Lynntech Inc. is an industry leader in fabricating low cost, high power density fuel cells for military and civilian applications.  Lynntech’s fuel cell technology spans the power range from a few watts, to hundreds of kilowatts, with a heavy emphasis on systems in the 10 – 50 kilowatt range.  Lynntech is currently developing, with ISE, fuel cell powered military vehicles for the U.S. Air Force.

Lynntech, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Texas in 1987, is privately owned, and is located in College Station, Texas.  Its mission is to develop proprietary technology for commercialization through strategic alliances and licensing agreements.  The company’s management team has been successful with Phase III joint development and licensing efforts with several industrial partners.  Since 1995, Lynntech’s technologies have received over $70 million in additional (non-SBIR-STTR) investment coming through strategic alliances, Phase III funding, and new business ventures.  Lynntech has a multidisciplinary staff of 153 scientists and engineers and owns 88 U.S. Patents with over 100 pending.

Lynntech corporate headquarters.

Lynntech currently occupies facilities having a total area of 57,909 square feet, 20,800of which is located at Texas A&M University Research Park, an area established to create, develop, and promote a community of scientific excellence and innovative technology by providing an atmosphere conducive to these activities.  Lynntech’s facilities include general laboratory space, an analytical chemistry lab, a microbiology and biochemistry lab, an electronics shop, a state of the art machining, prototype fabrication facility, electrochemical system assembly area, fuel cell and electrolyzer testing lab, equipment burn-in and evaluation room, and several high bay areas occupying 12,035 square feet where scale-up hardware can be assembled for testing and evaluation.  Lynntech has a Mechanical Design Laboratory fully equipped for 3D modeling and design, a complete Machine Shop, and facilities for assembly of large scale fuel cell systems.

Lynntech is currently developing a 72-kW fuel cell powered multi-use tactical vehicle with distributed power for the Air Force under an SBIR Phase II contract.  This vehicle, when powered by Lynntech’s hydrogen/air PEM fuel cell technology, will provide military aircraft support by performing the operations of an aircraft tow tractor and a mobile 72-kW generator.  Lynntech is working with ISE to integrate the electric drivetrain in the MB-4 class tow tractor.  At the end of the Phase II project, Lynntech will deliver one fuel cell powered multi-use tactical vehicle to the U.S. Air Force at Robins AFB.

Lynntech, Inc. is also developing a fuel cell powered 25K aircraft loader that will operate on reformed JP8 for the Air Force under a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.  The aircraft loader will provide all the existing capabilities of current loaders and will be purely electrically driven.  Lynntech is working with ISE to integrate the electric drivetrain in the aircraft loader.  Upon successful completion of the Phase I and subsequent Phase II contract, an all-electric, fuel cell powered 25K loader will be delivered to the U.S. Air Force at Robins AFB.

In addition, Lynntech, is currently manufacturing a 10 kW hydrogen/air PEM fuel cell to be used as the primary power source for a piloted, all-electric airplane (E-Plane).  The ultra-lightweight fuel cell is being developed under a subcontract from Advanced Technology Products (ATP/FASTec) through a grant from NASA.  Upon successful completion of this project, the E-Plane will be the world’s first piloted fuel cell powered airplane.

Lynntech is currently developing its 5th generation of hydrogen/oxygen PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers for use as a regenerative energy storage system for the Missile Defense Agency’s high altitude airship program under an SBIR Phase II contract.  The overall objective of this Phase I SBIR project for MDA was to advance Lynntech’s current fuel cell and electrolyzer technology to dramatically improve both power density (W/L) and specific power (W/kg). Lynntech utilized FEA modeling to optimize cell frame shape and thickness of both the fuel cell and electrolyzer, resulting in a design that increased the fuel cell’s power density (W/L) by 28% and specific power (W/kg) by 53% to over 1000 W/kg. The electrolyzer power density and specific power (>2000 W/kg) both increased by 75%. The technical feasibility of utilizing adhesively bonded electrolyzer stack components at operating pressures up to 1700 psig was also successfully demonstrated.

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