Altex Technologies Corporation is involved with the development of novel fuels processing, combustion, thermal management and power systems technologies, including fuel cells, gas turbines, biomass conversion, burners and heat exchanger components and systems. Active inthe SBIR arena since the early datys of the program through to recent awards, the firm defines, develops, tests, demonstrates and deploys innovative energy technology solutions to improve energy security at lower volume, weight, emissions and cost. Several fully instrumented test facilities are available at Altex, covering capacities from 20 watts to nearly 3MW. These are complemented by models addressing chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, fuel transformation, combustion, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, and pollution formation. Using these resources, Altex has supported technology development and demonstration in several key areas of expertise. The firms core advantage includes unique and proprietary heat management, combustion and fuels processing knowledge and experience based on years of research and development experience using special analysis and testing tools. .