Method of producing a high pressure gas
AssigneeEattelle Energy Alliance, LLC
InventorsDennis N. Bingham, Kerry M. Klingler, William T. Zollinger
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Abstract
A method of producing a high pressure gas is disclosed and which includes providing a container; supplying the container with a liquid such as water; increasing the pressure of the liquid within the container; supplying a reactant composition such as a chemical hydride to the liquid under pressure in the container and which chemically reacts with the liquid to produce a resulting high pressure gas such as hydrogen at a pressure of greater than about 100 pounds per square inch of pressure; and drawing the resulting high pressure gas from the container.
Claims22
A method of producing a gas under pressure, comprising:
- providing a container;
- supplying the container with a liquid, and increasing the pressure of the liquid within the container;
- supplying a reactant composition to the liquid under pressure in the container and which chemically reacts with the liquid to produce a resulting gas under pressure;
- and
- drawing the gas under pressure from the container.
A method of producing gas under pressure, comprising:
- providing a container which is operable to enclose a first liquid under pressure;
- supplying a source of a first liquid which is received and enclosed by the container, and increasing the pressure of first liquid enclosed within the container;
- rendering a reactant composition substantially chemically non-reactive;
- combining the substantially non-reactive reactant composition with a second fluid stream;
- coupling the second fluid stream in fluid flowing relation relative to the container;
- supplying the reactant compound to the container in a manner which causes the previously non-reactive composition to chemically react with the first liquid in the container to produce hydrogen gas under pressure;
- and
- drawing the hydrogen gas from the container.
A method of producing a gas under pressure, comprising:
- providing a container having a volume;
- supplying a source of water in a first fluid stream to the container and substantially filling the volume thereof;
- increasing the pressure of the water in the container;
- coupling a second fluid stream in fluid flowing relation relative to the container;
- supplying a source of a metal or metal hydride to the second fluid stream;
- metering the second fluid stream carrying the source of metal or metal hydride to the container;
- reacting the metal or metal hydride with the water which is under pressure to generate hydrogen gas having a pressure and other byproducts;
- drawing the hydrogen gas under pressure from the container and supplying it as a fuel;
- depleting the water in the container by chemically reacting the water with the metal or metal hydride;
- releasing the pressure exerted by the water from the container;
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- removing the byproducts produced by the chemical reaction of the metal or metal hydride with the water, and replenishing the supply of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.