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Absstract of: WO2025002651A1
The invention relates to an energy supply device (1) for an electrolyzer (10). The energy supply device (1) has an input circuit (2) and a transformer (3). The input circuit (2) is designed to be connected to an energy source (4) or an energy supply network. In order to improve the energy supply device (1), the input circuit (2) is additionally designed to provide at least two different electric potentials at contacts (5), and the converter (3) is electrically connected to at least one of the contacts (5) on the input side by means of a respective conductor (6). The energy supply device (1) is designed to change the contact (5) connected to the converter (3) by reconnecting at least one conductor (6) of the energy supply device (1). The invention additionally relates to an electrolysis device comprising such an energy supply device (1) and an electrolyzer (10) and to a method for controlling such an energy supply device (1) or such an electrolysis device (100), wherein the converter (3) is operated using a voltage level produced by the input circuit, and at least one conductor (6) of the energy supply device (1) is manually reconnected from a first contact of the contacts (5) to a second contact of the contacts (5) in order to change the voltage level.
Absstract of: WO2026020744A1
A gas supply system for an LNG dual-fuel main engine, and an LNG dual-fuel powered ship. The gas supply system comprises an LNG supply unit (10), a dual-fuel main engine (20), an electrolytic hydrogen production unit (30), an exhaust gas recirculation unit (40), and a cold and heat circulation unit (50). The LNG supply unit (10) comprises an LNG storage tank (11), a submersible pump (12), an LNG heat exchanger (13) and a buffer tank (14). The electrolytic hydrogen production unit (30) comprises a pure water unit (31), a pure water heat exchanger (32), an electrolytic cell (33), a hydrogen storage tank (34), and an oxygen storage tank (35). The exhaust gas recirculation unit (40) comprises a flue gas heat exchanger (41). The cold and heat circulation unit (50) comprises an expansion water tank (51) and a circulation pump (52).
Absstract of: WO2026022486A1
Described herein includes a method for the production of hydrogen gas, the method comprising: (i) providing a DC electrical power supply; (ii) providing a plasma reactor (100) comprising: (a) a plasma chamber (105), (b) a plasma torch (135) comprising a first plasma electrode extending into the plasma chamber, (c) a second plasma electrode extending into the plasma chamber, and (d) first and second spray systems, each extending into the plasma chamber; (iii) establishing a DC electric potential between the first plasma electrode and the second plasma electrode to generate and sustain a reaction zone about a plasma arc therebetween; (iv) providing a spray of a hydrogen-containing feedstock into the reaction zone from the first spray system, whereby a mixture of gases comprising hydrogen gas is formed in the plasma chamber by decomposition of the hydrogen-containing feedstock; and (v) providing a spray of water into the plasma chamber adjacent to the reaction zone from the second spray system, whereby the spray of water cools and dilutes the mixture of gases formed in step (iv).
Absstract of: US20260031377A1
The present invention relates to a method of supplying electricity to an electrical load including steps of providing an alkaline solution, reacting the alkaline solution with silicon so as to produce hydrogen. processing the hydrogen in a fuel cell to generate electricity, and supplying the electricity from an output of the fuel cell to the electrical load via a suitable electrical interfacing module.
Absstract of: US20260028949A1
The present invention relates, in general, to systems and methods for generating hydrogen from ammonia on-board vehicles, where the produced hydrogen is used as a fuel source for an internal combustion engine. The invention provides an expansion valve configured to maintain ammonia in a gaseous state prior to introduction into a cracking system that comprises a heat-exchange cracking unit and electric cracking unit coupled in series which enables reliable hydrogen generation under varying engine operating conditions.
Absstract of: US20260029198A1
A method for heating a furnace including radiant tubes and being able to thermally treat a running steel strip including the steps of: i. supplying at least one of the radiant tubes with H2 and O2 such that the H2 and the O2 get combined into heat and steam, ii. recovering the steam from the at least one of the radiant tubes, iii. electrolysing the steam to produce H2 and O2, and iv. supplying at least one of the radiant tubes with the H2 and O2 produced in step iii, such that they get combined into heat and steam.
