Contact:

Kevin Cooper, Ph.D., Principal Scientist
Scribner Associates Incorporated
150 E. Connecticut Ave, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Phone: 910-695-8884 ~ Fax: 910-695-8886
www.scribner.com ~ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


Acknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Award NNC08CA30C. Disclaimer: This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency therefore, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information disclosed.
   

Scribner Awarded DoE Phase II


Scribner Associates Awarded U.S. Department of Energy Contract for Fuel Cell Membrane Measurement Technology

Southern Pines, NC (November 1, 2007) - Scribner Associates Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research grant to develop improved measurement technology for fuel cell membrane manufacturing quality control and quality assurance (QC/QA).

Successful commercialization of fuel cells in the high-volume tranportation market demands reducing the cost and improving the consistency of proton exchange membranes (PEM). Enhanced product QC/QA will increase manufacturing efficiency and decrease manufacturing cost. Tools and methods for accurate measurement of the through-thickness ionic resistance of fuel cell membranes, a keystone property, are required to support high-volume production QC/QA programs.

The two-year U.S. DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project aims to develop a high-throughput membrane measurement system to support fuel cell membrane manufacturing operations. Scribner Associates has a pending patent application for a novel electrode design and measurement apparatus that is compatible with bare membrane samples. The ability to test bare membrane significantly reduces the analysis time and increases the throughput of the measurement system.

Scribner Associates will spend the first year developing and testing the specialized hardware, measurement and control electronics, application software, and test protocol needed for the high-throughput measurement device. During the second project year a prototype system will be evaluated by a leading fuel cell membrane developer and manufacturer.

“This is a very exciting opportunity for us,” noted Dr. Kevin Cooper, Principal Scientist at Scribner. “In addition to being part of the DOE’s mission to advance fuel cells and our Nation’s energy independence, this project will allow Scribner Associates to further establish its position as a leader in the field of fuel cell measurement technology. Commercialization is a key element of the SBIR program and we anticipate taking the technology developed under this program to U.S. membrane manufacturers.”

The company is also evaluating other markets for the technology, including a membrane test device designed for the research and development community. Researchers that are developing new membrane materials have a real need to characterize their materials before they go through the time-consuming and costly effort of fabricating a membrane electrode assembly and testing it as a fuel cell.

About Scribner Associates Inc.

Scribner Associates Inc. is a world-leader in analytical instrumentation and software for electrochemistry. Scribner’s products include application software for general electrochemical research and laboratory instrumentation that are used by scientists and engineers world-wide in the development of electrochemical technologies such as batteries, fuel cells, corrosion science and prevention, and sensor arrays.

Founded in 1981, Scribner Associates Inc. is a privately-owned company located in Southern Pines, North Carolina, USA. The company employs a professional staff that includes scientists, engineers, business officials and support staff. The company has sales representatives in the USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Taiwan, and other EU and Far East countries, and enjoys close collaborations with leading industrial companies and Universities.

Contact:

Kevin Cooper, Ph.D., Principal Scientist
Scribner Associates Incorporated
150 E. Connecticut Ave, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Phone: 910-695-8884 ~ Fax: 910-695-8886
www.scribner.com ~ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it



Acknowledgement: This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under Award DE-FG02-06ER84574. Disclaimer: This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the U.S. Government. Neither the U.S. Government nor any agency therefore, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information disclosed.
   
   

ECS Spring Meeting

NEW PRODUCT - We will have a model 890e MultiRange Load with EIS, a MMA 900, and an 850C Compact Fuel Cell Test Station on display.
   

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