Oorja Protonics demos DMFCs for materials handling vehicles

摘要

Oorja CEO, Sanjiv Malhotra, Ph.D. has demonstrated the company's Direct Methanol Fuels Cell (DMFC) and Oor-jaPac on-board battery charging system to the material handling industry at the recent Material Handling Industry of America NA 08 in Fremont, CA. According to Malhotra, "OorjaPac is a breakthrough onboard charging system for forklifts, pallet loaders, and other material handling vehicles and charges their batteries both while they operate and under idling conditions. OorjaPac addresses a number of critical problems faced by the material handling vehicle users. These include: (1) Low runtime with batteries on a single charge, resulting in the need to purchase and maintain multiple batteries per vehicle and conduct battery swaps in order to get through one full day of operation; (2) Significant vehicle and labor downtime during non productive activities such as battery swapping, resulting in reduced operational productivity; (3) Reduced battery life due to inadequate charging and cooling processes; and (4) High operational costs associate with the incumbent approach, namely maintaining real estate for battery swapping/charging rooms and the labor associated with the battery swapping process."