C. Manufacturing Research

1. Large-scale Hydrogen Production and Delivery Systems

a) Measurements and standards

i. Methods

ii. Tools

iii. Data

b) Process optimization and control
Goals: Safety, Reliability, Cost

i. Processes and equipment

ii. Assembly techniques

iii. Manufacturing control
Description: Unit process control, including the incorporation of intelligence into control and sensing systems to optimize and/or automate production.

c) System integration

2. Component and System Fabrication
Description: The fundamental process and infrastructure technologies needed to transition hydrogen products, including fuel cells, into high volume production

a) Metrology, testing, and quality standards

b) High-speed and high-quality fabrication and assembly methods

c) Modeling and simulation

d) Cost-effective integration of components, subsystems and systems

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