Technology

Cool Flame Technologies (CFT) develops and industrializes solutions for power generation and exhaust cleaning by using the patented cool flame reformer technology.

Cool Flame is a process where a mixture of fuel and air undergo a partial oxidation, but where only a small fraction of the fuel and air react with each other. Hence, only a few percent of the fuel is used in the reaction. A particular feature of the cool flame is that its temperature is constant and self-regulating in the region of 350 to 480 C depending on the operating parameters. The heat generated in the exothermic reaction is used to fully evaporate the fuel and make it suitable for reforming.

Rights & patents:
The cool flame technology was developed at the Technical University of Aachen, Germany. Energy Conversion Technology, which had its company name formally changed to CFT in April 2010, got the exclusive rights to commercialize the technology in 2006
CFT has in addition filed a number of new patents pending related to the use of cool flame in engine emission reduction and fuel cell systems: