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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride for
On-Board Hydrogen Storage Go/No-Go
Decision
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of request for technical
input to go/no-go decision.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(the Department or DOE) Hydrogen,
Fuel Cells and Infrastructure
Technologies Program, is requesting
position papers or other technical
documentation regarding hydrolysis of
sodium borohydride for on-board
vehicular hydrogen storage applications
by April 30, 2007. Information regarding
regeneration of the spent fuel resulting
from hydrolysis of sodium borohydride
may also be submitted. This information
will be used as part of DOE’s go/no-go
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process in determining the future of
DOE’s program for applied research and
development of hydrolysis of sodium
borohydride for on-board hydrogen
storage, including regeneration of the
spent fuel.
DATES: Written position papers, articles
or other technical documentation for
consideration by the Department
regarding this decision are welcome.
Documents may be submitted via e-mail
and must be received by April 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please submit all
documents to h2storage@go.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Grace Ordaz, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Mail Station EE–2H,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121, Phone:
(202) 586–8350, e-mail:
grace.ordaz@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
mission of the DOE’s Hydrogen Program
is to research, develop and validate fuel
cell and hydrogen production, delivery,
and storage technologies so that
hydrogen from diverse domestic
resources can be used in a clean, safe,
reliable and affordable manner in fuel
cell vehicles, electric power generation
and combined heat and power
applications. A critical requirement for
enabling hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to
achieve mass market penetration is the
development of on-board hydrogen
storage systems with enough capacity to
meet driving range expectations (more
than 300 miles in the United States),
while meeting a number of requirements
such as weight, volume and cost.
Detailed technical targets developed by
DOE, with input through the
FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, are
available at: https://
www1.eere.energy.gov/
hydrogenandfuelcells/mypp/pdfs/
storage.pdf.
To address the critical requirement of
on-board hydrogen storage, the Program
has established a ‘‘National Hydrogen
Storage Project’’ including three Centers
of Excellence and independent projects
covering a diverse portfolio of hydrogen
storage R&D. Each Center of Excellence
is focusing on a class of storage
materials—metal (reversible) hydrides,
chemical hydrides (non-reversible), and
carbon (and other hydrogen adsorbent)
materials. Each center has university,
industry and national lab partners
pursuing and leveraging their specific
expertise in different areas. The Program
has also expanded basic science efforts
and coordination between DOE’s Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy and Office of Science (see
https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov).
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On-board hydrogen storage systems
must be developed that are safe, low
cost and have high volumetric and
gravimetric energy capacities in
addition to meeting durability and
operability requirements such as
hydrogen charging and discharging
rates. Periodic assessments and decision
points on specific material technologies
are included within the Hydrogen
Storage sub-Program to meet the
required targets within the Program
timeframe.
Within the current storage portfolio, a
number of promising storage materials
are being studied which have the
potential for hydrogen storage capacities
comparable to or greater than initially
envisioned. In the material class of
chemical hydrides, sodium borohydride
has been shown to provide an adequate
source of hydrogen upon hydrolysis of
the material. However, since the
hydrolysis reaction is not reversible on
board the vehicle, processes for efficient
off-board regeneration of the spent fuel,
sodium borate, must be developed for
the hydrolysis of sodium borohydride to
be a viable on-board storage option. The
DOE Hydrogen Program initiated
research to develop efficient
regeneration processes for sodium
borohydride in 2003. Researchers
supported by the DOE Program and
other entities have made progress in
improving the efficiency of the
regeneration process over that of the
current industrial process through
which sodium borohydride is produced.
However, the overall efficiency of the
regeneration process remains low when
compared to the DOE goal of 60%. In
2005, DOE increased the level of effort
for the efficient regeneration of spent
fuel from hydrolysis of sodium
borohydride by including this activity
within the scope of DOE’s Chemical
Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence.
