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For Immediate Release 13 October, 2005 1pm
QuestAir Receives Order for H-3200 Hydrogen Purifier to be Included
in BC Hydrogen Highway™ Infrastructure Project
BURNABY, B.C. – QuestAir Technologies Inc. (AIM: QAR; TSX: QAR) a developer and supplier of advanced gas purification systems for refinery, industrial and fuel cell markets has received a C$165,000 order for a H-3200 hydrogen purifier to be included in the Integrated Waste Hydrogen Utilization Project (IWHUP) in the Vancouver area. Earlier today the Government of Canada and Sustainable Development Technology Canada announced a contribution totaling C$12.2 million to support the project.
Jonathan Wilkinson, President and CEO of QuestAir, said that the H-3200 system will recover and purify hydrogen from a by-product stream emitted by a sodium chlorate manufacturing plant in the North Vancouver area. The order was included in QuestAir’s sales order backlog as of September 30th 2005.
“Sodium chlorate plants and other industrial processes have the potential to provide an important supply of low-cost hydrogen to support the commercialization of fuel cell and other hydrogen-based technologies,” said Wilkinson, “For example, if all the by-product hydrogen was recovered from the North Vancouver plant, it could provide fuel to a fleet of up to 20,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles in the Vancouver area, greatly reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
The three-year IWHUP project, led by Sacré-Davey Innovations Inc. will demonstrate a complete hydrogen value chain, including the recovery, storage, distribution and use of hydrogen. Purified hydrogen recovered using QuestAir’s H-3200 system will fuel eight light-duty trucks running on hydrogen; four public transit buses converted to run on a combination of compressed natural gas and hydrogen; and a stationary fuel cell power plant providing electrical power and heat to a car wash. The North Vancouver hydrogen fueling station of IWHUP will be one of the key stops on the BC Hydrogen HighwayTM that will play a role in sustainable transport demonstrations for the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Olympic and Paralympic games.
QuestAir’s H-3200 purifies hydrogen-containing gas streams to high purity hydrogen for use in industrial processes, hydrogen fueling stations and stationary fuel cell power plants. The H-3200’s optimized Pressure Swing Adsorption (“PSA”) process and proprietary rotary valve technology deliver higher efficiency than conventional PSA systems in a more compact, cost effective package. Since the product launch in 2003, QuestAir has sold more than 30 H-3200 systems to customers in Europe, Japan and North America.
Certain statements in this press release may constitute ‘‘forward-looking’’ statements which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, such statements use such words as “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, ‘‘may’’, ‘‘will’’ and other similar terminology. These statements reflect current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not such results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements.
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About QuestAir Technologies Inc.
QuestAir Technologies, Inc. is a developer and supplier of proprietary gas purification systems for several large international markets, including existing markets such as oil refining, biogas production and natural gas processing, and emerging markets such as fuel cell power plants and fuel cell vehicle refuelling stations. The Company has joint development agreements with Exxon Mobil Research and Engineering Company and Shell Hydrogen, and a collaboration with FuelCell Energy. QuestAir is based in Burnaby, British Columbia and its shares trade on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange Plc. and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “QAR”.
For further information please contact:
QuestAir Technologies Inc.:
Andrew Hall
Director, Corporate Development
Phone: (001) 604-453-6967
Email: hall@questairinc.com
Web: www.questairinc.com
UK media contact:
Charles Ryland
Ben Willey
Eleanor Williamson
Buchanan Communications
Phone: 020 7466 5000
Canadian media contact:
Terry Foster
James Hoggan + Associates
Phone: (001) 604-739-7500 |
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