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US 11,380,922 B2Granted
Community system and hydrogen production method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoichi Ikemoto, Motoki Hamazaki, Katsuhiko Hirose, Atsushi Mizutani, Shuntara Kato, Yohei Tanigawa
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Abstract
A community system includes an ammonia-hydrogen converter that is arranged in an industrial area and that converts ammonia to hydrogen.
Claims4
A community system that uses hydrogen, comprising:
- an ammonia-hydrogen converter that is arranged in an industrial area and that converts ammonia to hydrogen;
- a hydrogen storage storing hydrogen supplied from the ammonia-hydrogen converter;
- an FC power generating facility with a fuel cell that generates electric power using hydrogen supplied from at least one of the ammonia-hydrogen converter and the hydrogen storage;
- and
- a house group with multiple houses that use electric power supplied from the FC power generating facility and hydrogen supplied from at least one of the ammonia-hydrogen converter and the hydrogen storage;
- wherein the ammonia-hydrogen converter and the house group are connected to each other through a pipeline for passage of hydrogen;
- wherein the ammonia-hydrogen converter supplies the pipeline with a mixed gas of hydrogen including ammonia;
- and
- wherein the mixed gas is delivered to the house group through the pipeline.
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A hydrogen production method employed in a community system that uses hydrogen, the method comprising:
- a conversion step of converting ammonia to hydrogen using an ammonia-hydrogen converter arranged in an industrial area;
- wherein
- the ammonia-hydrogen converter and a house group are connected to each other through a pipeline for passage of hydrogen, and
- the conversion step comprises a step of supplying the pipeline with a mixed gas of hydrogen including ammonia;
- wherein the method further comprises delivering the mixed gas to the house group through the pipeline.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.