Absstract of: AU2023443530A1
A method for forming a recombination layer includes, for example, an ionomer and a nanocrystal catalyst disposed in the ionomer. A method for forming the recombination layer may include, for example, providing an ionomer dispersion, providing a compound having a catalyst having a charge, adding the catalyst in the compound to the ionomer to form a mixture, reducing the catalyst in the compound to a metal catalyst in the ionomer, and forming the mixture with the metal catalyst into a recombination layer for a proton exchange membrane.
Absstract of: WO2024214055A1
An electrolysis apparatus for the production of gaseous hydrogen and oxygen by water electrolysis is disclosed, with an electrolyzer (100) comprising a plurality of cells arranged next to each other to form a cell stack (116), wherein each cell includes an anode plate (122) and a cathode plate (124), and wherein the electrolyzer (100) further includes an anode end plate (118) and a cathode end plate (120) between which the cell stack (116) is clamped. The electrolyzer (100) has an active chamber (102) integrated therein, in which the electrolysis reaction of water contained in an electrolyte solution with which the electrolyzer (100) is fed takes place, a first liquid/gas phase separator (104) for separating oxygen gas from the electrolyte solution, and a second liquid/gas phase separator (106) for separating hydrogen gas from the electrolyte solution. The electrolyzer (100) also includes a plurality of sensors mounted on at least one of said anode and cathode end plates (118, 120) and configured to detect appropriate operating parameters of the first and second liquid/gas phase separator (104, 106).
Absstract of: TW202511539A
The present disclosure provides hydrogen carrier fluid (HCF) compositions, comprising a leanliquid organic hydrogen carrier (lean-LOHC) component comprising at least one cyclohexyl-based compound having at least one unsaturated bond, optionally in combination with one or more C4-12 alkyl alcohol, or a rich-liquid organic hydrogen carrier (rich-LOHC) component comprising at least one cyclohexyl-based compound, optionally in combination with a C4-7 ketone, a C4-6lactone or a mixture thereof; and an electrolyte component. Also provided is the use of these HCF compositions for storage and release of hydrogen, in an electrochemical reactor system.
Absstract of: AU2024249844A1
A method for thermal or thermochemical conversion of ammonia or methanol feedstocks into hydrogen (gas) in a related feedstock conversion facility (1000) is provided. The method comprises generating heated fluidic medium by at least one rotary apparatus (100), supplying a stream of thus generated heated fluidic medium into the feedstock conversion facility (1000), and operating said at least one rotary apparatus (100) and said feedstock conversion facility (1000) to carry out thermal or thermochemical conversion of the ammonia or methanol feedstocks into hydrogen at temperatures essentially equal to or exceeding about 500 degrees Celsius (°C). Facility (1000, 1000A) for production of hydrogen from ammonia or methanol feedstocks is further provided.
Absstract of: AU2024304508A1
According to the invention, electrodes are arranged on two opposite surfaces of a separator. Each electrode consists of an open-pore metal structure, in particular a metal foam made of at least one of the chemical elements Ni, Al, Mo, Fe, Mn, Co, Zn, La, Ce, or an alloy of at least two of said chemical elements or an intermetallic compound of at least two of said chemical elements. A continuously decreasing catalytic activity is provided from the surface facing a separator or the respective other electrode of each electrochemical cell to the opposite surface of the respective electrode, and/or a continuously increasing porosity and/or pore size and/or a continuously decreasing specific surface area is provided from the surface facing a separator or the respective other electrode of each electrochemical cell to the opposite surface of the respective electrode.
Absstract of: WO2025002798A1
The invention relates to a reactor (2) for generating hydrogen and at least one other product from at least one reactant, the reactor comprising a tubular reactor vessel (4) which contains a catalyst (6) in the form of a ceramic bed. Improved corrosion resistance against a variety of media and thus an increased service life of the reactor (2) is achieved by forming the reactor vessel (4) from silicon-infiltrated silicon carbide (SiSiC).
