SBIR/STTR Research Award
Micro JP8 Fuel Reformer
Award amount
$750,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- LYNNTECH INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- PMVAL8J63516
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research 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.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Research funding history
1,079 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $327,411,388. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency