Abstract:
A process is provided for manufacturing a part or parts. This manufacturing process includes receiving a plurality of metal materials. The manufacturing process also includes solidifying the metal materials together using an additive manufacturing system to form at least a portion of the part, which comprises an alloy of the metal materials.
Abstract:
An H 2 -permeable membrane system (117) comprises an electroless-deposited plating (115) of Pd or Pd alloy on a porous support (110, 110'). The Pd plating comprises face-centered cubic crystals cumulatively having a morphology of hexagonal platelets. The permeability to H 2 of the membrane plating (115) on the porous support is significantly enhanced, being at least greater than about 1.3x10 -8 mol.m -1 .s -1 .Pa -0.5 at 350 °C, and even greater than about 3.4x10 -8 mol.m -1 .s -1 .Pa -0.5 . The porous support (110, 110') may be stainless steel (1100 and include a thin ceramic interlayer (110') on which the Pd is plated. The method of providing the electroless-deposited plating includes preheating a Pd electroless plating solution to near a plating temperature substantially greater than room temperature, e.g. 60 °C, prior to plating.
Abstract:
The materials of adjoining porous metal substrate (12), oxide (14), and Pd-alloy membrane (16) layers of a composite, H2 - separation palladium membrane (10) have respective thermal expansion coefficients (TEC) which differ from one another so little as to resist failure by TEC mismatch from thermal cycling. TEC differences (20, 22) of less than 3 µm/ (m.k) between materials of adjacent layers are achieved by a composite system of a 446 stainless steel substrate, an oxide layer of 4 wt % yittria-zirconia, and a 77 wt% Pd-23 wt% Ag or 60 wt% Pd-40 wt% Cu, membrane, having TECs of 11, 11, and 13.9 µm/ (m.k), respectively. The Intermediate oxide layer comprises particles forming pores having an average pore sizeless than about 0.1 microns, and is less than 5 microns, and preferably less than about 3 microns, in thickness.
Abstract:
A feedstock for an additive manufacturing process includes a pre-ceramic polymer intermixed with a base material. A method of additive manufacturing includes melting and pyrolizing a feedstock containing metal and a pre-ceramic polymer. An article of manufacture includes an additive manufacturing component including a pyrolized feedstock.
Abstract:
A manufacturing process is provided in which material is supported within a chamber. This material includes a plurality of discrete metal particles and ceramic disposed between at least some of the metal particles. At least a portion of the material is solidified together using an additive manufacturing system to form an object.
Abstract:
A manufacturing process is provided. During this process, material is solidified together within a chamber to form an object using an additive manufacturing device. At least a portion of the solidified material is conditioned within the chamber using a material conditioning device.
Abstract:
A fuel processing system (14) supplies a flow of H 2 -rich reformate (60) to a water gas shift membrane reactor (62) having a water gas shift reaction region (74) and a permeate region (76) separated by an H 2 -separation membrane (64) . H 2 formed over a catalyst (75) in the reaction region selectively passes through the membrane to the permeate region for delivery to a use point, as the fuel cell (12) of a fuel cell power plant (10). A sweep gas (78), preferably steam (80), sweeps the permeate region to remove the H 2 therefrom and thereby facilitate further reaction and separation of H 2 . The direction of sweep gas flow relative to the reformate flow is controlled for H 2 -separation performance and is used to determine the loading of catalyst in the reaction region. The coolant (16, 16', 16"), thermal (40, 70A/70B), and/or pressure control (53, 55) sub-systems of a fuel cell power plant are integrated with the fuel processing system in a manner to provide increased system efficiency.
Abstract:
A manufacturing process is provided in which material is supported within a chamber. This material includes a plurality of discrete metal particles and ceramic disposed between at least some of the metal particles. At least a portion of the material is solidified together using an additive manufacturing system to form an object.
Abstract:
A process is provided for manufacturing a part or parts. This manufacturing process includes receiving a plurality of metal materials. The manufacturing process also includes solidifying the metal materials together using an additive manufacturing system to form at least a portion of the part, which comprises an alloy of the metal materials.
Abstract:
A manufacturing process is provided. During this process, material is solidified together within a chamber to form an object using an additive manufacturing device. At least a portion of the solidified material is conditioned within the chamber using a material conditioning device.