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2005 Annual Progress Report

IV. Production

This section of the 2005 Progress Report for the DOE Hydrogen Program focuses on production. Each technical report is available as an individual Adobe Acrobat PDF. Download Adobe Reader.

Hydrogen Production Overview, Peter Devlin, Department of Energy (PDF 158 KB)

A. Distributed Reforming

  1. Autothermal Cyclic Reforming Based Hydrogen Generating and Dispensing System, Ravi Kumar, GE Global Research (PDF 215 KB)
  2. Development of a Turnkey Hydrogen Fueling Station, David E. Guro, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (PDF 209 KB)
  3. A Reversible Planar Solid Oxide Fuel-fed Electrolysis Cell and Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Hydrogen and Electricity Production Operating on Natural Gas/Biogas, Greg Tao, Materials and Systems Research Inc. (PDF 336 KB)
  4. Development of a Natural Gas to Hydrogen Fuel Station, William E. Liss, Gas Technology Institute (PDF 770 KB)
  5. Hydrogen Generation from Biomass-derived Carbohydrates via the Aqueous-phase Reforming Process, Randy D. Cortright, Virent Energy Systems, Inc. (PDF 130 KB)
  6. Production of Hydrogen by Biomass Reforming, David L. King, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PDF 504 KB)
  7. Integrated Hydrogen Production, Purification, and Compression System, Satish Tamhankar, BOC Gases (PDF 133 KB)
  8. Integrated Ceramic Membrane System for Hydrogen Production, Joseph Schwartz, Praxair, Inc. (PDF 829 KB)
  9. Low-cost Hydrogen Distributed Production Systems, Franklin D. Lomax, Jr., H2Gen Innovations, Inc. (PDF 135 KB)
  10. Low Cost Hydrogen Production Platform, Tim Aaron, Praxair, Inc. (PDF 628 KB)
  11. Ceramic Membrane Reactor Systems for Converting Natural Gas to Hydrogen and Synthesis Gas (ITM Syngas), Christopher M. Chen, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (PDF 180 KB)
  12. Integrated Short Contact Time Hydrogen Generator, Ke Liu, GE Global Research (PDF 125 KB)
  13. Distributed Bio-oil Reforming, Robert J. Evans, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 340 KB)
  14. High-pressure Distributed Ethanol Reforming, Shabbir Ahmed, Argonne National Laboratory (PDF 353 KB)
  15. Investigation of Reaction Networks and Active Sites in Bio-ethanol Steam Reforming over Co-based Catalysts, Umit S. Ozkan, The Ohio State University (PDF 142 KB)

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B. Hydrogen from Coal

  1. The Integration of a Structural Water-gas-shift Catalyst with a Vanadium Alloy Hydrogen Transport Device, Vijay Sethi, University of Wyoming, Western Research Institute (PDF 206 KB)
  2. Robust Low-cost Water-gas-shift Membrane Reactor for High-purity Hydrogen Production from Coal-derived Syngas, Zhijan (John) Li, Aspen Products Group Inc. (PDF 201 KB)
  3. Novel Sorption-enhanced Reaction Process for Simultaneous Production of Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen from Synthesis Gas Produced by Coal Gasification, Shivaji Sircar, Lehigh University (PDF 129 KB)
  4. Integrated High-temperature Coal-to-hydrogen System with CO2 Separation, James Ruud, General Electric Company (PDF 176 KB)
  5. Hydrogen Production for Fuel Cells via Reforming of Coal-derived Methanol, Paul Erickson, University of California, Davis (PDF 267 KB)
  6. Cost-effective Method for Producing Self-supporting Pd Alloy Membrane for Use in the Efficient Production of Coal-derived Hydrogen, Bruce Lanning, Southwest Research Institute (PDF 279 KB)
  7. Advanced Hydrogen Transport Membranes for Vision 21 Fossil Fuel Plants, Anthony Sammells, Eltron Research Inc. (PDF 223 KB)
  8. A Novel Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production from Coal, Shain Doong, Gas Technology Institute (PDF 218 KB)

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C. Separations

  1. Defect-free Thin Film Membranes for H2 Separation and Isolation, Tina M. Nenoff, Sandia National Laboratories (PDF 513 KB)
  2. Novel High-temperature Ion Transport Membrane Development, E. Andrew Payzant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 141 KB)
  3. Single Membrane Reactor Configuration for Separation of Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide, and Hydrogen Sulfide, Shain Doong, Gas Technology Institute (PDF 175 KB)
  4. Scale-up of Microporous Inorganic Hydrogen-separation Membrane, Roddie Judkins, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 186 KB)
  5. Hydrogen Separation, Richard Killmeyer, National Energy Technology Laboratory (PDF 212 KB)
  6. Hydrogen Production via Commercially Ready Inorganic Membrane Reactor, Paul Liu, Media & Process Technology, Inc. (PDF 196 KB)
  7. Development of Mixed-conducting Dense Ceramic Membranes for Hydrogen Separation, U. Balachandran, Argonne National Laboratory (PDF 226 KB)
  8. Enhanced Hydrogen Production Integration with Carbon Dioxide Separation in a Single-state Reactor, Liang-Shih Fan, Ohio State University (PDF 166 KB)
  9. Advanced Water-gas-shift Membrane Reactor, Thomas H. Vanderspurt, United Technologies Corp. (PDF 199 KB)

