The Oxygen Concentration Module (OCM) efficiently generates medical-grade oxygen from ambient air. East Hartford, Conn./April 14, 2020 – SKYRE is developing a system that concentrates oxygen from air to supply medical-grade oxygen to meet the needs of COVID–19 patients that are now being treated in hallways, over-crowded hospital facilities, makeshift hospitals and triage centers. SKYRE’s OCM is a game-changer backed by NASA beginning (3) years ago. It is a system built to make pure oxygen from spacecraft cabin air with the intended use for medical traumas on decade-long space missions. An extension of SKYRE’s leading electro-chemical technology found in the H2RENEW™, the OCM is a proven and elegant solution that meets multiple needs in a very efficient manner. “We’ve spoken with doctors, nurses and hospital facilities managers about their current SKYneed for oxygen supply given the sharp influx of COVID-19 patients,” says Dr. Trent Molter, CEO. “Many patients require oxygen and those that are most severely stricken must be put on ventilators. Oxygen is currently being supplied from bottles or from oxygen piped to hospital rooms. With patients now being treated in hallways, in tent facilities and those with compromised lung function being discharged, the need for alternate oxygen supply has never been greater.” The OCM is a small, solid-state system (no moving parts) that administers oxygen to meet the respiratory needs of an individual patient and can plug in to an ordinary electrical outlet. Because it is solid state, this unit has the potential to offer higher reliability than outdated pressure swing adsorption models on the market. The home oxygen use market is changing as the cost of delivery of cumbersome oxygen cylinders increases and the reimbursement for oxygen continues to decrease. Conversely, according to a market research study published by Grand View Research in April, 2019, the global medical oxygen concentrators market size was valued at USD 1.75 billion in 2018 and is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 7.4% over a 7-year period. Increasing prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and technological advancements were the key factors driving this market. SKYRE’s solid-state Oxygen Concentrator will serve as a low-cost, efficient, and portable oxygen generation system for use in hospital settings. It can also be used in home applications where patients have respiratory conditions, such as COPD, which greatly benefit from in home oxygen. “One of the major factors driving the market for portable oxygen concentrators include the ability of the device to provide oxygen under all circumstances,” says Dr. Trent Molter, CEO. “We originally developed the technology behind the OCM as part of the critical and central element of advanced life support systems relied upon to keep people alive in space, under the harshest conditions and circumstances. With the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, SKYRE’s working to scale the OCM platform for commercial medical applications, but we can’t do it alone. We need to quickly find the right financial, manufacturing and distribution partners to get it to those who desperately need them. The technology is validated and we’re confident that our OCM will result in success of the life-saving missions right here on Earth, but time is of the essence.” About SKYRE: Founded in 2007 as Sustainable Innovations and rebranded in 2018, SKYRE uses a proven, patented electrochemical technology to build innovative clean energy products that deliver breakthrough efficiency and are socially responsible. SKYRE’s products create economic opportunity for companies and contribute to global environmental sustainability by solving some of the world’s most challenging and pressing resource and energy problems. Contact: Gail A. Brackett, VP Marketing & Communicationsgbrackett@skyre-inc.com(310) 936-3136 Dr. Trent Molter, President & CEOtmolter@skyre-inc.com(860) 652-9690
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE East Hartford, Conn./March 27, 2020 – With the aim of providing a solution that mitigates risks to astronaut health and facilitates life support for extended-duration space-exploration missions – the global clean energy leader SKYRE – has developed a game-changing technology for NASA. The oxygen concentration system allows the production, storage and administration of concentrated oxygen to a crew member while maintaining overall cabin oxygen concentration levels, so as to mitigate the risk of fire hazard. NASA laid out some challenging objectives for the solution. The desired oxygen concentrator device would minimize mass, volume and power, while performing at high reliability, over a range of inlet pressure and oxygen concentration – all while delivering a range of outlet flow and concentration to the crew member or application. No engineered systems existed that have met power, size and flow rate objectives for use in manned space flight – until SKYRE developed its Solid State Oxygen Concentration Module (OCM). An extension of SKYRE’s proven hydrogen concentration, generation and compression technology found in the H2RENEW™, the OCM is an elegant solution that meets multiple needs in a very efficient manner. Having demonstrated the performance in the laboratory, SKYRE is working to scale the platform to relevant size for critical commercial opportunities. “SKYRE’s OCM has practical applications for medical professionals and their patients and/or patient communities and we’ve already had initial conversations with the healthcare industry about it.” said Dr. Molter, CEO. “Our system concentrates oxygen from ambient air (versus from an oxygen supply) for emergency life support for medical traumas and other respiratory-related applications. Our leading electro-chemical technology was originally developed for NASA as the critical, central element of advanced life support systems relied upon to keep people alive – where failure is simply not an option.” About SKYRE: Founded in 2007 as Sustainable Innovations and rebranded in 2018, SKYRE uses a proven, patented electrochemical technology to build innovative clean energy products that deliver breakthrough efficiency and are socially responsible. SKYRE’s products create economic opportunity for companies and contribute to global environmental sustainability by solving some of the world’s most challenging and pressing resource and energy problems. Contact:Gail A. Brackett, VP Marketing & Communicationsgbrackett@skyre-inc.com(310) 936-3136 (m) Dr. Trent Molter, President & CEOtmolter@skyre-inc.com(860) 652-9690 (o)
The newly formed, (5) five-person advisory board, will significantly extend the reach
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With the aim of providing a game-changing solution to the problematic level of greenhouse gas emissions, SKYRE – a global clean energy leader – has developed CO2RENEW™. Originally developed for NASA and the U.S. Navy as the critical, central element of advanced life support systems used in closed environments, CO2RENEW addresses intensifying global environmental concerns by using a proprietary electrochemical process to efficiently convert a well-recognized greenhouse gas in the atmosphere – carbon dioxide – to useable, valuable and important products.
