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A Nanotechnology-Based Hydrogen Generator for a Compact Fuel Cell Power System

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Army 		Award ID:
85030 		Program Year/Program:
2008 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
A08A-009-0100 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Mainstream Engineering Corporation
200 Yellow Place Pines Industrial Center Rockledge, FL -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2008
Title: A Nanotechnology-Based Hydrogen Generator for a Compact Fuel Cell Power System
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Contract: W911NF-08-C-0087
Award Amount: $99,823.00
 

Abstract:

Advances in microelectronics technology have digitized the modern battlefield by enabling night vision, global positioning, laser range-finding/targeting, digital communications, and advanced sensing. As these powerful new battlefield technologies emerge and mature, the need for compact, efficient, silent, and safe power generation will continue to increase. While fuel cells have kept pace with these power needs, the hydrogen storage and retrieval technologies on which they depend are still transitioning out of the laboratory. This proposal outlines the first part of a three-phase program for bringing low-temperature hydrogen technology onto the battlefield, by integrating lab-scale hydrogen fuel with state-of-the-art commercial fuel cells. It capitalizes on the success of supported ammonia borane, one of the most promising modern hydrogen storage materials, and on laboratory work showing that its hydrogen release kinetics can be tailored by manipulation of support materials at the nanometer length scale. In Phase I of the proposed program, carbon-cryogel-supported ammonia borane fuel composite will be optimized, and then integrated into a hydrogen generator designed to run a commercial fuel cell according to the Army's specifications. In Phase II, materials and designs will be refined, and a working prototype provided; in Phase III, the design will be finalized, scaled-up, and marketed.

Principal Investigator:

Alan Brothers
PI/Sr. Materials Engineer
3216313550
abrothers@mainstream-engr.com

Business Contact:

Michael Rizzo
Controller
3216313550
mar@mainstream-engr.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP.
200 Yellow Place Pines Industrial Center Rockledge, FL 32955

EIN/Tax ID: 592744408
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
UNIV. OF WASHINGTON
302M Roberts Hall
Box 352120
Seattle, WA 98195 2120
Contact: Gouzhong Cao
Contact Phone: (321) 616-9084
RI Type: Nonprofit college or university