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2009 Annual Progress Report

VI. Manufacturing R&D

This section of the 2009 Progress Report for the DOE Hydrogen Program focuses on manufacturing R&D. Each technical report is available as an individual Adobe Acrobat PDF. Download Adobe Reader.

Manufacturing Program Element Introduction, Peter Devlin, U.S. Department of Energy (PDF 56 KB )

1. Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly Manufacturing R&D (PDF 447 KB), Mike Ulsh, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
2. Digital Fabrication of Catalyst Coated Membranes (PDF 220 KB), Peter Rieke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
3. Reduction in Fabrication Costs of Gas Diffusion Layers (PDF 309 KB), Jason Morgan, Ballard Material Products
4. Modular, High-Volume Fuel Cell Leak-Test Suite and Process (PDF 304 KB), Ian Kaye, Ultracell Corporation
5. Manufacturing of Low-Cost, Durable Membrane Electrode Assemblies Engineered for Rapid Conditioning (PDF 709 KB), Colin Busby, W.L. Gore & Associates
6. Adaptive Process Controls and Ultrasonics for High Temperature PEM MEA Manufacture (PDF 277 KB), Raymond Puffer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
7. Development of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Low Cost Hydrogen Storage Vessels (PDF 228 KB), Carter Liu, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.
8. Inexpensive Pressure Vessel Production through Fast Dry Winding Manufacture (PDF 551 KB), Salvador Aceves, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory