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Hydrogen-generating solid fuel cartridge

  • US 20070243431A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2007
  • Published: 10/18/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A hydrogen-generating solid fuel cartridge for reacting a liquid reactant with a solid fuel, the cartridge comprising:

  • an outer shell of the cartridge;

    a mixture of the hydrogen-generating solid fuel and a catalyst contained within the outer shell, the solid fuel/catalyst mixture having a packing fraction greater than about 55 percent;

    an entry port in the outer shell for introducing the liquid reactant into the cartridge, the entry port connected to a means for distributing the liquid reactant substantially evenly throughout the solid fuel/catalyst mixture within the cartridge; and

    a network of hydrogen-collecting, gas permeable membranes dispersed within the solid fuel/catalyst mixture, the network of membranes communicating to at least one hydrogen exit port in the outer shell for removing the hydrogen product from the cartridge.

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