Hydrogen storage by means of liquid organic compounds
AssigneeArkema France
InventorBernard Monguillon
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of a formulation which is liquid at ambient temperature comprising at least a mixture of benzene, toluene and xylene for the fixing and the release of hydrogen in at least one hydrogenation/dehydrogenation cycle of said formulation. The invention also relates to the use of said formulation for the transportation and the handling of hydrogen resulting from the steam cracking of petroleum products, of inevitable hydrogen resulting from chemical reactions, such as the electrolysis of salt, or of hydrogen resulting from the electrolysis of water.
Claims9
A method of storing hydrogen comprising fixing the hydrogen with a formulation which is liquid at ambient temperature, the formulation comprising a mixture of benzene, toluene and xylene for the fixing and the release of the hydrogen in at least one hydrogenation/dehydrogenation cycle of said formulation.
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