General Info

REB Research & Consulting is a maker of hydrogen generators and hydrogen purifiers, generally built around palladium-coated metallic membranes. The company was founded in 1987 by Dr. Robert E. Buxbaum, then a professor at Michigan State, to sell hydrogen extraction and purification membranes, and other products of his hydrogen permeation research. The company also set out to consult on hydrogen separations and on membrane reactors for hydrogen generation. With the aid of an SBIR grant, we developed our refractory metal sandwich hydrogen purification membranes ; we began manufacturing complete hydrogen gas purifiers and hydrogen gas generators somewhat later. We aim to combine the best quality equipment with strong customer support in all areas of separation, but particlarly hydrogen production and useage. Our main customers are laboratories, fuel cell users, and electronic manufacturers. Our hydrogen-producing membrane reactors output as much as 75 slpm ( 150 cfh ). We have recently completed tests with these reactors making hydrogen directly from sour ( H2S -containg ) coal gas. Coal is a very cheap source of hydrogen energy. More typically the membrane reactor hydrogen is produced from clean sources like methanol and ethanol, and used in smaller-scale braze furnaces, in fuel cells, and in electronic production.