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US 5,141,604 AGranted
Dehydrogenation reaction utilizing mobile atom transmissive membrane
AssigneeElectron Transfer Technologies, Inc.
InventorWilliam M. Ayers
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AssigneeElectron Transfer Technologies, Inc.
InventorWilliam M. Ayers
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The present invention involves a method of chemically removing a mobile atom from a mobile atom-containing reactant molecule. The method includes: (a) absorbing the mobile atom-containing reactant on one side of a solid, mobile atom transmissive membrane; (b) passing the mobile atom through the membrane to the opposite surface; (c) reacting the mobile atom; (d) desorbing the mobile atom depleted reactant molecule from the reaction side of the membrane. The mobile atom may be hydrogen and the method preferably involves controlling the flux of mobile atoms through the membrane to control the rate of removal of mobile atoms from the first reactant molecule. Electrically conductive, atom permeable, biasing means are used to control the surface potential, e.g. biasing means on the hydrogen removal reaction side as well as biasing means on the opposite side of the membrane. The reactor used in the method is another aspect of the present invention.
A method of chemically removing a mobile atom from a mobile atom-containing reactant molecule which comprises:
A method of chemically removing hydrogen from a reactant to yield a dehydrogenated product, which comprises:
A method of chemically removing hydrogen from a reactant to produce a dehydrogenated chemical product by:
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