2004 Annual Progress Report

II. Hydrogen Production and Delivery

Production and Delivery Sub-Program Review, Pete Devlin, DOE

A. Distributed Production Technologies

  1. Ceramic Membrane Reactor Systems for Converting Natural Gas to Hydrogen and Synthesis Gas (ITM Syngas), Christopher Chen, Air Products
  2. Integrated Ceramic Membrane System for Hydrogen Production, Joseph Schwartz, Praxair
  3. Low Cost Hydrogen Production Platform, Tim Aaron, Praxair
  4. Autothermal Cyclic Reforming Based Hydrogen Generating and Dispensing System, Ravi Kumar, GE Energy
  5. Novel Catalytic Fuel Reforming, Patricia Irving, InnovaTek
  6. Water-Gas Shift Membrane Reactor Studies, Richard Killmeyer, NETL
  7. Hydrogen Production from Biomass Reformation, David King, PNNL

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B. Separations

  1. Defect-Free Thin Film Membranes for H2 Separation and Isolation, Tina Nenoff, SNL
  2. Inorganic Membrane Porous Support Tube Fabrication, Brian Bischoff, ORNL
  3. Pyrochlore/Perovskite Ion Transport Membrane Development, Andrew Payzant, ORNL
  4. A Photopolymerization/Pyrolysis Route to Microstructured Membranes, Kathryn Berchtold, LANL

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C. Biomass Gasification/Pyrolysis

  1. Hydrogen from Biomass: Catalytic Reforming of Pyrolysis Vapors, Bob Evans, NREL
  2. Startech Hydrogen Production (New Project), David Lynch, Startech Environmental Corporation

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D. Photobiological Production

  1. Maximizing Photosynthetic Efficiencies and Hydrogen Production in Microalgal Cultures, Tasios Melis, UC Berkeley
  2. Biological Systems for Hydrogen Photoproduction, Maria Ghirardi, NREL
  3. Algal H2 Production Systems: Creation of Designer Alga for Efficient and Robust Production of H2, James Lee, ORNL
  4. Hydrogen Reactor Development and Design for Photofermentation and Photolytic Processes, Dan Blake, NREL

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E. Photoelectrochemical Production

  1. Photoelectrochemical Systems for H2 Production, John Turner, NREL
  2. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Program, Eric Miller, University of Hawaii
  3. Discovery of Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production, Brent MacQueen, SRI International
  4. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Using New Combinatorial Chemistry Derived Materials, Eric McFarland, U of California Santa Barbara

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F. Electrolysis

  1. High Temperature Solid Oxide Electrolyzer System, Steve Herring, INEEL
  2. Renewable Electrolysis Integrated System Development and Testing, Carolyn Elam, NREL
  3. Alkaline, High Pressure Electrolysis, Steve Cohen, Teledyne
  4. Hydrogen Production - Increasing the Efficiency of Water Electrolysis, David Ingersoll, SNL
  5. Low-Cost, High-Pressure Hydrogen Generator, Cecelia Cropley, Giner Electrochemical
  6. Hydrogen Generation from Electrolysis, Stephen Porter, Proton Energy Systems

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G. High-Temperature Thermochemical Processes

  1. High Efficiency Generation of Hydrogen Using Solar Thermochemical Splitting of Water, Bob Perret, Univ. of Nevada

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H. Hydrogen Delivery

  1. Hydride Based Hydrogen Compression, David DaCosta, Ergenic
  2. Hydrogen Permeability and Integrity of Hydrogen Transfer Pipelines, Sudarsanam Babu, ORNL

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I. Analysis

  1. Moving Toward Consistent Analysis in the HFC&IT Program: H2A, Maggie Mann, NREL
  2. Hydrogen Transition Modeling and Analysis: HYTRANS v. 1.0, David Greene, ORNL
  3. WinDS-H2 Model and Analysis, Walter Short, NREL
  4. Technical and Economic Studies of Regional Transition Strategies toward Widespread Use of Hydrogen Energy, Joan Ogden, UC Davis
  5. Hydrogen Production in a Greenhouse Gas Constrained Situation, Sivan Kartha, Tellus
  6. Fuel Choice for Fuel Cell Vehicles: Hydrogen Infrastructure Costs, Stephen Lasher, TIAX

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