Integrated Ceramic Membrane System for Hydrogen

This paper describes a new technology development program launched by Praxair with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) as a subcontractor. The proposed program will lead to commercialization of cost-effective and environmentally-friendly hydrogen production systems for use in the transportation sector for fuel-cell vehicle refueling stations and in the industrial sector as a small, on-site hydrogen supply. The proposed system will integrate ceramic membrane based syngas production and hydrogen separation technologies. The Phase 1 activities in the current year will focus on technoeconomic feasibility ev luation and hydrogen separation membrane testing to validate the concept and define the critical development program for subsequent years