SBIR Phase II: Catalytic Nanochannel Reactor Arrays for Fuel Reforming

SBIR 第二阶段：用于燃料重整的催化纳米通道反应器阵列

• 批准号: 0724408
• 负责人: Esther Wilcox
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Synkera Technologies Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0724408&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Catalytic; Nanochannel

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to develop and commercialize advanced nanochannel array reactors for efficient and cost-effective fuel reforming for fuel cells and other applications. Conventional reformers have significant performance, size, reliability and cost issues that prevent broad-scale introduction of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems, especially in the portable power market segment. To overcome these limitations, a highly innovative approach based on the nanoporous ceramics is being pursued to create ultra-light and ultra-compact reactors. That approach was successfully validated during Phase I. The results unequivocally demonstrated the feasibility of methanol reforming and confirmed the strong competitive advantages of the proposed architecture over conventional reactors. The Phase II aims to develop application-specific reactor prototypes and to initiate their integration into PEM fuel cell systems. The expected outcome will be a manufacturing technology for low-cost and compact yet highly efficient and reliable reactors for point-of-use hydrogen generation. This technology has a potential to facilitate the development of more affordable fuel cell power system for broader government, commercial and consumer applications, especially in the portable power (0.1-1kW) market segments, and will benefit our society by contributing to energy security and availability of environmentally friendly energy solutions.

小企业创新研究（SBIR）第二阶段项目建议开发和商业化先进的纳米通道阵列反应器，用于燃料电池和其他应用的高效和具有成本效益的燃料重整。 传统的重整器具有显著的性能、尺寸、可靠性和成本问题，这些问题阻碍了聚合物电解质膜（PEM）燃料电池系统的大规模引入，特别是在便携式电力细分市场中。 为了克服这些限制，人们正在寻求一种基于纳米多孔陶瓷的高度创新的方法来制造超轻和超紧凑的反应器。 这一方法在第一阶段得到了成功验证。 结果明确地证明了甲醇重整的可行性，并证实了所提出的结构与传统反应器相比具有很强的竞争优势。 第二阶段的目标是开发特定应用的反应堆原型，并开始将其集成到PEM燃料电池系统中。预期的结果将是一种低成本、紧凑但高效可靠的制氢反应堆的制造技术。 这项技术有可能促进更经济实惠的燃料电池动力系统的开发，用于更广泛的政府，商业和消费者应用，特别是在便携式电源（0.1- 1 kW）细分市场，并将通过促进能源安全和环境友好型能源解决方案的可用性来造福我们的社会。