Resumen de: US2025198012A1
The invention pertains to an electrolyser for producing hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) as product gases. It includes an electrolysis module and a gas separator for phase separation of the product gas from water. The electrolysis module is connected to the gas separator via a product flow line, and a return line with a circulation pump connects the gas separator back to the electrolysis module for separated water. A bypass line with a valve allows water to be supplied from the gas separator to the electrolysis module during standstill. The invention also covers a method for operating the electrolyser, where in standstill mode, the electrolysis current is stopped, and a safety deactivation is initiated. Water is automatically driven into the electrolysis module due to a hydrostatic differential pressure (Δp) from a predefined height difference (Δh), flooding the electrolysis module.
Resumen de: WO2025124791A1
The invention relates to an offshore electrolysis system (100) comprising a wind turbine (1) having a tower (19), which is anchored to the seabed, and having an electrolysis plant (5), wherein the electrolysis plant (5) is connected to the wind turbine (1) by a supply line (11), and wherein the electrolysis plant (5) has an electrolyser (13) which is arranged in a container (9), wherein the container (9) is arranged below sea level (25). The invention also relates to a method for operating a corresponding offshore electrolysis system. In this method, water is broken down into hydrogen (H2) and oxygen by an electrolyser (13) of the electrolysis plant (5), which electrolyser is located below sea level (25), wherein the hydrogen (H2) produced is transported away via a product gas line (7).
Resumen de: WO2025124766A1
The invention relates to an electrolytic cell (01) for the electrolysis of CO2, comprising a cathode side (02) and an anode side (03). The electrolytic cell (01) comprises a cathode plate (04), a gas chamber (06), a gas-diffusion layer (08), a catalyst layer (09), a water chamber (07) and an anode plate (05). The contacting of the catalyst layer (09) is optimized by using a plurality of current bridges (10). To this end, these current bridges (10) are electrically conductively connected to the cathode plate (04) and to the catalyst layer (09) while penetrating the gas-diffusion layer (08).
Resumen de: WO2025128530A1
A method for producing hydrogen using a feed stream comprising ammonia is provided. The method can include the steps of: cracking a gaseous ammonia feed in an ammonia cracker to produce a cracked gas stream comprising hydrogen, nitrogen, and unreacted ammonia; cooling the cracked gas stream to a first temperature that is sufficient for condensing at least a portion of the unreacted ammonia to form a dual phase fluid; separating the dual phase fluid in an ammonia separator to produce a liquid ammonia stream and a top gas stream comprised predominately of hydrogen and nitrogen; removing additional ammonia from the top gas stream using a front-end purification system to form a purified top gas stream; further cooling the purified top gas stream to a second temperature that is sufficient for condensing at least a portion of the nitrogen within the top gas stream to form a dual-phase stream, wherein the second temperature is colder than the first temperature; introducing the dual-phase stream to a cryogenic hydrogen separator under conditions effective for separating hydrogen and nitrogen, thereby creating a liquid nitrogen stream and a hydrogen top gas; warming and vaporizing the liquid nitrogen stream to produce a gaseous nitrogen stream; warming the hydrogen top gas to produce a gaseous hydrogen product stream: and recycling the liquid ammonia stream produced by the ammonia separator to a point upstream the ammonia cracker.
Resumen de: WO2025126055A1
A system is described for the production of hydrogen and thermal power through a spontaneous electrochemical oxidation-reduction reaction, formed by at least one reactor (1) composed by a loading line (2) that introduces a reacting material into a reaction basin (6); at least one discharge body (12) for the hydroxide produced during the reaction, wherein the pH is transformed into a desired value by the introduction of an acidic solution through a loading line (13); at least one loading line (3) of water that is supplied into the reaction basin (6); at least one cathode body (5) made of porous material containing gaseous oxygen; at least one loading line (4) that allows the oxygen to be replenished at the cathode body (5); at least one porous material filter (7) for separating the gaseous hydrogen from solid residues produced during the reaction; and at least one discharge line (8) for the release of gaseous hydrogen. The system is configured to perform a process for the production of hydrogen and thermal power through an oxidation-reduction reaction between a material acting as an anode, a material acting as a cathode and a material acting as an electrolyte.
