Portable hydrogen generator

• US 20050268555A1
• Filed: 07/07/2005
• Published: 12/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ballard Unmanned Systems, Inc. (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Phillip J. Petillo, Richard M. Mohring, Stephen C. Petillo, Steven C. Amendola
• Inventors: Amendola, Steven C., Petillo, Stephen C., Petillo, Phillip J., Mohring, Richard M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,530,931 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 48/61
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/0007 Pressure measurement
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2208/00539 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/002 inside the reactor
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/00213 Fixed parameter value
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 2219/00225 stopping the system or generating an alarm
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 8/0242 the fluid flow within the bed being predominantly vertical
• CPC Class Codes: B01J 8/0278 Feeding reactive fluids for solid material B01J8/0015
• CPC Class Codes: C01B 3/065 from a hydride
• CPC Class Codes: F17C 11/005 for hydrogen
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/32 Hydrogen storage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/36 Hydrogen production from non-carbon containing sources, e.g. by water electrolysis

Abstract

A hydrogen generation system includes a fuel container, a spent fuel container, a catalyst system and a control system for generating hydrogen in a manner which provides for a compact and efficient construction while producing hydrogen from a reaction involving a hydride solution such as sodium borohydride.

Claims

1. A hydrogen generator system comprising:

a first container, said first container having at least one side;

a second container, said second container having at least one side;

a catalyst system, said catalyst system being in fluid communications with said first container and said second container;

a pumping system, said pumping system being in fluid communications with said catalyst system;

wherein at least a portion of said at least one side of said first container is shared with at least a portion of said at least one side of said second container thereby defining a shared partition, and

wherein at least a portion of said shared partition is flexible.

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