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PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. 1. REPORT DATE (DD-MM-YYYY)2. REPORT TYPE 1 3. DATES COVERED (From -To) 30-11-2007 Final Technical Report Cooney, Michael J.
6t. WORK UNIT NUMBERLiaw, Bor Yann Masutani, Stephen M.
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University of Hawaii REPORT NUMBER2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki D200 Honolulu, HI 96822
SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSOR/MONITOR'S ACRONYM(S)Office of Naval Research ONR Regional Office Seattle 1107 NE 45th Street, Suite 350
SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORTSeattle, WA 98105-4631
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DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTESIn addition to the primary text of the Final Technical Report (106 pages), the report has three Appendices with 80 pages total.
ABSTRACTThis report covers efforts by the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute of the University of Hawaii under the ONR-funded HEET Initiative that addresses critical technology needs for exploration/utilization of seabed methane hydrates and development/testing of advanced fuel cells and fuel cell systems. Methane hydrates work included: laboratory and analytical investigations of hydrate destabilization phenomena; characterization of the microbial community in marine hydrate beds; development of models to predict the fate of methane released from the seafloor into the water column; and the promotion of international R&D partnerships. In the fuel cell area, accomplishments included: addition of two fuel cell test cells to the Hawaii Fuel Cell Test Facility; improved capabilities for fuel/oxodizer impurity testing; and improved performance of the dynamic HiL test stand. Under the hydrogen production area, efforts were focused on sulfur removal from fuel gas and construction of a reformer system for seafloor methane work. Further work was also carried out with novel fuel cell concepts including biocarbons and bio-fuel cells.
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Executive SummaryThis report summarizes work conducted under Grant Number N00014-06-1-0086, the Hawaii Energy and Environmental Technologies (HEET) Initiative, funded through the Office of...