Resumen de: US20250059653A1
0000 Microorganisms and bioprocesses are provided that convert gaseous C1 containing substrates, such as syngas, producer gas, and renewable H<2 >combined with CO<2>, into nutritional and other useful bioproducts.
Resumen de: US20260261119A1
0000 An electrolysis system includes a renewable power generation plant, an electrolysis plant, a transformer station and an AC bus bar. The renewable power generation plant is connected to the public electricity grid at a point of connection via the AC bus bar and includes a power plant controller and a self-controlled converter that is connected to the AC bus bar. The electrolysis plant includes an electrolysis active power controller and a converter arrangement that is connected to the AC bus bar. The electrolysis active power controller is configured for controlling active power of the electrolysis plant at the AC bus bar and the power plant controller is configured for controlling reactive power at the point of connection. A method for operating an electrolysis system is also provided.
Resumen de: WO2026180519A1
Process and plant for the production of a product gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen from ammonia, the process comprising the steps of: i) pre-cracking an ammonia feed stream to a pre-cracked process gas containing hydrogen, nitrogen, ammonia by contact with a first ammonia cracking catalyst; ii-1) non-catalytic partial oxidation of the pre-cracked process gas with an oxygen containing gas to a process gas containing nitrogen, water, nitrogen oxides and residual amounts of ammonia; ii-2) cracking of at least a part of the residual amounts of ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen in the process gas by contact with a second ammonia cracking catalyst and simultaneously reducing the amounts of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen and water by reaction with at least a portion of the hydrogen formed during at least the pre-cracking of the ammonia feed stream, thereby producing said product gas containing nitrogen and hydrogen; iii) withdrawing the product gas. The product gas is purified downstream to a hydrogen product.
Resumen de: WO2026182019A1
The present invention provides an electrolytic hydrogen supply device to be attached to at least one side of goggles. A hydrogen supply device according to the present invention comprises: an electrolytic cell in which a pair of positive and negative electrodes are disposed in the vertical direction and which is capable of storing electrolytic water; and an electrolytic cell receiving section which has a recess that opens from the bottom toward the outside of the side of the goggles, and which is configured to insert and fix the electrolytic cell in the recess from the outside toward the inside to the bottom. The electrolytic cell has a pair of front and rear sealing members in the inward and outward directions for sealing the inner wall of the electrolytic cell receiving section and the outer wall of the electrolytic cell, and has, above the electrolytic cell, a reserve tank space formed in a gap between the outer wall of the electrolytic cell and the inner wall of the electrolytic cell receiving section between the front and rear sealing members, and a first gas film that allows a gas containing hydrogen and water vapor in the electrolytic cell to pass through and be released into the reserve tank space.
Resumen de: US20260258558A1
0000 A method to generate hydrogen gas comprises circulating an electrolyte through an electrolyte circuit including an electrochemical cell comprising an anode and a cathode, wherein hydroxide ions in the electrolyte are oxidized at the anode to produce oxygen gas and water in the electrolyte is reduced at the cathode to produce hydrogen gas. The method further includes introducing an inert gas into the electrolyte circuit to dilute a gas phase of the electrolyte circuit.
Resumen de: WO2026181397A1
A water electrolysis apparatus (100) comprises: a catalyst (52) that is disposed outside an oxygen gas-liquid separator (4) and reduces hydrogen mixed into oxygen; and an oxygen circulation line (6) in which a blower (61) is disposed and which returns oxygen that has passed through the catalyst (52) to the oxygen gas-liquid separator (4).
Resumen de: WO2026181447A1
A hydrogen generation apparatus (1a) comprising a plurality of cell stacks (10) that, through electrolysis of water, generate hydrogen and oxygen as a byproduct, and a control device that controls the cell stacks (10) and controls circulation of hydrogen, wherein: the plurality of cell stacks (10) are divided into at least one firstly-started cell stack (10a) that is started firstly among the plurality of cell stacks (10) and at least one subsequently-started cell stack (10b), (10c) that is started subsequently to the firstly-started cell stack (10a); and the control device (11) is configured to be able to supply, to the subsequently-started cell stack (10b), (10c), hydrogen generated by the firstly-started cell stack (10a) when starting the subsequently-started cell stack (10b), (10c) after the firstly-started cell stack (10a) is started.
