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US 2019/0161876 A1Published application
Electrochemical Method of Ammonia Generation
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGünter Schmid, Timothy Hughes, Dan Taroata
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Abstract
An electrolysis apparatus for producing ammonia, the apparatus comprising: a cathode; an anode; an electrolyte; a current source; a supply for nitrogen; and a supply for an acid, wherein the acid comprises at least one acid selected from the group consisting of: HCl, HBr, and HI.
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An electrolysis apparatus for producing ammonia, the apparatus comprising:
- a cathode;
- an anode;
- an electrolyte;
- a current source;
- a supply for nitrogen;
- and
- a supply for an acid, wherein the acid comprises at least one acid selected from the group consisting of:
- HCl, HBr, and HI.
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A method of electrolytically producing ammonia, the method comprising:
- forming nitride ions from nitrogen at a cathode;
- forming metal ions from a metal at an anode comprising a metal;
- dissolving the nitride ions and metal ions in an electrolyte;
- and
- purging the electrolyte comprising the dissolved nitride ions and metal ions with an acid, wherein the acid is selected from a group consisting of:
- HCl, HBr, and HI.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.