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Process and apparatus for producing hydrogen

US9090984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY · FI

Inventors

Nikola Anastasijevic · Schongau, DE
Jan Holm Holst · Odense, DK
Andreas Orth · Friedrichsdorf, DE
Markus Schuster · Ann Arbor, US
Bernd Schurtakow · Friedrichsdorf, DE
Michael Stroeder · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2012
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/36
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for producing hydrogen for use in a subsequent methanation process includes electrochemically converting water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is depleted with electrolyte aerosols. Then, the electrolyte aerosols are separated from the depleted hydrogen in a wet electrostatic precipitator in a hydrogen atmosphere.

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