Hydrogen storage and supply device
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsHugo A. C. M. Bruning, Johannes H. N. van Vucht, Frans F. Westendorp, Hinne Zijlstra
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Abstract
A hydrogen storage and supply device in which a pressure vessel contains a hydride of the gross formula AB.sub.n H.sub.m, in which A is calcium or one or more of the rare earth metals with or without thorium, zirconium, or hafnium, B is nickel and/or cobalt, with or without iron and/or copper, n has a value between about 3 and 8.5 and m has a value exceeding 0 and up to about 7.
Claims3
A hydrogen storage and supply device comprising a pressure vessel having an obturable opening extending from inside said vessel to the atmosphere and, contained in said vessel, a hydride of the gross formula AB.sub.n H.sub.m and capable of reversible dissociation into metal plus hydrogen gas, wherein A is an element selected from the group consisting of calcium, the rare earths, and combinations of one of said elements with one of Th, Zr, and Hf, B is an element selected from the group consisting of Ni and Co, and combinations of said element with one of the elements Fe and Cu, n has a value and lying between about 3 and about 8.5 and m has a value exceeding 0 and up to about 7.
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