Process for preparing hydrogen from water
AssigneeElectricite de France
InventorsJean Marius Mascarello, Paul Godin, Jacques Francois Millet
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Abstract
Process and installation for the preparation of hydrogen from water by an endothermic cycle of several successive chemical steps occurring at different temperatures with substantially total recycling of intermediates; the improvement involves in carrying out electrochemically only part of said reactions, including at least that of said reactions which occurs at the highest temperature when carried out chemically.
Claims5
In the closed cycle method for the preparation of hydrogen by an endothermic cycle of a plurality of successive chemical steps occurring at different temperatures in which the products of each chemical step other than hydrogen and oxygen are used in a successive step or recycled to a prior step, the net effect of said cycle being to break down water to its constituent elements, comprising (1) hydrolyzing magnesium chloride to magnesium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid, (2) reacting the hydrochloric acid produced in step 1 with copper to produce cupric chloride and hydrogen, (3) dismuting the cupric chloride produced in step 2 to copper and chlorine and recycling the copper thus produced to step 2, and (4) reacting the chlorine produced in step 3 with the magnesium hydroxide produced in step 1 to produce magnesium chloride, hydrogen and oxygen and recycling the magnesium chloride thus produced to step 1, the improvement which comprises effecting the dismuting of the cupric chloride electrochemically.
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