Resumen de: WO2025128535A1
A method for producing hydrogen using a feed stream comprising ammonia is provided. The method may include the steps of: cracking a gaseous ammonia feed comprising ammonia and at least 0.15% water vapor in an ammonia cracker to produce a cracked gas stream comprising hydrogen, nitrogen, unreacted ammonia, and water vapor; cooling the cracked gas stream to a separation temperature that is sufficient for condensing at least a portion of the unreacted ammonia and the water vapor to form a dual phase fluid; separating the dual phase fluid in a separator that is configured to produce an aqueous ammonia stream and a vapor stream, the vapor stream comprising predominantly of hydrogen and nitrogen; wherein the separation temperature is below 0°C.
Resumen de: WO2025127924A1
The present invention relates to an electrolyzer designed for the generation of hydrogen and oxygen through water electrolysis. The electrolyzer comprises a housing structure accommodating at least one electrolytic cell, which includes an anode, a cathode, and an ion-conducting membrane. A water inlet is provided to introduce water into the electrolytic cell, and an electrical power source is operatively connected to the anode and cathode to facilitate the electrolysis process. The electrolyzer also includes separate outlets for the efficient extraction of hydrogen and oxygen generated during electrolysis. A multi-parameter optical measurement system is integrated within the electrolyzer. This system features at least one optical fiber with multiple sensing points distributed along its length, each capable of detecting various operational parameters within the electrolyzer.
Resumen de: WO2025125277A1
The invention relates to an electrolysis system comprising an electrolysis stack (1) having multiple electrolytic cells (101) which each comprise a cathode chamber (102) and an anode chamber (103) and are designed to electrolytically split water in the anode chamber (103) into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen generated in the cathode chamber (102) is fed to a first gas-liquid separator (9) through a cathode outlet (2) of the electrolysis stack (1) and via a medium line (7) connected thereto. A second gas-liquid separator (15) can be connected to the cathode outlet (2). Depending on the pressure in the electrolysis stack (1), the cathode outlet is connected to the first gas-liquid separator (9) or to the second gas-liquid separator (15).
Resumen de: WO2025129081A1
A method, comprising electrolyzing a CO2 input and water so as to form a first product comprising CO and H2, the electrolyzing optionally being performed over a Pd/C catalyst or a catalyst that comprises any one or more of gold, silver, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, or zinc; and thermochemically processing the first product so as to give rise to a second product that comprises carbon nanofibers or nanotubes. A system, comprising: a first reaction zone, the first reaction zone configured to receive CO2 input and water, and the first reaction zone configured for electrolysis of the CO2 input and water to evolve a product that comprises CO; a second reaction zone, the second reaction zone configured to receive a product from the first reaction zone, the second reaction zone configured to support at least one of the Boudouard reaction (R1) and CO + H2 → C(s) + H2O (R2).
Resumen de: WO2025127896A1
According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a hydrogen production system is provided. The hydrogen production system comprises: a dry quenching facility configured to cool coke using a cooling gas; a boiler configured to receive the cooling gas from the dry quenching facility and recover heat energy of the cooling gas to produce first steam and electric power; and a water electrolysis facility configured to receive the electric power from the boiler and electrolyze second steam to produce hydrogen. According to other exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a method for producing hydrogen is provided.
Resumen de: WO2025127894A1
The present invention relates to a system for reducing fuel consumption and recovering CO2, comprising: a water electrolysis facility system for producing hydrogen and oxygen from water or steam; a combustion facility for combusting fuel by using the produced oxygen; and a CO2 recovery facility for recovering CO2 from an exhaust gas discharged from the combustion facility.
