SBIR Phase I: Sub-10 nm protective coating on high-temperature hydrogen purification membrane

SBIR第一期：高温氢气纯化膜上的亚10纳米保护涂层

• 批准号: 0944769
• 负责人: Chung-Yi Tsai
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: T3 Scientific LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0944769&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Sub; 10; nm

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a thin film protected membrane for high temperature hydrogen purification. The much anticipated hydrogen economy demands a robust and economical method for hydrogen purification and production. The state-of the-art membrane material for hydrogen purification has a major downside ? low tolerance for impurities, sulfur in particular. The solution is an ultra-thin protective coating. The new coated membrane will have high hydrogen selectivity and permeance at elevated temperatures and will be highly resistant to sulfur. To ensure the success of this project, three objectives are laid out: 1) demonstrate membrane performance under elevated temperatures and pressures, 2) demonstrate membrane stability with feedstream components such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water, and sulfur, and 3) demonstrate thermal resistance under thermal cycling. The resulting membrane is expected to exceed the goal of having a high hydrogen flux with 99.5% purity, tolerance to sulfur (100 ppm) and carbon dioxide, and the high stability required for potential industrial applications.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will be the numerous benefits to its customers, the general public and the scientific community. The new membrane technology will offer a genuine value proposition in a number of applications, due to its high performance, thermal stability, robustness against contaminants, cost savings and minimal maintenance. The success of this proposed membrane will assist in enabling the much-awaited hydrogen economy, creating market pull for users in the hydrogen industry. This technology can readily be applied to hydrogen purification for oil refineries and for coal gasification. The proposed membrane system will also be invaluable to other markets, such as hydrogen for transportation, hydrogen separation for petrochemicals, hydrogen capture from ammonia purge gas in ammonia plants, hydrogen/carbon monoxide ratio adjustment for syngas, and hydrogen recovery from purge stream. The success of this project will have the larger societal benefits of reducing the dependence on foreign oil, reducing the environmental impacts of fossil fuel use, and provide a national competitive advantage in emerging energy technologies. Finally, the scientific understanding gained will benefit related fields, such as catalysis, and the semiconductor, electronics, and imaging industries.

这个小企业创新研究一期项目将开发一种用于高温氢气净化的薄膜保护膜。备受期待的氢经济需要一种强大而经济的氢气提纯和生产方法。用于氢净化的最先进的膜材料有一个重大的缺点？对杂质，特别是硫磺的耐受性低。解决方案是一层超薄的保护层。新涂层膜在高温下具有高的氢选择性和渗透性，并具有很强的抗硫性能。为了确保该项目的成功，制定了三个目标：1)展示膜在高温和压力下的性能，2)展示膜对二氧化碳、一氧化碳、水和硫等进料组分的稳定性，以及3)展示热循环下的耐热性。预计制得的膜将超过具有99.5%纯度的高氢通量、对硫(100ppm)和二氧化碳的耐受性以及潜在工业应用所需的高稳定性的目标。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将为其客户、普通公众和科学界带来众多好处。新的膜技术将在许多应用中提供真正的价值主张，因为它具有高性能、热稳定性、抗污染能力强、节省成本和最少的维护。这种拟议膜的成功将有助于实现期待已久的氢气经济，为氢气行业的用户创造市场吸引力。该技术可方便地应用于炼油厂的氢气净化和煤气化。拟议的膜系统对其他市场也具有宝贵的价值，例如用于运输的氢气、石化产品的氢气分离、从合成氨厂的氨吹扫气中捕获氢气、调整合成气的氢/一氧化碳比例以及从吹气流中回收氢气。该项目的成功将带来更大的社会效益，减少对外国石油的依赖，减少化石燃料使用对环境的影响，并在新兴能源技术方面提供国家竞争优势。最后，所获得的科学理解将有益于相关领域，如催化，以及半导体、电子和成像行业。