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Low Pressure Adsorbent for Recovery & Storage Vented Hydrogen

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NAS10-01061
Agency Tracking Number: 013788
Amount: $70,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
7960 S. Kolb Road
Tucson, AZ 85706
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr.RO Loutfy
 President
 (520) 574-1980
 rloutfy@mercorp.com
Business Contact
 Dr. Withers
Title: Business Official
Phone: (520) 574-1980
Email: mercorp@mercorp.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

A high performance fullerene-based adsorbent is proposed for recovery and storage hydrogen and separating helium via pressure-swing-adsorption (PSA) process. Research work performed at MER showed that the proposed adsorbent has an exceptionally high hydrogen adsorption capacity at low pressure and excellent separation factor relative to helium. During the Phase I program, the feasibility of using fullerene-based adsorbents for low-pressure recovery and storage will be determined. The H2/He separation factor, the purity of He, and the economics of the system will also be determined. The performance and cost of conceptual system, producing about 1000 to 100,000 gallon per day, will be estimated and compared to alternative system to demonstrate feasibility.

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