SNPE Matériaux Energétiques: Gas generators

Other applications

Hydrogen and nitrogen generators

SNPE Matériaux Energétiques has extended its know-how to the development of other gas generators:

hydrogen generators mainly to supply fuel cells,
nitrogen generators to rebalance partial pressures in contaminated atmospheres (used in closed spaces such as submarines) but also to be used to pressurize or inert tanks.

Developments made for our customers rely on pluridisciplinary R&D teams who are experts in material chemistry, the design of products submitted to high environmental stress and operating safety. These activities are ISO 9001 certified.

Contact: Jean-Marc Besson

Gas Generators for new innovating energy storage concepts

SNPE Matériaux Énergétiques relies on its expert teams, know-how and facilities developed in solid propulsion and gas generation for automotive safety airbags, to propose innovative gas generator concepts and meet your energy storage needs in the civilian and military fields.

SNPE Matériaux Énergétiques has developed a pressure-less energy storage alternative. Energy is produced in the form of gas resulting from the chemical breakdown of an energetic material stored in solid form.

SNPE Matériaux Énergétiques offers adapted solutions for:

system or microsystem activation
structure inflation
area pressurization

SNPE Matériaux Énergétiques technological offer has the following advantages:

completely inert reserve of energy
modulation of gas pressure and flowrate
reliability and robustness
immediate availability
no maintenance
weight and size reduction

Potential applications

A few examples:

Inflation: inflation of emergency ejection systems, emergency inflating systems
Mechanical system activation: ejection mechanisms, initiators
Gas generation to pressurize a tank: fire extinguishing
Inert gas and pure gas generation

Contact: Gilles Gonthier