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===Other applications=== * Providing power for [[base station]]s or [[cell site]]s<ref>[http://fr.chfca.ca/itoolkit.asp?pg=BALLARD_07132009 "Ballard fuel cells to power telecom backup power units for motorola"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706172302/http://fr.chfca.ca/itoolkit.asp?pg=BALLARD_07132009 |date=6 July 2011 }}. Association Canadienne de l'hydrogene et des piles a combustible. 13 July 2009. Accessed 2 August 2011.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cleantech.com/news/3674/india-telecom-get-fuel-cells|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126130543/http://cleantech.com/news/3674/india-telecom-get-fuel-cells|url-status=dead|title=India telecoms to get fuel cell power|archive-date=26 November 2010}}</ref> * [[Emergency power systems]] are a type of fuel cell system, which may include lighting, generators and other apparatus, to provide backup resources in a crisis or when regular systems fail. They find uses in a wide variety of settings from residential homes to hospitals, scientific laboratories, [[data center]]s,<ref>[http://www.t-systems.com/tsip/en/202342/home/publicsector/news/details/2011-03-21-rz-cottbus "Cottbus receives new local data center"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930144825/http://www.t-systems.com/tsip/en/202342/home/publicsector/news/details/2011-03-21-rz-cottbus |date=30 September 2011 }}. T Systems. 21 March 2011.</ref> <!-- THIS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ABOVE UNDER POWER. Can anyone try to do that? --> * Telecommunication<ref>[http://www.fuelcells.org/basics/apps.html "Fuel Cell Applications"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515080800/http://www.fuelcells.org/basics/apps.html |date=15 May 2011 }}. Fuel Cells 2000. Accessed 2 August 2011</ref> equipment and modern naval ships. * An [[uninterrupted power supply]] (''UPS'') provides emergency power and, depending on the topology, provide line regulation as well to connected equipment by supplying power from a separate source when utility power is not available. Unlike a standby generator, it can provide instant protection from a momentary power interruption. * [[Smartphones]], laptops and tablets for use in locations where [[Alternating current|AC]] charging may not be readily available. * Portable charging docks for small electronics (e.g. a belt clip that charges a cell phone or [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]]). * Small heating appliances<ref>[http://www.dvgw-cert.com/index.php?id=26 DVGW VP 119 Brennstoffzellen-Gasgeräte bis 70 kW] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226193610/http://www.dvgw-cert.com/index.php?id=26 |date=26 February 2021 }}. DVGW. (German)</ref> * [[Food preservation]], achieved by exhausting the oxygen and automatically maintaining oxygen exhaustion in a shipping container, containing, for example, fresh fish.<ref name=ADN51813>{{cite news|title=Laine Welch: Fuel cell technology boosts long-distance fish shipping |url=http://www.adn.com/2013/05/18/2907670/laine-welch-fuel-cell-technology.html |access-date=19 May 2013 |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |date=18 May 2013 |author=Laine Welch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609190326/http://www.adn.com/2013/05/18/2907670/laine-welch-fuel-cell-technology.html |archive-date=9 June 2013 }}</ref> * Sensors, including in [[Breathalyzer]]s, where the amount of voltage generated by a fuel cell is used to determine the concentration of fuel (alcohol) in the sample.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fuel Cell Technology Applied to Alcohol Breath Testing|url=http://www.intox.com/t-fuelcellwhitepaper.aspx|publisher=Intoximeters, Inc.|access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>
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