Research Goal

This project exploits the high-temperature microcombustors previously developed by my group to build high-temperature (> 700ºC) micro-chemical reactors. Working in conjunction with colleagues in Chemical Engineering, we are building microscale ammonia decomposition reactors to produce hydrogen gas for PEM micro-fuel cells. These systems make use of the high-energy density of NH 3 in liquid form at room temperature at ~ 8.5 atm to drive the full system. Several fundamental problems exist in how to microfabricate these systems, as well as to thermally isolate microscale structures at high temperatures. (MURI)

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Work partially supported by National Science Foundation grant # & Office Naval Research Grant #

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