Resumen de: WO2025127755A1
A hydrogen production apparatus of the present invention comprises: an ammonia decomposition reactor for decomposing ammonia to discharge a mixed gas including hydrogen, nitrogen, and unreacted ammonia; an ammonia remover for receiving the mixed gas, adsorbing and removing the unreacted ammonia included in the mixed gas, and discharging a first product gas including hydrogen and nitrogen and a first tail gas; and a nitrogen remover for receiving the first product gas, removing nitrogen included in the first product gas, and discharging a second product gas including hydrogen and a second tail gas, wherein the second product gas discharged from the nitrogen remover is resupplied to the nitrogen remover as a purge gas and a pressurizing gas. According to the hydrogen production apparatus of the present invention, high-purity hydrogen can be continuously produced in large quantities.
Resumen de: WO2025127526A1
According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a hydrogen production system is provided. The present invention comprises: a hydrogen generation unit configured to receive reduced iron from a reduced iron generation unit configured to generate reduced iron by reducing powdered iron ore in a reducing gas atmosphere, and to generate hydrogen from ammonia by bringing the reduced iron into contact with the ammonia; and a regeneration unit configured to receive the reduced iron from the hydrogen generation unit and to regenerate the reduced iron by reducing the reduced iron in a hydrogen gas atmosphere. According to other exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a method for producing hydrogen is provided.
Resumen de: WO2025127476A1
Provided is a membrane-electrode assembly for a water electrolysis cell, comprising: a polymer electrolyte membrane having an active area and an inactive area surrounding the active area; a hydrogen generation electrode positioned on a first surface of the active area of the polymer electrolyte membrane; an oxygen generation electrode positioned on a second surface of the active area of the polymer electrolyte membrane; a first sub-gasket which is disposed on a first surface of the inactive area of the polymer electrolyte membrane and which surrounds a first electrode; and a second sub-gasket which is disposed on a second surface of the inactive area of the polymer electrolyte membrane and which surrounds a second electrode, wherein the first sub-gasket has a first window that accommodates the hydrogen generation electrode, and a first water supply path that surrounds the first window and exposes the inactive area of the polymer electrolyte membrane.
Resumen de: WO2025127502A1
Provided according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention is an ammonia decomposition system capable of minimizing the generation of iron nitride, which is a by-product.
Resumen de: WO2025127054A1
The present disclosure provides at least one of an iridium-containing manganese oxide that exhibits high oxygen-generating electrode catalytic activity in a water electrolysis method, a catalyst that contains the same, an electrode that contains the catalyst, and a water electrolysis method that uses the electrode. With respect to the iridium-containing manganese oxide according to the present invention, the molar ratio of iridium to manganese is not less than 0.001 but 0.250 or less. In one embodiment, the manganese oxide is manganese dioxide that has a β-type crystal structure. In another embodiment, the ratio of the lattice constant in the a-axis direction to the lattice constant in the c-axis direction is not less than 1.420 but less than 1.521.
Resumen de: WO2025126547A1
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a hydrogen storage system in which the deterioration of a storage alloy can be suppressed. The present invention relates to a hydrogen storage system provided with a hydrogen production part for producing hydrogen and a storage tank, wherein the storage tank is provided with: a storage alloy which stores the produced hydrogen; a housing in which the storage alloy is housed; a first opening which is provided in the housing and into which a supply gas containing the produced hydrogen is sent from the hydrogen production part side; and a second opening which is provided in the housing separately from the first opening and from which the supply gas is sent out to the outside.
Resumen de: WO2025126639A1
Provided is a method for producing a hydrogen gas, which enables the production of a hydrogen gas with high energy efficiency. This method for producing a hydrogen gas includes: placing water between electrodes; and allowing pulsed discharge to occur between the electrodes to decompose water molecules, thereby generating the hydrogen gas. In the method, the frequency for the pulsed discharge is 190-196 kHz or a double vibration frequency thereof.
Resumen de: WO2025124674A1
Alkaline electrolyser and a method for its operation including gas purging An alkaline electrolyser comprising a stack (17) of electrolytic cells (1) is used for producing hydrogen gas (8). Purified hydrogen gas and purified oxygen gas is used for purging the corresponding cathode and anode compartments (5, 6) for preventing buildup of dangerous gas mixtures by gas crossover during stop, before starting, or when running production low.
