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US 11,192,784 B2Granted
Methods and systems for making metal hydride slurries
AssigneeSafe Hydrogen, LLC
InventorsKenneth S. Brown, Jr., David D. G. Bowen, Andrew W. McClaine
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Abstract
A method for making a metal-hydride slurry includes adding metal to a liquid carrier to create a metal slurry and hydriding the metal in the metal slurry to create a metal-hydride slurry. In some embodiments, a metal hydride is added to the liquid carrier of the metal slurry prior to hydriding the metal. The metal can be magnesium and the metal hydride can be magnesium hydride.
Claims17
A system for generating a metal hydride slurry, the system comprising:
- a charging device comprising a slurry-holding vessel, a heating device for heating a metal slurry therein to a charging temperature, and a hydrogen gas inlet, and
- a slurry within the slurry-holding vessel, wherein the slurry comprises a metal or a metal alloy, a metal hydride, and a liquid carrier, wherein the metal or metal alloy is in the form of particles having a diameter of between 0.1 micron and 100 microns within the metal slurry, and wherein the metal comprises at least 50 weight percent magnesium and at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, nickel, and iron.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.