Cyclic process for making hydrogen
OwnerNewell C. Cook, Gary C. Davisinventors
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Abstract
Nitric oxide, an odd-electron molecule, has been found to react with m-phosphoric acid to displace hydrogen and form nitrosyl m-phosphate. The addition of water to the nitrosyl salt regenerates the m-phosphoric acid, half the nitric oxide and the other half as nitrogen dioxide which can then be converted to nitric oxide in an oxidation process. These reactions thus form a cyclic process for obtaining hydrogen from water with low level energy.
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The cyclic process of producing hydrogen from water which comprises the steps of contacting nitric oxide with an anhydrous acid selected from the group consisting of meta-phosphoric acid, meta-boric acid, meta-silicic acid, meta-aluminic acid and mixtures thereof at a temperature between 200.degree. and 400.degree. C., separating and removing the resulting hydrogen gas from its co-product anhydrous nitrosyl meta-salt, then regenerating the said anhydrous meta-acid by contacting the anhydrous nitrosyl meta-salt with water and thereby simultaneously forming nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide.
The process for the production of hydrogen which comprises the steps of bringing nitric oxide into contact with an anhydrous acid selected from the group consisting of meta-phosphoric acid, meta-boric acid, meta-silicic acid, meta-aluminic acid and mixtures thereof at a temperature between 200.degree. and 400.degree. C., reacting the nitric oxide with the said acid, and separating the resulting gaseous hydrogen from the reaction mixture.
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