U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program

Hydrogen Separations and Purification Working Group Meeting - November 2007

The Hydrogen Separations and Purification Working Group held a kick-off meeting November 7, 2007, in Laurel, Maryland. In addition to launching the new working group, the meeting provided the opportunity for researchers to share their experiences in hydrogen separations and purification with members of the Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen Production Technical Team. The following meeting documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Proceedings

  • Agenda, discussion points, and participant list (PDF 147 KB)

  • Action items and meeting highlights (PDF 93 KB)

  • 2007 Annual Merit Review Report excerpts on hydrogen separations and purification research (PDF 3.9 MB)

Presentations

Targets, Tools, and Technology

  • Hydrogen Separation and Purification Working Group Kick-Off (PDF 211 KB), Arlene Anderson, DOE Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and Infrastructure Technologies Program

  • DOE-Fossil Energy-National Energy Technology Laboratory Research Program for the Conversion of Coal to Hydrogen and Liquid Fuels (PDF 3.9 MB), Dan Driscoll, DOE Office of Fossil Energy

  • Hydrogen Analysis Overview (PDF 440 KB), Darlene Steward, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  • Membrane Reactor Cost Analysis (PDF 364 KB), Brian James, Directed Technologies Inc.

Research Review

  • Integrated Hydrogen Production, Purification, and Compression System (PDF 540 KB), Satish Tamhankar, Linde

  • Ion Transport Membranes (PDF 738 KB), Andrew Payzant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Proton Conducting with Getter-Coated Membranes (PDF 383 KB), Margaret Welk, Sandia National Laboratories

  • Bulk Amorphous Membranes (PDF 1 MB), Paul Korinko, Savannah River National Laboratory

  • Carbon Molecular Sieve Membrane as Reactor for Water Gas Shift Reaction (PDF 496 KB), Paul Liu, Media and Process Technology Inc.

  • High-Performance, Durable, Palladium-Alloy Membrane for Hydrogen Separation and Purification (PDF 297 KB), Scott Hopkins and Rick Kleiner, Pall Corp.

  • Coal-to-Hydrogen Membranes, Stephen Paglieri, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Walk-On: Ultra-Thin Supported Inorganic Membranes (PDF 2.3 MB), Henk Verweij, University of Cincinnati

  • Walk-On: Hydrogen from Gasified Coal, Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (PDF 378 KB), Brian Benicewicz, H2 Pump, LLC

  • DOE Hydrogen Quality Working Group Update and Recent Progress (PDF 799 KB), Romesh Kumar, Argonne National Laboratory

  • Facilitated Group Discussion: Common Metrics and Measures of Success (PDF 99 KB), Mark Paster, DOE