Absstract of: EP4696816A2
An electrolyzer stack is configured for high-speed manufacturing and assembly of a plurality of scalable electrolysis cells. Each cell comprises a plurality of water windows configured to maintain a pressure loss, temperature rise and/or oxygen outlet volume fraction below predetermined thresholds. Repeating components of the cells are configured based on a desired roll web width for production and a stack compression system is configured to enable a variable quantity and variable area of said repeating cells in a single stack. A high-speed manufacturing system is configured to produce scalable cells and assemble scalable stacks at rates in excess of 1,000 MW-class stacks per year.
Absstract of: CN120569516A
The invention provides an electrolytic cell system (10). The electrolytic cell system comprises a heat storage unit (14) and an electrolytic cell (16). The heat storage unit (14) comprises at least one heat source feed inlet. The electrolytic cell (16) comprises at least one electrolytic cell cell (20), a steam inlet and at least one exhaust gas outlet. The exhaust outlet is connected to the heat source feed inlet to heat the heat storage unit (14). The heat storage unit (14) is configured to use its stored heat to generate steam for one of feeding into the steam inlet at a time and generating electricity or both feeding into the steam inlet at the same time and generating electricity. The invention also provides a system comprising an intermittent or variable power source (12) and an electrolytic cell system (10) as defined above. The intermittent or variable power source (12) may be configured to simultaneously or separately power the electrolysis cell (16) and heat the heat storage unit (14) via a heating element.
Absstract of: MX2025009259A
A hydrogen generation system includes: a direct current (DC) power supply providing a driver signal, a reactive circuit coupled to the power supply and configured to generate a pulse drive signal from the driver signal, at least one reaction chamber coupled to the reactive circuit and receiving the pulse drive signal wherein the chamber is configured to generate hydrogen from feedstock material utilizing the pulse drive signal, a gas analyzer coupled to the at least one reaction chamber and configured to detect the generated hydrogen, and a control unit coupled to the reactive circuit and to the gas analyzer and configured to control the reactive circuit based on the detected hydrogen. The reaction chamber includes a plurality of positively charged elements and a plurality of negatively charged elements. The elements are composed of non-dis similar metallic material.
Absstract of: AU2024222987A1
A system, comprising: an electrolyzer having a plurality of electrolysis cells arranged in a cell stack, wherein the electrolysis cells are electrically connected in series and grouped into two or more cell groups, each cell group having an electrical contact at either end; an electrical circuit having one or more switches, each switch coupled between the electrical contacts of a respective one of the cell groups and configured to selectively disconnect the cell group from the cell stack by electrically bypassing the cell group via a lower resistance path, to thereby vary the number of active electrolysis cells in the cell stack; and a controller configured to determine the number of active electrolysis cells based on a variable amount of direct current (DC) electrical energy supplied to the cell stack by an electrical energy source, and to control the one or more switches based on the determination.
Absstract of: WO2026028848A1
In a hydrogen boiler (3), hydrogen gas and oxygen gas supplied from a water electrolysis device (2), which generates the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas by electrolyzing water, are combusted in a combustion chamber of the hydrogen boiler (3), and a water pipe of the hydrogen boiler (3) is heated, thus generating water vapor.
Absstract of: AU2024291792A1
The disclosure concerns a process of carbon oxides-free hydrogen production is disclosed. The process comprises the following steps: - heating a gas stream of a reacting compound including hydrogen atoms in absence of oxidizing agents, to thermally decompose the reacting compound into smaller product compounds, including hydrogen molecules, obtaining a stream of decomposition product compounds; - separating hydrogen molecules from other product compounds of the stream of decomposition product compounds; - reacting a portion of the stream of separated hydrogen molecules with a stream of an oxidizing agent, in particular oxygen or air, to obtain combustion product compounds, including steam and heat, in a stream of combustion product compounds; - providing heat obtained in the previous step to the step of heating the reacting compound; and wherein the process can comprise a step of - recovering energy from the stream of decomposition product compounds and/or from the stream of combustion product compounds. Additionally, a system of hydrogen production is also disclosed, the system being configured to operate according to the above process.
