SBIR Phase I: KONTAK Hydrogen Liquid Storage Reactor

SBIR 第一期：KONTAK 氢气液体储存反应器

• 批准号: 1722037
• 负责人: Barton Norton
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: KONTAK, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1722037&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; KONTAK; Hydrogen; Liquid

This SBIR Phase I Project is designed to enable the wide acceptance of hydrogen as a green alternative to gasoline and diesel. To accomplish this goal, a way had to be found to safely and economically store, transport and use hydrogen. A class of organic compounds has been discovered that can store hydrogen, release it as needed, and form a recyclable residual compounds. By holding hydrogen on a liquid carrier at normal temperatures and pressures, the cost and complexity of compressing or liquefying hydrogen has been eliminated. The same infrastructure that supplies us with gasoline, diesel and ethanol can be used without modification to transport this hydrogen liquid. A safe and economical means for capturing, storing, transporting and dispensing hydrogen will enable green technologies for making hydrogen from wind, solar, biomass and tidal energy. Possibilities exist for using CO2 as a component to make these carrier molecules from hydrated ethanol. Hydrogen can be mixed 50/50 with diesel fuel to cut harmful diesel emissions in half including diesel soot which has been implicated in the rise in childhood asthma.This project combines the skills of organic chemists, nanotechnology, 3D fabrication engineers and computer-controlled electronics drivers to deliver a novel result. Achieving uniform heating of a catalytic volume is key to producing the desired output without byproducts and fouling of the catalytic surfaces. Since the anticipated reactions are endothermic and the flow rates for commercial applications are high, the research is focused on developing precise control of heat transfer into the reactor core through design and experiments. The experimental plan also involves evaluation of multiple materials for the induction heating elements, the effect of location in the solenoid barrel of the reactor core, and the various methods available to bind multiple, very small Reactor tubes together to create the Cores. The goal is to demonstrate capability for generating hydrogen output of 33 gaseous liters perminute for a 5 kW fuel cell.

SBIR第一阶段项目旨在使氢作为汽油和柴油的绿色替代品得到广泛接受。 为了实现这一目标，必须找到一种安全、经济地储存、运输和使用氢气的方法。 已经发现了一类有机化合物，可以储存氢，根据需要释放它，并形成可回收的残余化合物。通过在常温常压下将氢保持在液体载体上，已经消除了压缩或储存氢的成本和复杂性。 为我们提供汽油，柴油和乙醇的相同基础设施可以不经修改地用于运输这种氢液体。一种安全、经济的捕获、储存、运输和分配氢的方法将使利用风能、太阳能、生物质能和潮汐能制造氢的绿色技术成为可能。 存在使用CO2作为组分从水合乙醇制备这些载体分子的可能性。氢气可以与柴油燃料以50/50的比例混合，从而将有害的柴油排放减少一半，包括导致儿童哮喘增加的柴油烟尘。该项目结合了有机化学家，纳米技术，3D制造工程师和计算机控制的电子驱动器的技能，提供了一个新颖的结果。实现催化体积的均匀加热是在没有副产物和催化表面结垢的情况下产生所需输出的关键。由于预期的反应是吸热的，并且商业应用的流速很高，因此研究的重点是通过设计和实验来开发对反应堆堆芯传热的精确控制。实验计划还包括评估感应加热元件的多种材料，反应堆堆芯螺线管筒中位置的影响，以及将多个非常小的反应堆管结合在一起以创建堆芯的各种方法。其目标是证明一个5千瓦的燃料电池每分钟产生33气体升的氢气输出的能力。