Absstract of: US20260028730A1
Conventional control schemes for electrolyzers focus on maximizing electrical efficiency, which describes the relationship between the electrical energy consumed and the gas produced by the electrolyzer. However, the cost associated with high electrical efficiency may be unnecessarily expensive. In one embodiment presented herein, a model is used to determine the cost (or profit) associated with a gas produced by the electrolyzer at each of a plurality of operating conditions. The control system can select the operating condition to use based on which operating condition is associated with the lowest cost (or highest profit), even though that operating condition may not be associated with the highest electrical efficiency.
Absstract of: US20260028737A1
A continuous method includes passing a first steam feed stream to a cathode of an electrolyzer including the cathode, an anode and an electrolyte inserted between the cathode and the anode, thereby producing a cathode effluent including hydrogen, passing a second steam feed stream and one or more of a recycled tail gas stream from a reactor unit and a methane-rich feed stream to the anode of the electrolyzer, wherein the one or more of the recycled tail gas stream and the methane-rich feed stream are utilized as fuel for producing the cathode effluent including hydrogen, and passing the cathode effluent including g hydrogen and a carbon dioxide feed stream to the reactor unit, thereby producing a chemical product or a fuel-based product.
Absstract of: US20260028728A1
The present application relates generally to methods and systems for accelerating the evaporation of brine pond water. In one embodiment the application pertains to an integrated process for producing hydrogen wherein waste heat evaporates the brine water. The process comprises producing hydrogen and heat from water using an electrolyzer and then heating a heat transfer fluid with the heat from the electrolyzer. The heated heat transfer fluid is pumped to a heat exchanger where it heats a brine solution from the brine pond to increase its evaporation.
Absstract of: US20260028934A1
An energy supply system includes an electrolysis system to perform electrolysis on a first source of water, and break the water into hydrogen and oxygen components. The hydrogen and oxygen components are supplied to a power generation system. The power generation system includes a combustor receiving the hydrogen and oxygen components and is operable to combust the hydrogen and oxygen components. The combustor also receives a source of steam. Products of combustion downstream of the combustor pass over a top turbine rotor, driving the top turbine rotor to rotate. A first generator generates electricity from the rotation of the top turbine rotor.
Absstract of: US20260028734A1
A method for use in controlling operation of a hydrogen production plant includes determining a maximum available amount of energy of a predetermined energy category in a current time interval; determining a target minimum amount of the energy of the predetermined energy category to be used for hydrogen production in the current time interval; and determining hydrogen setpoints for the current time interval using the maximum available amount and the target minimum amount as constraints.
Absstract of: US20260028543A1
Methods and systems of the present disclosure can function to capture flue gas and convert the flue gas to a synthesis gas, which can be further processed to other components such as liquid fuels. Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a process designed to capture flue gas from large scale (i.e. ̃GW), fossil based power plants in a 24/7 continuous operation. In addition, the method and system can convert the flue gas to a synthesis gas (mainly carbon monoxide and hydrogen), which will be processed into high quality liquid fuels, like diesel.
Absstract of: US20260027556A1
A catalyst for decomposition of ammonia, and a method for decomposition of ammonia in which a decomposition reaction of ammonia is performed in the presence of the catalyst, the catalyst including a carrier, and catalytically active components supported on the carrier, where the catalytically active components include i) ruthenium (Ru) as first metal; ii) lanthanum (La) as second metal: and iii) one or more of aluminum (Al) and Cerium (Ce) as third metal, and the catalyst has a porosity of 25% or more. The catalyst exhibits very high ammonia conversion rates, has little pressure difference between the front end and back end of the reactor, has high catalyst strength, and catalyst layer temperature difference is very small.