Results from these DOE R&D activities
will also be used in DOE’s go/no-go
process in determining the future of
applied research and development of
hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for
on-board vehicular hydrogen storage
and of regeneration processes for the
spent fuel.
Scope Of Decision Process: The DOE
will make a decision regarding the
future of its program for applied
research and development of hydrolysis
of sodium borohydride for on-board
hydrogen storage by the end of
September 2007. DOE will review the
current state of activities related to
hydrolysis of sodium borohydride,
including the regeneration of spent fuel,
and base its go/no-go decision on
whether the following 2007 technical
targets have been met:
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(1) System Gravimetric Capacity:
Usable, specific-energy from H2 (net
useful energy/max system mass) = 1.5
kWh/kg
(2) System Volumetric Capacity:
Usable energy density from H2 (net
useful energy/max system volume) = 1.2
kWh/L
(3) Storage system cost = $6/kWh net
DOE will also consider the likelihood
that sodium borohydride will meet the
following 2010 technical targets:
(4) System Gravimetric Capacity:
Usable, specific-energy from H2 (net
useful energy/max system mass) = 2.0
kWh/kg
(5) System Volumetric Capacity:
Usable energy density from H2 (net
useful energy/max system volume) = 1.5
kWh/L
(6) Storage system cost = $4/kWh net
(7) Fuel cost (regeneration) = $2–3 per
gallon of gasoline equivalent at the
pump.
Position papers or other technical
documents relevant to the go/no-go
decision will be accepted by DOE for
consideration in this decision. Position
papers are limited to 10 pages
maximum, and should contain a cover
page with a point of contact, company
name, address and email address. The
cover page will not be counted in the 10
page limitation. Technical documents,
such as published journal articles or
preprints, are not restricted to the page
limit. Position papers and other
technical documents will be made
available to the public and should not
contain any proprietary information.
For more information about the DOE
Hydrogen Program and related on-board
hydrogen storage activities visit the
Program’s Web site at https://
www.hydrogen.energy.gov and https://
www.eere.energy.gov/
hydrogenandfuelcells.
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2006.
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Procurement Director, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. E6–21724 Filed 12–19–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride for On-Board Hydrogen Storage
Go/No-Go Decision
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of request for technical input to go/no-go decision.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (the Department or DOE) Hydrogen,
Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, is requesting
position papers or other technical documentation regarding hydrolysis
of sodium borohydride for on-board vehicular hydrogen storage
applications by April 30, 2007. Information regarding regeneration of
the spent fuel resulting from hydrolysis of sodium borohydride may also
be submitted. This information will be used as part of DOE's go/no-go
process in determining the future of DOE's program for applied research
and development of hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for on-board
hydrogen storage, including regeneration of the spent fuel.
DATES: Written position papers, articles or other technical
documentation for consideration by the Department regarding this
decision are welcome. Documents may be submitted via e-mail and must be
received by April 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please submit all documents to h2storage@go.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace Ordaz, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Mail Station
EE-2H, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, Phone:
(202) 586-8350, e-mail: grace.ordaz@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The mission of the DOE's Hydrogen Program is
to research, develop and validate fuel cell and hydrogen production,
delivery, and storage technologies so that hydrogen from diverse
domestic resources can be used in a clean, safe, reliable and
affordable manner in fuel cell vehicles, electric power generation and
combined heat and power applications. A critical requirement for
enabling hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to achieve mass market penetration
is the development of on-board hydrogen storage systems with enough
capacity to meet driving range expectations (more than 300 miles in the
United States), while meeting a number of requirements such as weight,
volume and cost. Detailed technical targets developed by DOE, with
input through the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, are available at:
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/hydrogenandfuelcells/mypp/pdfs/storage.pdf.
