Systems and methods of ammonia synthesis
AssigneeOhmium International, Inc.
InventorsArne Ballantine, Chockkalingam Karuppaiah
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Abstract
A system for synthesizing ammonia includes a reactor including an inlet portion, an outlet portion, and an energy source arranged to deliver energy to one or more reactants receivable through the inlet portion of the reactor, and the energy source activatable to reduce nitrogen to ammonia in the presence of hydrogen, at least one hydrogen pump in fluid communication with the outlet portion of the reactor, each hydrogen pump including at least one electrochemical cell, and a recirculation circuit in fluid communication between the at least one hydrogen pump and the inlet portion of the reactor and configured to direct a respective hydrogen stream from each hydrogen pump to the inlet portion of the reactor.
Claims13
A system for synthesizing ammonia, comprising:
- a reactor including
- an inlet portion, and
- an outlet portion, and an energy source arranged to deliver energy to one or more reactants receivable through the inlet portion of the reactor, and the energy source activatable to reduce nitrogen to ammonia in the presence of hydrogen, wherein the energy source includes a catalyst or a plasma source;
- a nitrogen source that provides nitrogen to the reactor through fluid communication with the inlet portion of the reactor;
- at least one hydrogen pump in fluid communication with the outlet portion of the reactor, each hydrogen pump comprising at least one electrochemical cell;
- and
- a recirculation circuit in fluid communication between the at least one hydrogen pump and the inlet portion of the reactor configured to direct a respective hydrogen stream from each hydrogen pump to the inlet portion of the reactor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.