Absstract of: AU2026200145A1
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC HYDROGEN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATOR 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 that provides a molten metal stream to the reaction cell and at least one reservoir that receives 5 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 plasma, (vi) a molten metal recovery system, and (vii) a power converter capable of (a) 10 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. MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC HYDROGEN ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATOR an a n
Absstract of: AU2024321116A1
The present invention relates to a methanation method comprising providing an electrolyser system, the electrolyser system (20) comprising an electrolyser (10) that has at least one electrolyser cell (11), at least one fuel input (14) through which fuel enters the electrolyser (10) and at least one offgas output (46) from which offgas exits the electrolyser (10), the method further comprising supplying fuel to the at least one fuel inlet, the fuel comprising at least water and either or both carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, operating the electrolyser system (20) by powering the electrolyser cell (11) with electricity to electrolyse the fuel in the at least one electrolyser cell (11) such that a part of the water splits into hydrogen and oxygen, wherein the electrolyser (10) is operated at a temperature at or in excess of 150 degrees C, and methanation occurs to the carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide in the electrolyser (10). The gas mixture can be released from the at least one offgas output (46) and then passed through a gas separation process to separate at least the methane from the gas mixture. The present invention also relates to an electrolyser system (20) configured to operate using the above method. The electrolyser system (20) comprises a fuel fluid flow path connecting a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet. The method may comprise providing to the fuel inlet a fuel gas containing water and a source of carbon selected from one or more of CO and CO2, operating the ele
Absstract of: AU2024299452A1
A control method and apparatus for a hydrogen production system. The method comprises: for each electrolytic cell, performing evaluation to obtain energy efficiencies of the electrolytic cell under load currents; for each electrolytic cell, converting the energy efficiencies of the electrolytic cell under the load currents into an energy efficiency value of the electrolytic cell; and ranking the electrolytic cells in descending order according to the energy efficiency values of the electrolytic cells, and performing power distribution on the electrolytic cells on the basis of the ranking. In the present solution, current efficiencies corresponding to load currents are obtained on the basis of bypass currents under the load currents, energy efficiencies corresponding to the load currents are obtained on the basis of the current efficiencies and voltage efficiencies, the energy efficiencies are converted into energy efficiency values, and power distribution is performed on electrolytic cells on the basis of the energy efficiency values, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the power distribution for electrolytic cells in a hydrogen production system on the basis of accurate energy efficiencies of the electrolytic cells.
Absstract of: AU2024298608A1
An electrolyzer (1) for electrolyzing saline water comprising: a housing (10) extending along a longitudinal direction (X-X) between a first end portion (11) and an opposed second end portion (12) and having a feed fluid inlet (13) and a product fluid outlet (14); two or more electrolytic cells (20) connected fluidically between the feed fluid inlet (13) and the product fluid outlet (14) and configured to electrolyze saline water entering the housing (10) to produce an electrolyzed fluid comprising hydrogen, hypochlorite and saline water; each electrolytic cell (20) comprising an anode (21) and a cathode (22); the housing (10) comprises: an inner wall (30) extending from the first end portion (11) towards the second end portion (12) along the longitudinal direction (X-X) and dividing at least a portion of the housing (10) in an inlet channel (15) and an outlet channel (16) respectively associated to the feed fluid inlet (13) and to the product fluid outlet (14); a diverting channel (40) at the second end portion (12) configured to divert the electrolyzed fluid from the inlet channel (15) to the outlet channel (16), the two or more electrolytic cells (20) being arranged along the inlet channel (15), the outlet channel (16) and the diverting channel (40)
Absstract of: AU2024293794A1
The present invention is directed to a method and plant for controlling a dynamic operation in a Power-to-X plant via a DCS (distributed control system). Said plant comprises one or more electrolyzers for converting water into hydrogen and said plant can produce one or more of ammonia, methanol, ethanol, DME, methane or synthetic fuels such as gasoline or jet fuel.
Absstract of: US20260031366A1
A process for producing an ion-conducting membrane comprising a recombination catalyst-containing membrane layer. The membrane layer if fabricated from an ink comprising a stabilised dispersion of recombination catalyst nanoparticles. Also provided are ion-conducting membranes for electrochemical devices, such as fuel cells or water electrolysers, with a recombination catalyst-containing membrane layer comprising dispersed recombination catalyst nanoparticles, a nanoparticle stabilising agent, and an ion-conducting polymer.
