REACTIVE INNOVATIONS, LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: H10.03
REACTIVE INNOVATIONS, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,917
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- H10.03
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2017-06-09 → 2017-12-08
Description
This product innovation is directed toward separating hydrogen from helium gas mixtures using a micro-channel separation unit with thin walls of a palladium-silver alloy. The micro-channels are produced in a size range of 100-200 microns such that the boundary layer thickness inside is drastically reduced when mixtures of helium and hydrogen gas flow through the channels. This thin boundary layer enhances the thermal and mass transport fluxes to the channel walls increasing the separation rate. With this micro-channel approach, the membrane surface area to volume ratio is maximized reducing the operating costs and capital costs for the unit.