Resumen de: US2025198028A1
A method operating an electrolyzer system includes producing hydrogen by electrolysis of steam in at least one electrolyzer cell stack of the electrolyzer system using power received from an intermittent power source, detecting a reduction in a level of power received from the intermittent power source below a first threshold, decreasing a rate of producing hydrogen in response to the detected reduction in the level power below the first threshold, detecting a reduction in a level of power received from the intermittent power source below a second first threshold that is lower than the first threshold, and switching the electrolyzer system into a hot standby mode in which the electrolyzer system does not produce hydrogen and maintains the least one electrolyzer cell stack above a predetermined threshold temperature.
Resumen de: US2025198025A1
A method of operating an electrolyzer module includes providing a first air stream and steam into a stack of electrolyzer cells located in a hotbox and outputting a product stream containing hydrogen and steam, and an oxygen exhaust stream, providing the product stream to an internal product cooler (IPC) heat exchanger located in the hotbox to reduce the temperature of the product stream by transferring heat to the first air stream, and providing the product stream from the IPC to an external product cooler (EPC) heat exchanger located outside of the hotbox and inside of a cabinet housing the hotbox to further reduce the temperature of the product stream by transferring heat to a fluid stream.
Resumen de: US2025198026A1
Disclosed herein are aspects of a composition comprising one or more metal-oxide nanoparticles and porous catalyst layers, comprising an electrically conductive core a surface layer comprising one or more surface active catalysts; and wherein the one or more metal-oxide nanoparticles are electrocatalytic toward oxygen gas evolution in alkaline conditions, alkaline-ionomer conditions, or a combination thereof. Aspects of a method of making such compositions for water oxidation alkaline and alkaline membrane electrolyzers are also disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein is an alkaline-exchange-membrane ionomer-based, hybrid liquid-alkaline, alkaline-ionomer electrolyzer comprising an anode, wherein the anode comprises (i) an ionomer and (ii) the composition disclosed herein and a liquid alkaline electrolyzer comprising an anode, wherein the anode comprises one or more catalysts having the composition disclosed herein, wherein the composition is produced as a powder or as a continuous electrode architecture on metal porous transport layers.
Resumen de: US2025198020A1
A hydrogen gas generation system comprises a reactor chamber, an elongate cathode, an ammonia inlet, a hydrogen gas outlet, and a collection outlet. The reactor chamber has an input end and an output end. A wall of the reactor chamber between the input end and the output end is an anode. The elongate cathode extends between the input end and the output end through an interior of the reactor chamber. The ammonia inlet is positioned to introduce a liquid ammonia into the reactor chamber such that the liquid ammonia flows in a direction from the input end to the output end. The hydrogen gas outlet at the output end, wherein a hydrogen gas generated in the reactor chamber exits the reactor chamber through the hydrogen gas outlet. The collection outlet is at the output end. Nitrogenous compounds exit the reactor chamber through the collection outlet.
Resumen de: US2025198023A1
An electrolyzer for gaseous production such as hydrogen gas includes an oscillating electrode driven at a natural frequency of the gaseous bubbles improves output by readily removing the gaseous bubble product from the electrode surface, thereby exposing greater electrode surface area for subsequent electrolysis reactions. A natural frequency of the gaseous product determines an oscillation frequency with which to drive the electrode accumulating the gaseous product, such as hydrogen bubbles, to agitate and release the bubbles which then rise to the surface of the liquid filled containment. Integrating oscillation logic for agitating the otherwise stationary electrode or cathode in a PEM water electrolyzer improves hydrogen production by readily evacuating the generated hydrogen to free up the electrode area for additional electrolysis reactions.
Nº publicación: US2025198014A1 19/06/2025
Solicitante:
BLOOM ENERGY CORP [US]
BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION
Resumen de: US2025198014A1
An electrolyzer system includes a splitter configured to split a first air inlet stream into a bypass air stream and a second air inlet stream, a stack of electrolyzer cells configured receive steam and the second air inlet stream and output a product stream containing hydrogen and an oxygen exhaust stream, such that the bypass air stream is configured to bypass the stack, and a product cooler heat exchanger configured to cool the product stream using the first air inlet stream.