Absstract of: EP4684865A2
A system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an ultraviolet light source and a microwave source. The first chamber includes an inlet. The second chamber is adjacent the first chamber and includes an outlet and a waveguide. The ultraviolet light source resides within the waveguide of the second chamber. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
Absstract of: WO2024193977A1
The invention relates to an offshore hydrogen production system (100, 200), comprising a plurality of offshore hydrogen production wind turbines (102, 202, 240), in each case comprising a wind turbine (106, 206) and a micro-electrolysis system (104, 204), at least one first central offshore treatment structure (108, 208), comprising at least one water treatment plant (110, 210) designed to treat water for hydrogen production, and at least one interconnected medium network (118, 218) arranged between the plurality of offshore hydrogen production wind turbines (102, 202, 240) and the first central offshore treatment structure (108, 208). The interconnected medium network (118, 218) comprises at least one water supply network (120, 220) designed to supply the micro-electrolysis systems (104, 204) with the treated water.
Absstract of: EP4685273A1
The present disclosure provides a membrane electrode for hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis, a preparation method therefor, and an electrolytic cell. According to the method provided by the present disclosure, a membrane electrode with catalyst layers uniformly and firmly adhered to the surfaces of a membrane can be obtained via a direct coating and hot pressing. The membrane electrode is endowed with good stability, and the obtained membrane electrode exhibits a significantly reduced overpotential for water electrolysis. The method comprises the following steps: directly applying a catalyst slurry (catalyst slurries) onto both sides of a membrane, followed by drying and hot pressing the catalyst slurry (catalyst slurries) to form catalyst layers on each surface of the membrane to obtain the membrane electrode. The membrane is selected from a porous membrane or an alkaline anion exchange membrane; the catalyst slurry comprises a binder solution and a catalyst, wherein the binder solution is one or more selected from a perfluorosulfonic acid resin solution and a perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer dispersion, and the mass concentration of the binder solution is 5% to 30%; and the mass ratio of the binder solution to the catalyst is 1:1 to 4:1.
Absstract of: EP4685269A2
The present disclosure relates to an electrolyzer cell. A ring-shaped skeleton is provided between a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring of a sealing gasket, which is able to support the sealing gasket well, avoiding problems such as not fitting in place and excessive compression deformation of the sealing gasket. In addition, in the present disclosure, the sealing gasket, the ring-shaped skeleton, a bipolar plate, nickel meshes are combined to form the electrolyzer cell, which can effectively improve the assembly efficiency, the assembly precision and the sealing of an alkaline water electrolyzer. The electrolyzer cell has a reasonably designed structure, is suitable for long-term use in working environments with alternating pressure and temperature changes, has a long service life, and can be reused.
Absstract of: EP4685272A2
L'invention se rapporte à une Cellule électrochimique (CEC) comprenant une première électrode (A0) de forme cylindrique et une deuxième électrode (C1) de forme cylindrique, la première électrode (A0) et la deuxième électrode (C1) partageant un même axe de révolution, le diamètre de la première électrode étant supérieur au diamètre de la deuxième électrode, de sorte que le volume (V) défini entre la face interne de la première électrode et la face externe de la deuxième électrode puisse recevoir un électrolyte, la cellule (CEC) comprenant des moyens d'obturation (D2, D3, CFo) de la base supérieure et de la base inférieure de la cellule assurant l'étanchéité de l'électrolyte, la cellule (CEC) comprenant de plus des moyens de production d'un champ magnétique (B), ledit champ magnétique étant perpendiculaire au champ électrique produit entre la première électrode (A0) et la deuxième électrode (C1).
Nº publicación: CN121419940A 27/01/2026
Applicant:
佳能株式会社
Absstract of: JP2025004799A
To provide a configuration capable of grasping the recovery amount by a recovery container 14 for recovering a composition containing a by-product generated during hydrogen generation.SOLUTION: A hydrogen generation part 12 generates hydrogen by reacting a hydrogen carrier with a liquid containing water. A body part 10 has a hydrogen generation part 12. The recovery container 14 is attachable to and detachable from the body part 10 and recovers a composition containing a by-product generated together with hydrogen in the hydrogen generation part 12. A detection part 13 detects the recovery amount of the composition recovered from the hydrogen generation part 12 by the recovery container 14. A memory 17 is provided in the recovery container 14 and stores information related to the recovery amount.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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