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GSDAA Finalist: Bringing Mobile Phone Coverage to Rural Areas With a Green, Off-Grid Energy Solution

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Category: Energy

 

Author: Dr. Mike Rendall

 

Challenge: Developing a green, off-grid energy solution to power mobile phone base stations in rural Africa.

 

Solution: Using NI CompactRIO and NI LabVIEW to control and monitor the cracking of ammonia and using hydrogen fuel cells to deliver regulated DC electrical power, producing only by-products of clean water and nitrogen.

 

 

To vote for this submission for the 2012 GSDAA Community's Choice Award Winner, be sure to "LIKE" this document. (Click on the "Like" symbol in the bottom right corner of this window.)

 
 
 
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