SKYRE, a global clean energy leader that builds and sells hydrogen renewal systems, has announced the release of its newest product: the H2RENEW™ compact electrochemical hydrogen compressor. H2RENEW is a breakthrough, solid-state system that provides manufacturers and businesses a way to save money and reduce carbon emissions by recovering and recycling hydrogen that is wasted/vented. SKYRE is the first company in the world to offer a family of onsite, electrochemical separation and compression products that capture hydrogen, purify it and send it back for use in industrial processes.
East Hartford, CT Release: April 3, 2019. The Connecticut Technology Council held its 15th Annual Women of Innovation Awards on Wednesday, March 27 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington, to honor 51 women from across Connecticut for their innovation and leadership in science and technology professions. Of these finalists, (11) women walked away winners, including SKYRE’s Karen Murdoch, for her accomplishments as an innovator and entrepreneur in the Small Business Innovation & Leadership category.
SKYRE’s Karen Murdoch Wins the 2019 Women of Innovation Award“This was quite an honor to be recognized amongst such an outstanding group of industry professionals.” Says Karen, “There was a recurring theme amongst the other honorees acknowledging teamwork and cooperation. It’s not just about winning, it’s about performing at your best so that everyone can benefit.”
Sustainable Innovations has changed its name to Skyre. The change reflects the transformation of the company from a research and development enterprise to a products company.
EAST HARTFORD, CT – March 21, 2018 – The name change and rebranding is being driven by the commercial introduction of the H2RENEW™ product and the accelerated development of the industry-leading technology at the core of the CO2RENEW™ product that converts waste CO2 into chemicals and fuels.
The rebrand is coming at the perfect time. According to Dr. Trent Molter, founder and CEO, “It’s a time like never before in our company history. Sustainability has taken root on a global scale. We’re seeing worldwide proliferation of low-cost renewables in concert with ubiquitous demand for energy storage. Many countries that committed to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions are now following through on their promise. In order to remain cost competitive, effective resource management is now an essential part of every business. For these reasons, and others, we are confronted by a perfect storm and we believe this is the time to capitalize on this unique business climate and our extraordinary capabilities.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – May 15, 2017 – PRLog — Sustainable Innovations has delivered a Hydrogen-Based Energy Conservation System (HECS) for recovering hydrogen from various waste streams at NASA Stennis Space Center (SSC). The first of its kind, this fully integrated, solid state system is designed to recover hydrogen released from cryogenic storage or to separate hydrogen from helium used in rocket test operations. Using a proprietary electrochemical process developed by Sustainable Innovations, the HECS system can purify and compress recovered hydrogen to commercial storage pressures, facilitating its reuse for vehicle fueling and other needs. SI was tapped for this development project because of its success in hydrogen fueling pressure at significant scale while avoiding the unacceptable downtime and maintenance pitfalls that have hampered mechanical compressors. As an electrochemical-based process, energy is not wasted during compression and there are no moving parts. The result is a highly reliable system requiring very low maintenance.
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Feb. 14, 2017 – PRLog — Sustainable Innovations, Inc. (SI) and its partners, Greenway Energy and Savannah River National Laboratory, will team to maximize the benefits of two cutting edge hydrogen compressor technologies by combining them into one high reliability, high efficiency hybrid compressor. This important R&D effort will address one of the most stubborn problems plaguing the hydrogen fueling industry – how to cost effectively compress hydrogen for storage on board a vehicle. Conventional compressor technology has proven less than optimal for hydrogen fueling in early fuel cell vehicle markets like California. According to the Department of Energy, the poor reliability of mechanical compressors is related to operating conditions at the hydrogen stations for which mechanical compressors were not designed.
Sustainable Innovations today announced the appointment of Jon Melzer and Walter (Chip) Schroeder as independent directors of the firm. “Our Board members embody the spirit of entrepreneurship, governance and the highest levels of experience. They bring talent, energy, industry and financial expertise to bear upon our success. We are very fortunate to have them by our side as we continue to commercialize technology in the advanced energy market space, and we’re grateful for the benefit of their counsel” said Dr. Trent Molter, Founder, President and CEO.
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