SBIR Phase I: Zero Emission Nested Loop Reforming for High Purity Hydrogen Production

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是满足日益增长的减少碳排放的需求。美国环境保护署（Environmental Protection Agency， EPS）指出，美国的主要排放源来自交通运输、发电和工业过程。这些来源合计占2017年65亿吨排放量的79%。该SBIR项目将提高领先的制氢技术，提高效率，实现零碳排放。氢技术创新还将有助于满足氢市场不断增长的需求，该市场价值1360亿美元，每年以8%的速度增长，并将氢释放到新的行业，如发电，过去由于碳排放的原因，氢生产被认为是不可行的选择。SBIR一期项目拟建设一个比领先制氢技术效率更高、碳排放为零的创新制氢装置。这项研究将解决的主要技术风险是将技术复杂的系统集成到一个无缝的氢气发生器中。建议的项目将把集成的系统分解成组件，这些组件将在集成之前进行评估，从而降低整个项目的风险。在成功构建和测试拟议系统后，PureTech将证明拟议系统的技术和经济可行性。这一证据将使PureTech走上建造大规模氢气生产系统的道路。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is to meet the growing demand for reduction of carbon emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPS) indicates that the major sources of emissions in the U.S. are from transportation, electrical generation, and industrial processes. These sources collectively constitute 79% of the 6.5 billion metric tons of emissions in 2017. This SBIR project will enhance the leading hydrogen production technology to become more efficient and release zero carbon emissions. The hydrogen technology innovation will also help meet the growing demand in the hydrogen market, valued at $136 billion and growing at 8% annually, as well as unlock hydrogen in new industries, such as electrical generation, that in the past have deemed hydrogen production as a non-viable option due in part to the carbon emissions. This SBIR Phase I project proposes to construct an innovative hydrogen reformer that is more efficient than the leading hydrogen production technology while releasing zero carbon emissions. The main technical risk the research will address is the integration of technically complex systems into a seamless hydrogen generator. The proposed project will break the integrated system into components which will be evaluated prior to integration, thus reducing the overall project risk. Upon successful construction and testing of the proposed system, PureTech will have demonstrated the technical and economical feasibility of the proposed system. This proof will allow PureTech to embark on a path to build large-scale hydrogen production systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.