SBIR/STTR Research Award
Logistic Fuel Micro-Reformer
Award amount
$120,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- PRECISION COMBUSTION, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2003-11-07
- Contract end date
- 2004-05-06
- UEI
- KHBYLJYZAJP3
- Solicitation number
- 2003.2
- Topic code
- A03-028
Research abstract
Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes to develop a compact catalytic reactor based on the proprietary Microlithr catalytic substrate technology for autothermal reforming (ATR) of JP-8 and diesel fuel at the 0.5 - 2 kWe scale. The size of the catalytic reactor is expected to be about 6 in3 (2 D-cell batteries) and weigh < 100 grams. The reformate mixture exiting the reactor will have temperature of about 700 C such that it can be directly feed into a downstream SOFC resulting in a compact and efficient power system. The operating conditions for the ATR reactor operation will be optimized to provide complete conversion of the fuel with thermal efficiency above 70%. The amount of steam required by the ATR will be minimized to operate on water recycled from the downstream SOFC. In this program the ATR reactor performance will be demonstrated and the requirements for the integrated system will be analyzed.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Regenerable Adsorption-based Continuous CO2 Removal (RACCR) System for Continuously Eliminating CO2 from Closed Circuit Rebreathers
- Comprehension and Mitigation of Metal Corrosion Modes in Reversible Solid Oxide Cells
- High-Purity, Compressed Hydrogen from Greywater and Sunlight via Novel Membranes
- Simultaneous H2 Generation and Compression with Intermediate-Temperature Solid-Oxide Membranes
- Structured, Highly Active Catalyst for Low Temperature Methanol Reforming
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Compact Fuel Processor for 2 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
- Compact Fuel Processor for 2 kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
- Compact and Efficient Logistic Fuel (CELF) Reformer
- Hydrogen Generation and Storage for Fuel Cell Systems
- Ultra-compact steam reforming reactor for SOFC
Research funding history
201 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $70,053,268. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture