Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN GAS BY DIRECT THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF WATER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/1998/051612
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A method for generating hydrogen gas by heating pure water at 80 °C in a steam generator (1) and supplying the generated steam to a reactor (7) from the lower side thereof via a mass flow meter (6). This reactor (7) is filled with zeolite (8) as a silica-alumina complex oxide. The reactor (7) is provided therearound with a heater (9), and a pipe conduit (10) is joined to an upper end of the reactor (7), this pipe (10) being provided with a bypass (11), a nitrogen trap (13) and a suction pump (14).
Inventors:
SUGIE YOSOHIRO (JP)
SASAKI MANABU (JP)
KIMURA KENZO (JP)
SASAKI MANABU (JP)
KIMURA KENZO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP1998/002105
Publication Date:
November 19, 1998
Filing Date:
May 13, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUGIE YOSOHIRO (JP)
SASAKI MANABU (JP)
KIMURA KENZO (JP)
SASAKI MANABU (JP)
KIMURA KENZO (JP)
International Classes:
C01B3/02; C01B3/04; (IPC1-7): C01B3/02; C01G29/00
Foreign References:
| JPH10212101A | 1998-08-11 | |||
| JPH0459601A | 1992-02-26 | |||
| JPS60251101A | 1985-12-11 | |||
| JPS58135103A | 1983-08-11 | |||
| JPS5855302A | 1983-04-01 | |||
| JPS5855303A | 1983-04-01 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1006078A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koyama, Yuu (2nd floor 9, Yotsuya 2-chom, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, JP)
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