BASIC AGREEMENT TERMS

2.

Project Support.  Project Support may include any one or more of the following types of assistance, without limitation, as set forth in the Project or as otherwise subsequently agreed by CRDF or the Sponsor: [a] individual support payments paid directly to Project Personnel, [b] equipment, materials, supplies and/or services purchased by CRDF on behalf of the Recipient, [c] travel-related direct payments to individual Project Personnel or to vendors on their behalf; and [d] direct transfers of funds to institutional accounts for project-related expenses.

 

3.	Agreement Period.  Unless otherwise specified in the Agreement Cover Sheet, the Agreement Period commences upon date of execution of the Agreement by all parties and terminates on the expiration of the duration specified in the Agreement Cover Sheet.

 

4.

Budget.  Recipient agrees to comply strictly with the Budget set forth in Attachment B (hereafterreferred to as “Budget”). The Budget includes line items for all types of Project support. Costs of Project support not expressly specified in the Budget, or in excess of line items therein, are not eligible costs and may not be charged to the Project unless subsequently approved in writing by CRDF.

 

5.

Eligible Costs.  Recipient may use Project Support only for Recipient’s verifiable, reasonable, allocable and allowable direct costs necessary for performance of the activities specified in the Project and consistent with the direction of the Sponsor. All such costs must comply with the terms and conditions of the Agreement and must be incurred and expended in the Agreement Period. In incurring costs, as in other matters relating to implementation, Recipient is expected to exercise prudent management and tomake sound administrative judgments under the circumstances prevailing at the time a decision is made. Documentation supporting expenditures and other actions in implementing the Agreement must be made in advance of the action, be consistent with the Recipient’s established policies and procedures, comply with the terms of this Agreement and current CRDF policies and procedures, and reflect appropriate approvals within the organization.

 

Participant's Name		Institute Name		Job Title
Glazunov, Gennadiy Petrovych		NSC KIPT		senior scientist
Maznichenko, Sergiy Mykhaylovych		NSC KIPT		deputy head of department
Konotops'kyi, Oleksiy Leonidovych		NSC KIPT		sci.res.
Bondarenko, Mykhaylo Mykolayovych		NSC KIPT		sci.res.
Svinarenko, Olexandr Petrovych		NSC KIPT		sci.res.
Lutchenko, Evgen Valentynovych		NSC KIPT		laboratory assistant
Vynogradov, Dmytro Volodymirovych		NSC KIPT		sci.res.
Pylypenko, Mykola Mykolayovych		NSC KIPT		head of laboratory

 

 

Super pure hydrogen is required in chemical, electronic and others industries, as well as for carrying out different scientific investigations in many plasma devices, in particular, for solving problems of controlled thermonuclear synthesis. Super pure hydrogen (purity higher than 99. 999 % vol.) producing is the actual task of the technological process of hydrogen production. Most of current methods of generating ultra pure hydrogen consist of two main steps of the technological process: producing low-purity technical hydrogen and its purification. The essential power inputs are required for both steps. Then produced pure hydrogen can be either used by consumers or accumulated in storage devices, or compressed in balloons.

 

We  had  suggested  the  method  of  hydrogen  production  (purity  is  higher  than  99.999%)  which requires only one step of the process of generating super pure hydrogen (Patent of Ukraine # 86884, Bull. #10, 2009). It is generated by means of placing the diffusion-catalytic membrane into the flame of combustion of hydrocarbons. The membrane serves to separate the volume of hydrocarbon combustion from that of pure hydrogen accumulation. Implementation of this technology allows producing super pure hydrogen simultaneously with combusting hydrocarbon materials, e.g. while water heating. As a result ofusing laboratory model (hydrogen capacity of about 1 Ncm3/s), the possibility of implementing the technology mentioned above while combusting ethyl alcohol, gas (butane) and benzene was revealed.

