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Micro JP8 Fuel Reformer

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: F09650-03-C-0036
Agency Tracking Number: 021XP-1471
Amount: $750,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2003
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
7607 Eastmark Drive
College Station, TX 77840
United States
DUNS: 184758308
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Craig Andrews
 Senior Research Scientist
 (979) 693-0017
 craig.andrews@lynntech.com
Business Contact
 G. Duncan Hitchens
Title: Vice President
Phone: (979) 693-0017
Email: duncan.hitchens@lynntech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Hydrogen powered equipment requires a source of hydrogen, a fuel that is not widely distributed. Currently the military runs nearly exclusively on JP-8, a heavy hydrocarbon. To make hydrogen powered equipment practical at forward locations requires areformer that can produce hydrogen from JP-8. The plasmatron reformer at the core of this process can process any fluid hydrocarbon, including fuels with sulfur contents that would destroy most other reformers, and convert it to a hydrogen-rich gasstream, reaching concentrations over 80 vol.%. This SBIR Phase II project will prove the feasibility of manufacturing a compact JP-8 or diesel fuel reformer to continuously produce high-quality hydrogen gas of 15 scfm at 6,250 psi. This will bedemonstrated by the fabrication and delivery to the Air Force of a prototype unit.

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