A method of producing hydrogen from hydro-carbon feed material is disclosed. A cylindrical plasma reaction region having a temperature greater than 800 C is created in a cylindrical reaction chamber by a cylindrical plasma array. The feed material is introduced into the plasma, where it undergoes plasma pyrolysis and is separated into hydrogen gas and solid carbon. The hydrogen gas is further purified using a hydrogen sieve that allows hydrogen through but retards larger molecules. The hydrogen gas is then feed into a fuel cell where it mixes with oxygen to provide electrical power. The plasma array may have one or more angled plasma arcs such that the plasma reaction region rotates as a vortex. There may also be two or more cylindrical plasma arrays arranged parallel to each other and to the cylindrical reaction chamber such that the feed material is fed through them.
Synthetic hydrogen-based gas manufacture and use
2015-12-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B01J Chemische oder physikalische Verfahren, z.B. Katalyse oder Kolloidchemie , CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / C01B NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS , Nichtmetallische Elemente / C10J Erzeugung von Kohlenmonoxid und Wasserstoff enthaltenden Gasen aus festen kohlenstoffhaltigen Materialien durch unvollständige Oxidation mittels Sauerstoff oder Wasserdampf , PRODUCTION OF GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROGEN FROM SOLID CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS BY PARTIAL OXIDATION PROCESSES INVOLVING OXYGEN OR STEAM / F26B DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM , Trocknen von festen Gütern oder Erzeugnissen durch Entfernen von Flüssigkeit / H01M Verfahren oder Mittel, z.B. Batterien, für die direkte Umwandlung von chemischer in elektrische Energie , PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY |
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