Resumen de: WO2026182942A1
A solar-driven opto-electrolysis hydrogen production system configured to convert light and water into hydrogen is disclosed. The system includes a solar radiation collection assembly, an optical transmission network, and one or more opto-electrolysis light rods positioned within a reactor containing water. Each light rod includes an inner optical core, a cladding, and a porous layer comprising photocatalytic centers configured to generate hydrogen upon illumination. The inner optical core contains spectral conversion additives that modify incident solar radiation such that emitted wavelengths overlap an absorption band of the photocatalytic centers. In certain embodiments, the porous layer comprises a monolithic porous structure formed around the cladding with pore characteristics selected to permit diffusion of water and removal of evolved hydrogen. A plurality of light rods may be arranged in an array to enable scalable hydrogen production.
Resumen de: US20260257990A1
An amidinium-functionalized compound, characterized in that the compound has a structure according to General Formula I or General Formula II wherein ⋅R5 and R9 are any substituent different from hydrogen; ⋅R1 to R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkaryl group, an aryl group and a heteroaryl group, or any of R1 and R3, R1 and R4, R1 and R2, R3 and R4, R2 and R3, or R2 and R4 represent the necessary atoms to form a five- to eight-membered non-aromatic ring; ⋅R6 to R8 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkaryl group, an aryl or heteroaryl group, a halogen group, an ether group, a nitro group, an amine group, or any of R5 and R6, R6 and R7, R7 and R8, or R8 and R9 represent the necessary atoms to form a five- to eight-membered ring; X— is an anion; and wherein ⋅at least one of R1 to R9 comprises a polymerizable group or comprises the necessary atoms to link the amidinium group to a polymer.
Resumen de: US20260258513A1
0000 The present invention discloses a systematic carbon emissions reduction method for whole process of steel production and casting, comprising the steps of: injecting hydrogen into a blast furnace, wherein the hydrogen is sourced from a nuclear-based hydrogen production system, a water electrolysis hydrogen production system, and a coke oven gas-steam reforming hydrogen production system; wherein electrical energy consumed by the water electrolysis hydrogen production system is sourced from gas-fired power generation, steam residual pressure power generation, solar power generation, wind power generation, and nuclear power generation; wherein combustible gases used for the gas-fired power generation are coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, and converter gas; wherein steam for the steam residual pressure power generation is sourced from a sintering waste heat boiler; wherein steam for the coke oven gas-steam reforming hydrogen production is low-pressure steam exhausted from the residual pressure power generation; producing end products comprising cast steel sections and casting materials including high-carbon ductile cast iron profiles with a carbon content of 2-4% and a silicon content of 2-4%, and high-carbon ductile cast steel profiles with a carbon content of 1-2% and a silicon content of 1-1.9%; and recycling scrap from the end products into a converter or an electric arc furnace for smelting.
Resumen de: US20260257925A1
The present invention relates to a method of physical and energetic utilization of silicon components that are obtained in electrical scrap recycling. In order to create a recycling method which is effective in terms of time, plant technology and energy, it is proposed that a silicon component be dissolved in an alkali under the process pressure (p) and a first suspension temperature in the range from 50° C. to equal to or greater than the boiling point of the alkali at the process pressure p. After the silicon has been dissolved, the resultant suspension is filtered for separation of meta-, di- and oligosilicate, and the second suspension temperature is maintained during the filtration within the temperature range specified from 50 to less than the boiling point of the alkali.
Resumen de: US20260257913A1
Proposed is a system for generation of blue hydrogen through natural gas reforming, carbon dioxide capture, carbon resource utilization, and reaction product storage. The system includes a natural gas storage container for storing liquefied natural gas including shale gas, a hydrocarbon reformer in which a gas mixture containing hydrogen and carbon dioxide is produced, a hydrogen filling station in which hydrogen is received and stored, a reactor in which carbon dioxide produced is received and reacted with a basic alkali mixed solution to capture carbon dioxide and in which a reaction product is collected and a carbon dioxide reaction product and a waste solution are separated from the reaction product, a carbon resource storage container storing the carbon dioxide product, and a hydrogen generator in which the carbon dioxide reaction product is used to product hydrogen, and the produced hydrogen is delivered to the hydrogen filling station.
Resumen de: WO2026182306A1
The present invention provides a system for synthesizing ammonia using a chemical compressor having a hydrogen storage alloy embedded therein, and a method for synthesizing ammonia using the ammonia synthesis system. The system for synthesizing ammonia comprises: a water electrolysis stack that generates hydrogen; a chemical compressor that stores and discharges hydrogen supplied from the water electrolysis stack; and an ammonia synthesis unit that receives hydrogen from the chemical compressor and synthesizes ammonia, wherein the chemical compressor includes: a hydrogen storage unit having the hydrogen storage alloy embedded therein; a cooling unit that cools the hydrogen storage unit; a heating unit that heats the hydrogen storage unit; and a control unit that controls operations of the cooling unit and the heating unit, wherein the heating unit includes a plurality of different heating sources independently controllable from one another, and the control unit controls the cooling unit to cool the hydrogen storage alloy of the hydrogen storage unit when hydrogen is stored in the hydrogen storage unit, and controls at least one of the plurality of heating sources of the heating unit to heat the hydrogen storage alloy when hydrogen is discharged from the hydrogen storage unit.