Absstract of: CN116439627A
The invention is applicable to the technical field of cleaning appliances, and discloses an integrated water tank capable of cleaning and separating, which comprises a clean water tank, a sewage tank and a water tank cover, the clean water tank contains and outputs clean water to a cleaning tool, the top wall is provided with a water outlet, and the inner wall of the bottom wall is connected with a water pumping joint; the sewage tank collects sewage output by the cleaning tool, the peripheral wall and the bottom wall of the sewage tank are closed, and only the top is open; the water tank cover can cover the clear water tank and the sewage tank from the top at the same time, a clear water outlet and a sewage inlet are formed in the water tank cover, the water tank cover is directly or indirectly connected with a water pumping pipe which is arranged in the clear water tank and communicated with the clear water outlet, and the other end of the water pumping pipe is communicated with a water pumping connector. The clean water tank and the sewage tank of the water tank can be detached independently, and the whole water tank is convenient to assemble and maintain; the clear water outlet and the sewage inlet arranged on the water tank cover are far away from the water tank electricity-taking interface, so that short circuit of the electricity-taking interface caused by water tank leakage can be avoided.
Absstract of: WO2025028379A1
Provided is an ammonia decomposition catalyst that has a high ammonia decomposition activity even at a low reaction temperature and a low reaction pressure, and has stable catalyst characteristics even when repeatedly used in reactions after being exposed to water or the atmosphere. A barium nitride according to the present invention is represented by general formula (1). (1): BaAN2-x (In general formula (1), A is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Si, Fe, Ni, Mo, and Zr, and x represents a numerical value represented by 0≤x<2.0.)
Absstract of: FI20246009A1
The present disclosure relates to methods and arrangements for improving the operational flexibility of systems (200) comprising an electrolyzer (201) configured to produce hydrogen and one or more downstream hydrogen processing units (202a-d), wherein at least one of the one or more downstream hydrogen processing units has a hydrogen mass flow operating capacity more restricted than hydrogen mass flow operating capacity of the electrolyzer. The operational flexibility of the system is improved by feeding additional hydrogen from an additional hydrogen source (203) to the one or more downstream hydrogen processing units to compensate for the difference.
Absstract of: AU2024357053A1
Provided is a control device including: a step in which a current command value regarding current to be applied to an electrolytic stack is determined; and a step in which pure-water adjustment amount command values for adjusting the pressure or/and flow rate of water to be supplied to the electrolytic stack are determined on the basis of the current command value. The control device further includes a step A in which, when the current command value is changed from a first current command value (current command value c1) to a second current command value (current command value c2), which is a different value, and the pure-water adjustment amount command value is changed from a first pure-water adjustment amount command value (pure-water adjustment amount command value w1) to a second pure-water adjustment amount command value (pure-water adjustment amount command value w2), which is a different value, measured values of the pressure or/and flow rate are caused to reach the second pure-water adjustment amount command value from the first pure-water adjustment amount command value before a measured value of current applied from a power converter to the electrolytic stack reaches the second current command value from the first current command value.
Absstract of: AU2024396946A1
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.
Absstract of: US20260043150A1
A photocatalytic cell of the disclosure is installed in an inclined manner at an angle of 5° or more and 45° or less with respect to a horizontal plane. The photocatalytic cell includes: a translucent member; an electrolytic solution; a photocatalytic sheet including photocatalytic particles; an injection port through which the electrolytic solution is injected into an inside of the photocatalytic cell; a discharge port through which the electrolytic solution is discharged to an outside of the photocatalytic cell; and an exhaust port through which gas inside the photocatalytic cell is discharged, at least a part of the photocatalytic sheet is immersed in the electrolytic solution, a position of the exhaust port is higher than a position of the injection port, a gap between a surface of the translucent member and a surface of the photocatalytic sheet is 5 mm or more and 50 mm or less in width, and the injection port and the discharge port allow the electrolytic solution to flow from an upper part toward a lower part in the gap between the translucent member and the photocatalytic sheet.
Absstract of: AU2024398260A1
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.
Absstract of: AU2024300028A1
The compression arrangement comprises a hydrogen compressor and a return circuit having an inlet, which is fluidly coupled with the discharge side of the centrifugal compressor, and an outlet, which is fluidly coupled with the suction side of the centrifugal compressor. A head-loss control valve is positioned in the return circuit. The head-loss control valve is adapted to generate a controlled head loss in the return circuit when the compressor operates at a flowrate below the surge control line.
Absstract of: WO2026032578A1
A method for producing carbon monoxide is specified. The method comprises electrochemical desorption of carbon dioxide and oxygen from a solution containing a metal hydrogen carbonate and forming carbon monoxide from the carbon dioxide. The carbon monoxide produced can be used in a method for forming syngas.
Absstract of: AU2026200498A1
A power generator is described that provides at least one of electrical and thermal power comprising (i) at least one reaction cell for reactions involving atomic hydrogen hydrogen products identifiable by unique analytical and spectroscopic signatures, (ii) a molten metal injection system comprising at least one pump such as an electromagnetic pump 5 that provides a molten metal stream to the reaction cell and at least one reservoir that receives the molten metal stream, and (iii) an ignition system comprising an electrical power source that provides low-voltage, high-current electrical energy to the at least one steam of molten metal to ignite a plasma to initiate rapid kinetics of the reaction and an energy gain. In some embodiments, the power generator may comprise: (v) a source of H2 and O2 supplied to the 10 plasma, (vi) a molten metal recovery system, and (vii) a power converter capable of (a) converting the high-power light output from a blackbody radiator of the cell into electricity using concentrator thermophotovoltaic cells or (b) converting the energetic plasma into electricity using a magnetohydrodynamic converter. an a n
Absstract of: US20260043154A1
An alkaline water electrolysis apparatus includes: a separation membrane including a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface; a first electrode including a third main surface and a fourth main surface opposite to the third main surface, the third main surface being provided to face the first main surface of the separation membrane; and a first bipolar plate including a fifth main surface, the fifth main surface being provided in contact with the fourth main surface of the first electrode, wherein the first electrode consists of a first metal porous body having a three-dimensional mesh structure.
Absstract of: US20260043158A1
An electrolytic cell and an anion-exchange conductive hollow fiber tube matrix thereof are disclosed. The anion-exchange conductive hollow fiber tube matrix includes a plurality of conductive hollow fiber tubes arranged adjacent to each other in a matrix. The conductive hollow fiber tubes each have a diffusion surface and two opposite ends defined as an inlet and an outlet. An anode and a cathode of the electrolytic cell are disposed adjacent to the diffusion surface. Water in an electrolysis tank flows into the conductive hollow fiber tubes from the inlet, water molecules enter the cathode from the diffusion surface and decompose to produce hydrogen and hydroxide ions, the hydrogen is discharged from the cathode, the hydroxide ions return to the conductive hollow fiber tubes from the diffusion surface and then enter the anode from the diffusion surface to produce oxygen, the oxygen is discharged from a surface of the anode.
Nº publicación: US20260043159A1 12/02/2026
Applicant:
BLOOM ENERGY CORP [US]
Bloom Energy Corporation
Absstract of: US20260043159A1
A solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) includes a solid oxide electrolyte, a fuel-side electrode disposed on a fuel side of the electrolyte, and an air-side electrode disposed on an air side of the electrolyte. The air-side electrode includes a barrier layer disposed on the air side of the electrolyte and including a first doped ceria material, and a functional layer disposed on the barrier layer and including an electrically conductive material and a second doped ceria material.