Hydrogen Helix, LLC
Hydrogen Helix is a research company focused on developing hydrogen separation membranes to extract hydrogen from mixed gas streams typical of hydrocarbon gasification.
The membranes are made using ceramic proton conductors, which produce pure hydrogen suitable for use directly in fuel cells, and the resulting exhaust stream is nearly pure and sequestrable CO2.
Achievements
Hydrogen Helix, LLC is a new company created to move technology that has been developed over the past five years as a private initiative to the demonstration scale. The technology is currently a TRL3, and the near-term goal is to reach TRL4 with a 10 kg H2/day demonstration system.
The necessary background science has been validated in the laboratory, and proprietary and public domain intellectual property was established through numerous published papers and manuscripts and several patent applications. The operational and design concepts have been validated by models and simulations combined with empirical data.
Cleantech Contribution
The transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a hydrogen economy is the most compelling imperative of the 21st Century. Green hydrogen produced by water electrolysis will remain too costly at the necessary scale for disrupting petroleum fuels in the foreseeable future.
H2H, however, is truly disruptive in that the technology portends the transition to hydrogen at the necessary scale without imposing the economic hardships implicit in green hydrogen.
Our Goals
Seed funding is required to take H2H technology from the research laboratory stage to the bench-top, proof-of-concept demonstration phase of 10 kg H2/day. At this point, investment opportunities will become apparent as commercial scale-up begins.
Dr. William Coors
Chief Scientist
Hydrogen Helix currently has a single non-remunerated chief scientist and inventor, Dr. Grover Coors. Dr. Coors is a world-renowned expert in ceramic proton conductors and currently carries out most of the scientific experiments personally.
Dr. Coors holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He also maintains a robust collaboration with colleagues in the various disciplines of materials development and systems design.
He has published numerous papers and posted important monographs on his ResearchGate portal to generate enthusiasm about the potential of the technology for generating hydrogen at the enormous scale required.