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D. Biomass Reforming

  1. Startech Hydrogen Production, David Lynch, Startech Environmental Corporation (PDF 383 KB)
  2. A Novel Slurry-based Biomass Reforming Process, Sean C. Emerson, United Technologies Research Center (PDF 513 KB)

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E. Biological Production

  1. Maximizing Light Utilization Efficiency and Hydrogen Production in Microalgal Cultures, Tasios Melis, University of California, Berkeley (PDF 629 KB)
  2. Biological Systems for Hydrogen Photoproduction, Maria L. Ghirardi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 503 KB)
  3. Photobiological H2 Production Systems: Creation of Designer Alga for Efficient and Robust Production of H2 from Water, James W. Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 417 KB)
  4. Fermentation Approaches to Hydrogen Production, Pin-Ching Maness, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 279 KB)
  5. Hydrogen Reactor Development and Design for Photofermentation and Photolytic Processes, Daniel M. Blake, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 907 KB)
  6. Hydrogen from Water in a Novel Recombinant Oxygen-tolerant Cyanobacteria System, Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter Institute (PDF 145 KB)

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F. Photoelectrochemical

  1. High-efficiency Generation of Hydrogen Using Solar Thermochemical Splitting of Water - UNLV: Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Subtask at UH, Eric L. Miller, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii (PDF 279 KB)
  2. Photoelectrochemical Systems for H2 Production, John A. Turner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 420 KB)
  3. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Using New Combinatorial Chemistry Derived Materials, Eric W. McFarland, University of California (PDF 805 KB)
  4. Discovery of Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production, D. Brent MacQueen, SRI International (PDF 397 KB)
  5. Solar Water Splitting: Photocatalyst Materials Discovery and Systems Development, Thomas F. McNulty, GE Global Research (PDF 138 KB)
  6. Critical Research for Cost-effective Photoelectrochemical Production of Hydrogen, Liwei Xu, Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC (PDF 484 KB)
  7. Bioinspired Composite Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, John W. Peters, Montana State University (PDF 312 KB)
  8. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, Arun Madan, MVSystems Incorporated (PDF 148 KB)
  9. Combinatorial Development of Water Splitting Catalysts Based on the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II, Neal Woodbury, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University (PDF 127 KB)
  10. Production of Hydrogen for Clean and Renewable Sources of Energy for Fuel Cell Vehicles, Xunming Deng, University of Toledo (PDF 142 KB)
  11. Developing Improved Materials to Support the Hydrogen Economy, Michael Martin, Edison Materials Technology Center (PDF 227 KB)

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G. Hydrogen from Nuclear Energy

  1. High-temperature Electrolysis, J. Stephen Herring, Idaho National Laboratory (PDF 256 KB)
  2. Sulfur-iodine Thermochemical Cycle, Paul S. Pickard, Sandia National Laboratories (PDF 230 KB)
  3. High-temperature Thermochemical Processes, Michele A. Lewis, Argonne National Laboratory (PDF 355 KB)
  4. High Temperature Heat Exchanger Project, Anthony Hechanova, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (PDF 318 KB)
  5. Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative System Interface and Support Systems, Steven R. Sherman, Idaho National Laboratory (PDF 259 KB)
  6. Materials for High-temperature Thermochemical Processes, D. F. Wilson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (PDF 197 KB)
  7. Hybrid Sulfur Thermochemical Process Development, William A. Summers, Savannah River National Laboratory (PDF 329 KB)

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H. Electrolysis

  1. Low-cost, High-pressure Hydrogen Generator, Celia Cropley, Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC (PDF 263 KB)
  2. New York State Hi-way Initiative, Richard Bourgeois, General Electric Global Research (PDF 293 KB)
  3. Renewable Electrolysis Integrated Systems Development and Testing, Benjamin Kroposki, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 264 KB)
  4. EVermont Hydrogen Electrolyzer Project, Harold Garabedian, EVermont (PDF 139 KB)
  5. Alkaline, High-pressure Electrolysis, Steve Cohen, Teledyne Energy Systems Inc. (PDF 197 KB)
  6. Increasing the Efficiency of the Water Electrolysis Cell, Donald Pile, Sandia National Laboratories (PDF 272 KB)
  7. Hydrogen Generation From Electrolysis, Stephen Porter, Proton Energy Systems (PDF 155 KB)
  8. System Design and New Materials for Reversible Solid-oxide, High-temperature Steam Electrolysis, James A. Ruud, GE Global Research (PDF 125 KB)
  9. Modular System for Hydrogen Generation and Oxygen Recovery, Iouri I. Balachov, SRI International (PDF 232 KB)
  10. Large Area Cell for Hybrid Hydrogen Co-generation Process, Joseph Hartvigsen, Ceramatec, Inc. (PDF 135 KB)
  11. Hydrogen Filling Station FY 2005 Progress, Robert Boehm, University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) Research Foundation and UNLV Center for Energy Research (PDF 539 KB)

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I. High-temperature Thermochemical

  1. Solar Hydrogen Generation Research, Robert Perret, UNLV Research Foundation (PDF 332 KB)
  2. Fundamentals of a Solar-thermal Mn2O3/MnO Thermochemical Cycle to Split Water, Alan W. Weimer, University of Colorado (PDF 192 KB)
  3. Low Temperature Electrolytic Hydrogen Production, John W. Weidner, University of South Carolina (PDF 171 KB)

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