US 2023/0264146 A1 · SYSTEM FOR THE REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN/OXYGEN IN A GASEOUS STREAM

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a combiner for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen gas in a gaseous stream, said combiner comprising: a pipe capable of accommodating the flow of a gaseous stream, wherein the pipe is adapted to transmit the gaseous stream to a catalytically active structure (CAS), the CAS having: contact with the substantial majority of the gaseous stream, a housing, and an inlet, said inlet being connected to the pipe, and an outlet, for the removal of the gaseous stream post recombination, and a second pipe connected to the outlet of the CAS for the transmission of the gaseous stream away from the combiner. A second embodiment of the invention sees the CAS housed within an electrochemical cell directly.

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Dependent claims

A combiner device for, in use, removing a hydrogen contaminant in a principal gas stream comprising predominantly oxygen, or vice versa, with said combiner device comprising:

a catalytically active structure (CAS) comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
a first pipe coupled to the inlet for conveying said principal gas stream into the housing such that it flows from the inlet to the outlet, and an exhaust pipe for conveying said principal gas stream away from said housing;
the CAS further comprising a structural element comprising or including a catalytic material operable to combine hydrogen and oxygen to form water, the structural element being located within the housing, part way between the inlet and the outlet, and extending across a substantial majority of a cross-section thereof, such that, in use, the principal gas stream flows therethrough.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen in a gaseous stream

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System for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen in a gaseous stream

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Abstract

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