Hydrogen Generating Fuel Cell Cartridges
AssigneesCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique, Societe BIC
InventorsAlain Rosenzweig, Jean-yves Laurent, Frédéric Gaillard, Nathalie Giacometti, Paul Adams
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Abstract
A gas-generating apparatus includes a cartridge including a reservoir having a first reactant and a reaction chamber, and a receiver that can include a flow control device. The receiver is adapted to receive the cartridge and to transport the first reactant to the reaction chamber after connection with the cartridge. The flow control device is adapted to stop the transport of reactant when the pressure in the reaction chamber reaches a predetermined pressure.
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1-57. (canceled)
A gas-generating apparatus comprising reaction chamber, where a hydrogen gas is produced from a reaction between a metal hydride and a liquid reactant, and a hydrogen separating member disposed within the reaction chamber and fluidically connected to an outlet of the gas-generating apparatus,
- wherein the hydrogen separating member comprises a gas permeable, liquid impermeable membrane covering a porous member, and wherein the hydrogen gas permeates through the hydrogen separating member to the outlet.
A gas-generating apparatus comprising reaction chamber, where a hydrogen gas is produced from a reaction between a metal hydride and a liquid reactant, and a hydrogen separating member disposed within the reaction chamber and fluidically connected to an outlet of the gas-generating apparatus,
- wherein the hydrogen separating member comprises a porous member having a pore size of less than about 10 μm, and wherein the hydrogen gas permeates through the hydrogen separating member to the outlet.
A method for separating hydrogen comprising the steps of
- (i) reacting a metal hydride with a liquid reactant to produce hydrogen,
- (ii) providing a hydrogen separating member having a gas permeable, liquid impermeable membrane covering a porous member, wherein said reaction occurs substantially outside of the hydrogen separating member,
- (iii) transporting the hydrogen through the hydrogen separating member to an outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.