Dual hydrogen production apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus for dually producing hydrogen, comprising:
- a secondary hydrogen production apparatus including an apparatus that breaks down chemical compounds, wherein hydrogen is produced from one or a series of reactions using heated liquids, vapors or gases, a primary hydrogen production apparatus operably combined with the secondary hydrogen production apparatus, the primary hydrogen production apparatus including a bioreactor adapted to produce hydrogen from microorganisms metabolizing an organic feed material, and a heat exchanger operably associated with the primary and secondary hydrogen production apparatuses such that heat from the secondary hydrogen production apparatus is transferred to the primary hydrogen production apparatus.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for the dual production of hydrogen, wherein organic feed material of a primary hydrogen production apparatus is heated with excess or diverted heat from a secondary hydrogen production apparatus, thereby substantially deactivating or killing methanogens within the organic feed material. Hydrogen producing microorganisms contained or added to the organic feed material metabolize the organic feed material in a bioreactor to produce hydrogen in a primary hydrogen production apparatus. As the methanogens are no longer substantially present to convert produced hydrogen to methane, a biogas that contains hydrogen without substantial methane can be produced.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus for dually producing hydrogen, comprising:
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a secondary hydrogen production apparatus including an apparatus that breaks down chemical compounds, wherein hydrogen is produced from one or a series of reactions using heated liquids, vapors or gases, a primary hydrogen production apparatus operably combined with the secondary hydrogen production apparatus, the primary hydrogen production apparatus including a bioreactor adapted to produce hydrogen from microorganisms metabolizing an organic feed material, and a heat exchanger operably associated with the primary and secondary hydrogen production apparatuses such that heat from the secondary hydrogen production apparatus is transferred to the primary hydrogen production apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for dually producing hydrogen, comprising:
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a secondary hydrogen production apparatus including an electrolyzer, wherein hydrogen is produced from one or a series of reactions using heated liquids, vapors or gases, a primary hydrogen production apparatus operably combined with the secondary hydrogen production apparatus, the primary hydrogen production apparatus including a bioreactor adapted to produce hydrogen from microorganisms metabolizing an organic feed material, and a heat exchanger operably associated with the primary and secondary hydrogen production apparatuses such that heat from the secondary hydrogen production apparatus is transferred to the primary hydrogen production apparatus.
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