Part one of term paper
Ballard Power System is the world leader in developing and commercializing proton exchange membrane power systems. At the heart of this corporation is the Ballard , a propriety zero-emission engine that converts natural gas, methanol, or hydrogen fuel directly into electricity without combustion. Over the last several years, many large corpo ...

Part two of term paper
... Electric for NASA. It was considered as a definite possibility for an alternative power source for space program, but the cost and size of the stacks were tremendous. By 1983, Geoff Ballard and a small team of physicists were able to develop the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) to produce nearly ten times as much energy, while being only a fraction of the size. How the PEM Works: A is an electrochemical device that produces electricity silently, without combustion. Hydrogen fuel, which is one of ...