Cellex Completes Field Trials

Cellex Power Products Inc. of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, has successfully completed its Alpha hydrogen fuel cell product field trials at the logistics subsidiary of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. During the field trials, Wal-Mart agreed to support Cellex’s Beta field trials and commercialization process of fuel cell power systems for electric lift trucks. Crown Equipment Corp., a leading North American electric lift truck company, will participate by supplying the lift trucks.

Cellex had four fuel cell power units power a fleet of pallet trucks for two weeks at a food distribution center in Missouri to demonstrate the operational benefits. The power units ran without safety incident and refueled with compressed hydrogen in one minute.

Lead acid batteries typically last four to eight hours and large distribution centers often change batteries over 300 times per day, resulting in lost productivity and increased cost. Cellex’s fuel cell power units eliminate battery changing, run longer than batteries, maintain consistent power delivery to the lift truck, and quickly refuel.