2005 Annual Progress Report

IV. Production

This section of the 2005 Progress Report for the DOE Hydrogen Program focuses on production.

Hydrogen Production Overview, Peter Devlin, Department of Energy

A. Distributed Reforming

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

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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
  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.
  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
  4. Integrated High-temperature Coal-to-hydrogen System with CO2 Separation, James Ruud, General Electric Company
  5. Hydrogen Production for Fuel Cells via Reforming of Coal-derived Methanol, Paul Erickson, University of California, Davis
  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
  7. Advanced Hydrogen Transport Membranes for Vision 21 Fossil Fuel Plants, Anthony Sammells, Eltron Research Inc.
  8. A Novel Membrane Reactor for Hydrogen Production from Coal, Shain Doong, Gas Technology Institute

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C. Separations

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

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D. Biomass Reforming

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

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E. Biological Production

  1. Maximizing Light Utilization Efficiency and Hydrogen Production in Microalgal Cultures, Tasios Melis, University of California, Berkeley
  2. Biological Systems for Hydrogen Photoproduction, Maria L. Ghirardi, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  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
  4. Fermentation Approaches to Hydrogen Production, Pin-Ching Maness, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  5. Hydrogen Reactor Development and Design for Photofermentation and Photolytic Processes, Daniel M. Blake, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  6. Hydrogen from Water in a Novel Recombinant Oxygen-tolerant Cyanobacteria System, Hamilton O. Smith, J. Craig Venter Institute

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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
  2. Photoelectrochemical Systems for H2 Production, John A. Turner, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  3. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production Using New Combinatorial Chemistry Derived Materials, Eric W. McFarland, University of California
  4. Discovery of Photocatalysts for Hydrogen Production, D. Brent MacQueen, SRI International
  5. Solar Water Splitting: Photocatalyst Materials Discovery and Systems Development, Thomas F. McNulty, GE Global Research
  6. Critical Research for Cost-effective Photoelectrochemical Production of Hydrogen, Liwei Xu, Midwest Optoelectronics, LLC
  7. Bioinspired Composite Nanomaterials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, John W. Peters, Montana State University
  8. Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, Arun Madan, MVSystems Incorporated
  9. Combinatorial Development of Water Splitting Catalysts Based on the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II, Neal Woodbury, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
  10. Production of Hydrogen for Clean and Renewable Sources of Energy for Fuel Cell Vehicles, Xunming Deng, University of Toledo
  11. Developing Improved Materials to Support the Hydrogen Economy, Michael Martin, Edison Materials Technology Center

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G. Hydrogen from Nuclear Energy

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

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H. Electrolysis

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

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I. High-temperature Thermochemical

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

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