SBIR Phase I: Clean and Efficient Catalytic Combustion of Methane

*9760946 Roychoudhry这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在开发一种用于发电、空气净化和排放控制的低温甲烷催化燃烧器。在该项目的第一阶段，PCI将为短通道长度、高单元密度(SCL-HCD)金属整体元素开发一种附着力的高比表面积涂层，将催化活性相(钯)结合到所产生的高比表面积衬底上，并测试这些催化体系对甲烷低温催化氧化的活性和效率。这项技术在超低NOx发电方面具有潜在的重要应用。由于NOx产生带来的经济损失，催化燃烧被越来越多地认为是处理后排放的一种清洁和有效的替代方案。基于以前在催化燃烧应用中的PCI工作，基于SCL-HCD金属整体的催化燃烧器可以适用于全尺寸、全范围的发电，从非常小的移动电源应用(30千瓦范围)到产生200兆瓦功率的机器。***

*** 9760946 Roychoudhry This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project is aimed at developing a low temperature methane catalytic combustor for applications in power generation, air purification and emissions control. In Phase I of this Project, PCI will develop an adherent high specific surface area coating for the, short channel length, high cell density (SCL-HCD) metal monolith elements, incorporate the catalytically active phase (of palladium) on the resulting high specific area substrate, and test the viability and efficiency of these catalyst systems for low temperature catalytic oxidation of methane. This technology has potentially important applications for ultra-low NOx power generation. Because of the economic penalties associated with NOx production, catalytic combustion is being increasingly recognized as a clean and efficient alternative to exhaust after treatment. Based on previous PCI work in catalytic combustion applications, an SCL-HCD metal monolith based catalytic combustor could be appropriate for power generation across the full size, range, from very small mobile source applications (30 kW range) up through machines generating two hundred MW of power. ***