SBIR Phase II: Innovative And Cost-Effective Process for Net-Shape Microfabrication of Ceramic Components

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目将开发一种陶瓷氢燃料器具（CHFA），该器具使用陶瓷微反应器模块（cmm），采用低成本、净形制造工艺和一种在第一阶段项目中开发的新材料。所开发的新材料具有优异的性能，具有成本效益的微加工陶瓷元件，精度达到亚微米。此外，它具有良好的材料性能，包括非常高的组件表面积和温度高达1000摄氏度的热化学稳定性，使其成为制造三坐标测量机的理想材料。这项技术的商业和更广泛的影响将是碳氢化合物燃料重整器，为汽车/卡车上用作辅助动力装置（apu）的燃料电池提供氢气。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will develop a ceramic hydrogen fuel appliance (CHFA) using ceramic microreactor modules (CMMs) using a low-cost, net-shape manufacturing process, and a new material, that was developed in the Phase I project. The new material developed was demonstrated to have excellent capability for cost-effective microfabrication of ceramic components with sub-micrometer precision. Further, it has good materials properties, including very high component surface area and thermochemical stability to temperatures as high as 1000 degrees C, that make it an ideal material for fabrication of CMMs. The commercial and broader impacts of this technology will be as hydrocarbon fuel reformers that supply hydrogen to fuel cells used as auxiliary power units (APUs) on board automobiles/trucks.