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Hydrogen Production via a Commercially Ready Inorganic Membrane Reactor,
Semi-Annual Technical Progress Report from October 01, 2003 to March 31, 2004

Paul K. T. Liu

Media and Process Technology, Inc.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
2 Executive Summary 1
3 Experimental 1
4 Results and Discussion 2
5 Conclusions 20
6 Bibliography 21
7 Acronyms 22
 
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 Permeance and selectivity of a carbon membrane prepared on a Pall stainless steel substrate (1st generation.) 10
Figure 2 SEM Photomicrograph of AccuSep Substrate deposited with 40Å Al2O3 Membrane, cross section at 300X 11
Figure 3 Pore size distributions of the Pall 40Å membranes prepared with "2nd generation" stainless substrate 12
Figure 4 Pore size distributions of the Pall 40Å-10 membrane before and after challenge testing (boiling water) compared with M&P 40Å commercial ceramic membranes 13
Figure 5 SEM Photomicrograph of AccuSep Substrate deposited with 40Å Al2O3 Membrane, cross section at 300X 14
Figure 6 SEM Photomicrograph of AccuSep Substrate 15
Figure 7 SEM Photomicrograph of AccuSep Substrate deposited with 40Å Al2O3 Membrane, cross section at 1000X 16
Figure 8 EDX Analysis of Cross Section of AccuSep Substrate deposited with 40Å Al2O3 Membrane, position 1 17
Figure 9 EDX Analysis of Cross Section of AccuSep Substrate deposited with 40Å Al2O3 Membrane, position 2 18
Figure 10 EDX Analysis of Cross Section of AccuSep Substrate deposited with 40Å Al2O3 Membrane, position 3 (top surface) 19
 
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 Performance of the #1013, 1014, and 1016 membranes 8
Table 2 Characterization of 40Å Membranes and their Substrates 9