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

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第二阶段项目将利用第一阶段项目中开发的低成本、网状制造工艺和新材料，开发使用陶瓷微反模块(CMM)的陶瓷氢燃料装置(CHFA)。开发的新材料被证明具有高性价比的亚微米精度陶瓷元件的微细加工能力。此外，它还具有良好的材料性能，包括非常高的组件表面积和对高达1000摄氏度的温度的热化学稳定性，这使其成为制造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燃料改革器，向用作汽车/卡车上的辅助动力单元(APU)的燃料电池供应氢气。

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.