SBIR Phase I: High Flux Metal-Ceramic Hydrogen Separation Membranes

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的目标是开发一种用于氢分离的创新膜。提出了基于创新的纳米结构和独特的制造工艺的先进的氢分离膜的开发。所提出的方法将实现超薄的Pd分离层，其应该支持比现有技术增加10倍或更多的氢通量，而不会降低氢的选择性。这些膜还应该表现出更高的可靠性，并将用低成本、可扩展的工艺生产。提出的工作的预期结果是一种可行的技术，用于生产性能先进、可靠性高和成本较低的坚固的氢分离膜。这种使能技术可以促进当前的各种应用，例如燃料电池的氢分离。通过适当的开发应用于更大的产量，它还可以服务于从工业废液中回收氢气，并提高许多能源密集型石油精炼和石化生产过程的效率。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project targets development of an innovative membrane for separation of hydrogen. The development of advanced hydrogen separation membranes based on an innovative nanostructured architecture and a unique fabrication process is proposed. The proposed approach will enable an ultra-thin Pd separation layer, which should support a 10X or greater increase in hydrogen flux over the state of the art, with no reduction in hydrogen selectivity. The membranes should also exhibit superior reliability and will be produced with low-cost, scalable processes. The expected result of the proposed work is a viable technology for the production of robust hydrogen separation membranes with advanced performance, superior reliability and lower cost. Such an enabling technology could facilitate a variety of current applications, such as hydrogen separation for fuel cells. With suitable developments for application to higher volumes, it could also serve hydrogen recovery from industrial waste streams and improve the efficiency of many energy-intensive petroleum refinement and petrochemical production processes.