 

The main distinction of the suggested method is that it consists of only one step of the technological process producing super pure hydrogen. The method generates super pure hydrogen simultaneously with combustion of inflammables (hydrocarbon materials), e.g., while water heating. As a result, the power inputs for maintain necessary parameters for hydrogen producing process are saved and the need for a purification procedure is eliminated. The suggested method could be applied in hydrogen energy, chemical, electronic and fuel cells industries as well as in scientific research, in particular, for solving problems of controlled thermonuclear fusion, in many plasma devices. Evidently, it is profitable to introduce this method into the plants where large volumes of hydrocarbon materials (fuels) are used, e.g. in boiler-rooms or other devices. Consumption of fuel for hydrogen production will be negligible compared to that for fulfillment of main functions. To implement all the above it is necessary to investigate in detail the processes running both on thediffusion-catalytic membrane surfaces and within the membrane, to study life time of the membrane under conditions of its long-term exposure to the flame, to create work model of super pure hydrogen generator with hydrogen storage, e.g., with the use of intermetallides. We intend to solve all these problems within the framework of this project.

 

As a result of the project implementation the process of hydrogen penetration through diffusion-catalytic membranes on the basis of Pd and Ni from the flame zone of hydrocarbons combustion (such characteristics as hydrogen permeation rate and energy activation values will be obtained) will be investigated. The life time of the diffusion membrane material under conditions of its long-term exposure to the flame will be investigated as well. The work model of super pure hydrogen generator with its accumulation will be created; its work will be researched. On the basis of the obtained results the analysis of the possibility to develop industry technology and devices to produce and accumulate large amount of super pure hydrogen from the flame of combustion of hydrocarbons will be made. The reports, patents and scientific papers will be presented.

 

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[b] Maintains records that adequately identify Project Support and the purposes for which they are used; supports accounting records with source documentation such as cancelled checks, paid bills, payrolls, and time and attendance records.

 

[c] Applies internal controls that yield effective control over and accountability for all cash, property and other assets under the Agreement, safeguards such assets, and ensures that the assets are used only for authorized purposes.

 

[d] Enables Recipient to compare actual expenditures with the Budget.

 

[e] Screens out costs that are not eligible for reimbursement under the Agreement.

 

[f] Includes procedures to ensure that invoices and requests for Project Support are issued only when the funds/support are actually needed for Project purposes.

 

 

[g] Enables financial information such as expenditures in comparison to Budget figures to be related to performance data.

 

b.

All Equipment and other property acquired under this Agreement must remain available to and be used for the Project, and may not be sold, leased, mortgaged or otherwise transferred, or used for any non-Project purpose, be located and maintained at the premises of the Recipient and remain accessible for viewing, examination or audit unless CRDF agrees otherwise in writing.

 

c.	Unless otherwise stipulated Equipment and other physical property received by the Recipient or Collaborator under this Agreement is supplied in the capacity of technical assistance and is transferred to the Recipient.

 

d.	Title to Equipment and other property acquired under this Agreement will vest in the Recipient.

 

e.	Use of any Equipment or other property acquired under this Agreement by military end-users or for military purposes is expressly prohibited.

 

f.	The Recipient shall ensure that all Equipment and other property provided under this Agreement is maintained in a manner consistent with its specifications and reasonable care, security and maintenance.

 

g.

In the event this Agreement is terminated for cause or the Recipient is in material breach thereof, CRDF may, at its sole discretion, require that any Equipment and property acquired under this Agreement be returned to CRDF or transferred to a third party as directed by CRDF.  The shipping costs related to the return or transfer of the Equipment and property will be borne by CRDF.

 

h.

Within thirty days of receipt of Equipment, Recipient will prepare and return to CRDF an itemized receiving report, signed by an authorized representative, confirming receipt in apparent good order and working condition and registration of the Equipment on the Recipient’s balance sheet.  The report will be in a form to be provided by CRDF.

 

To provide information when requested, or

 

To provide information known to him/her indicating that a proposed or existing transaction could be contrary to this policy.

 

 

 

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