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HYDROFILL - Desktop hydrogen refueling for HYDROSTIK cartridges

World's 1st personal hydrogen station!

The HYDROFILL system is designed to refill Horizon's HYDROSTIK solid hydrogen cartridges automatically, using a high performance water-based system, from which hydrogen is extracted. 60W DC power is enough to produce 10 liters of hydrogen per hour, or fill one HYDROSTIK cartridge. The HYDROFILL produces and stores hydrogen in a safe, solid form using special metal alloys contained in the HYDROSTIKTM cartridges.

A TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION
The HYDROFILL desktop refueler or portable hydrogen cartridges is the most important innovation produced by Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies so far.
The HYDROFILL is the 1st step towards larger scale hydrogen fuel systems for many electric applications - even cars! With HYDROFILL users no longer need to wait for the infrastructure for hydrogen to happen - instead, the users just BECOME the infrastructure!

Horizon's consumer grade hydrogen storage solution means turning high pressure gas into a solid form at low pressure using metal hydride alloys. Metal hydride alloys absorb hydrogen into their crystalline structure, and can release the hydrogen safely at low pressures. Furthermore, storing hydrogen in metal hydrides creates the highest volumetric energy density of any form of hydrogen storage - even higher than liquid hydrogen!

refillable solid-state hydrogen cartridges

The fuel cartridge used in the MiniPak called HydroSTIK has a battery-like form factor and contains a special metal alloy that allows hydrogen to be stored in a solid-state, as part of the metal alloy matrix inside the cartridge. In contrast with ordinary compressed hydrogen tanks, the pressure inside the canister is very low, making this device the safest and most practical means of storing hydrogen. The HydroSTIK has the additional advantages of being refillable (from pressurized gas bottles, or from water-electrolysis based devices), non-toxic, eco-friendly, and competitive on cost/performance with existing battery devices. Each HydroSTIK can store 15Wh of energy, enough for 1-2 charges of a 3G smartphone, or 2-3 charges for average cellphones, which is more than what present primary and rechargeable batteries are able to offer at equivalent cost. HYDROSTIK can be made available in bulk for refill using industrial gas, providing a low-cost portable energy option for users. When using industrial hydrogen gas, the overall energy efficiency of the Minipak is higher than batteries being recharged from the power grid (when counting power plant efficiency, power line losses, and typical AC/DC efficiency of chargers).
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: 1 HYDROSTIK = 10 disposable AA batteries at 1W continuous power consumption. This is because at 1W power consumption, most AA batteries can only last one hour, while the HYDROSTIK has enough energy to last 10 hours. If 1 HYDROSTIK is thenrefillable 100 times, the sameHYDROSTIK can replace 10x100 or 1000 disposable AA batteries over its lifetime E (INCLUDING MULTIPLE REFILLS) - when the required continuous power is 1W.