Systems and methods for local generation and/or consumption of hydrogen gas

US11897768B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Modern Hydrogen, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Justin B. Ashton · Palo Alto, US
• Roelof E. Groenewald · Bothell, US
• Kevin J. Hughes · Sammamish, US
• Arvind Kannan · Bellevue, US
• William Kokonaski · Edmonds, US
• Max N. Mankin · Seattle, US
• Tony S. Pan · Bellevue, US
• Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US
• John J. Lorr · Redmond, US
• Amit Goyal · Knoxville, US
• Guido Radaelli · Pleasant Hill, US
• Vikram Seshadri · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2021
• Grant date: Feb 13, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/129
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Systems for producing hydrogen gas for local distribution, consumption, and/or storage, and related devices and methods are disclosed herein. A representative system includes a pyrolysis reactor that can be coupled to a supply of reaction material that includes a hydrocarbon. The reactor includes one or more flow channels positioned to transfer heat to the reaction material to convert the hydrocarbon into an output that includes hydrogen gas and carbon particulates. The system also includes a carbon separation system operably coupled to the pyrolysis reactor to separate the hydrogen gas the carbon particulates in the output. In various embodiments, the system also includes components to locally consume the filtered hydrogen gas.