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Department of Energy
Office of Fossil Energy
Arthur Hartstein
Program Manager
Natural Gas and Oil Processing/Hydrogen
Introduction
• Benefits:
− Provide the earliest
transitional source of
hydrogen for the
FreedomCAR program
and the hydrogen
economy
− Provide near- and mid-
term energy security and
environmental benefits
History of the FE Hydrogen from
Natural Gas Program
Air Air
Separation Oxygen
Fischer-
Syngas Syngas Tropsch Jet Fuel,
Natural Gas Generation Synthesis Diesel,
+/- Steam (Carbon (F-T) Naphtha
Monoxide +
Hydrogen)
Advanced lower cost H2 separation technology from high and Fueling park commercial
low concentration gas mixtures containing H2 developed production of H2 from natural
gas with 25% reduction in H2
Advanced CO2 separation and capture technology for plant gas and cost demonstrated
flue gas streams to reduce the cost of CO2 capture developed
NG to Syngas
Praxair Inc. 2.5 TBD
to F-T
NG to Syngas
Conoco 0 TBD
to F-T
NG to Syngas
ICRC/Syntroleum 7.0 TBD
to F-T
Air Products and
NG to Syngas 4.5 TBD
Chemicals, Inc.
FY04 FY05
DOE Request DOE Request
Hydrogen from
$6.555 million TBD
Natural Gas
The FE Hydrogen from Natural Gas Program funding in FY03 was zero
(program did not exist). The FY05 request is to be determined.
Projects/Activities
• Air Products and • Praxair, Inc.
Chemicals, Inc. − Four-year, $53 million
− Eight-year, three-phase, government/industry-
$90 million funded project
government/industry- − Oxygen Transport
funded project Membrane (OTM)
− Ion Transport synthesis gas reactor
Membrane (ITM) technology
synthesis gas reactor
technology