To address the critical requirement of on-board hydrogen storage,
the Program has established a ``National Hydrogen Storage Project''
including three Centers of Excellence and independent projects covering
a diverse portfolio of hydrogen storage R&D. Each Center of Excellence
is focusing on a class of storage materials--metal (reversible)
hydrides, chemical hydrides (non-reversible), and carbon (and other
hydrogen adsorbent) materials. Each center has university, industry and
national lab partners pursuing and leveraging their specific expertise
in different areas. The Program has also expanded basic science efforts
and coordination between DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy and Office of Science (see https://
www.hydrogen.energy.gov).
On-board hydrogen storage systems must be developed that are safe,
low cost and have high volumetric and gravimetric energy capacities in
addition to meeting durability and operability requirements such as
hydrogen charging and discharging rates. Periodic assessments and
decision points on specific material technologies are included within
the Hydrogen Storage sub-Program to meet the required targets within
the Program timeframe.
Within the current storage portfolio, a number of promising storage
materials are being studied which have the potential for hydrogen
storage capacities comparable to or greater than initially envisioned.
In the material class of chemical hydrides, sodium borohydride has been
shown to provide an adequate source of hydrogen upon hydrolysis of the
material. However, since the hydrolysis reaction is not reversible on
board the vehicle, processes for efficient off-board regeneration of
the spent fuel, sodium borate, must be developed for the hydrolysis of
sodium borohydride to be a viable on-board storage option. The DOE
Hydrogen Program initiated research to develop efficient regeneration
processes for sodium borohydride in 2003. Researchers supported by the
DOE Program and other entities have made progress in improving the
efficiency of the regeneration process over that of the current
industrial process through which sodium borohydride is produced.
However, the overall efficiency of the regeneration process remains low
when compared to the DOE goal of 60%. In 2005, DOE increased the level
of effort for the efficient regeneration of spent fuel from hydrolysis
of sodium borohydride by including this activity within the scope of
DOE's Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence. Results from
these DOE R&D activities will also be used in DOE's go/no-go process in
determining the future of applied research and development of
hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for on-board vehicular hydrogen
storage and of regeneration processes for the spent fuel.
Scope Of Decision Process: The DOE will make a decision regarding
the future of its program for applied research and development of
hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for on-board hydrogen storage by the
end of September 2007. DOE will review the current state of activities
related to hydrolysis of sodium borohydride, including the regeneration
of spent fuel, and base its go/no-go decision on whether the following
2007 technical targets have been met:
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(1) System Gravimetric Capacity: Usable, specific-energy from
H2 (net useful energy/max system mass) = 1.5 kWh/kg
(2) System Volumetric Capacity: Usable energy density from
H2 (net useful energy/max system volume) = 1.2 kWh/L
(3) Storage system cost = $6/kWh net
DOE will also consider the likelihood that sodium borohydride will
meet the following 2010 technical targets:
(4) System Gravimetric Capacity: Usable, specific-energy from
H2 (net useful energy/max system mass) = 2.0 kWh/kg
(5) System Volumetric Capacity: Usable energy density from
H2 (net useful energy/max system volume) = 1.5 kWh/L
(6) Storage system cost = $4/kWh net
(7) Fuel cost (regeneration) = $2-3 per gallon of gasoline
equivalent at the pump.
Position papers or other technical documents relevant to the go/no-
go decision will be accepted by DOE for consideration in this decision.
Position papers are limited to 10 pages maximum, and should contain a
cover page with a point of contact, company name, address and email
address. The cover page will not be counted in the 10 page limitation.
Technical documents, such as published journal articles or preprints,
are not restricted to the page limit. Position papers and other
technical documents will be made available to the public and should not
contain any proprietary information.
For more information about the DOE Hydrogen Program and related on-
board hydrogen storage activities visit the Program's Web site at
https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov and https://www.eere.energy.gov/
hydrogenandfuelcells.
Issued in Golden, CO on December 12, 2006.
Jerry L. Zimmer,
Procurement Director, Golden Field Office.
[FR Doc. E6-21724 Filed 12-19-06; 8:45 am]
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