Resumen de: WO2025087866A1
The invention relates to a method of operating a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) stack for producing hydrogen, and a system for carrying out the method, said SOEC stack comprising at least one solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC), said at least one SOEC comprising an electrolyte layer interposed between a fuel-side and an oxy-side, the method comprising transient operation, in which the transient operation comprises: - operating the SOEC stack under open-circuit voltage (OCV); - providing a feed gas comprising ammonia; - supplying at least a portion of said feed gas comprising ammonia to a guard bed reactor, said guard bed reactor comprising a catalyst active in the cracking of ammonia to nitrogen and hydrogen; and withdrawing from said guard bed reactor a forming gas comprising nitrogen and hydrogen; - supplying at least a portion of the forming gas comprising nitrogen and hydrogen to the fuel-side of the at least one of the solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) of the SOEC stack; and withdrawing from said at least one of the SOECs of the SOEC stack, a first fuel-side exit gas.
Resumen de: EP4545476A1
Process (2) for the production of an enhanced fuel gas (4) containing at least hydrogen gas from a fuel stream, in particular from an ammonia fuel stream (6). Said process comprises the following steps:- providing the fuel stream (6) (S100);- providing a condensable medium (8), preferably water steam (8), to a cracker unit (10);- at least one step of performing an endothermic cracking reaction of the fuel stream (6) in the cracker unit comprising at least one catalyst suitable for cracking said fuelstream (6), so as to produce an at least partially cracked fuel stream as said enhanced fuel gas (4) (S300); and- condensing at least partially said condensable medium (8) to provide said heat for the endothermic cracking reaction of the fuel stream (6).
Resumen de: WO2025088418A1
Electrochemical device (1), preferably of the electrolyser type for hydrogen production, characterised by comprising: - at least one support frame (2), with a substantially laminar development, which is provided with at least one seat (3) for an electrochemical module (10), said support frame (2) comprising a first face (12') and a second face (12") which are opposite to each other, at least one electrochemical module (10) which is mounted in said at least one seat (3) and which comprises a separation membrane interposed between two electrodes, respectively between an anode and a cathode, at least one bipolar plate (20) for applying/transferring electrical energy to the electrodes of said at least one electrochemical module (10), said bipolar plate (20) comprising a first surface (21') and a second surface (21") which are opposite to each other, said bipolar plate (20) being superimposed on said support frame (2) and being configured so that the first surface (21') of said bipolar plate (20) rests, at least in part, on a first face (12') of said support frame (2).
Resumen de: EP4800057A1
0001 The present invention relates to a reinforced composite polymer electrolyte membrane having assured mechanical, structural, and thermal stability.
Resumen de: EP4800162A2
The hydrogen production system comprises a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) that electrolyzes steam, a steam discharge line through which the steam discharged from the hydrogen electrode of the SOEC passes, a main heat exchanger that generates the steam by heating supply water through heat exchange between the supply water and the steam passing through the steam discharge line, a combustor that combusts a part of hydrogen contained in steam discharged from a hydrogen electrode, a superheater that exchanges heat between the steam generated in the main heat exchanger and the combustion gas generated in the combustor, a gas discharge line through which an exhaust gas discharged from an oxygen electrode of the SOEC passes, a steam bleeding line that allows the steam discharge line and the combustor to communicate with each other, and an exhaust gas bleeding line that allows the gas discharge line and the combustor to communicate with each other.
Resumen de: EP4800000A1
The invention relates to an methanol plant comprising: a CO2-rich feed, a hydrogen-rich feed, a boiler feed water stream, a CO2-electrolysis section arranged to electrolyse at least a portion of the CO2-rich feed to output a mixed stream, a heat exchange section arranged to heat exchange at least a portion of the first mixed stream so as to output a cooled mixed stream and a steam stream, a methanol synthesis loop arranged to receive at least a portion of the cooled mixed stream and at least a portion of the hydrogen-rich feed and to output a raw methanol stream, a purge gas stream, and a flash gas stream, and a methanol upgrading section, wherein the steam stream is arranged to provide heat energy for one or more components of the methanol upgrading section. At least a portion of the purge gas stream is arranged to be recycled to the CO2-rich feed, and/or at least a portion of the flash gas stream is arranged to be recycled to at least one of: the mixed stream and the cooled mixed stream. The invention also relates to a method for converting CO2 to methanol.
Resumen de: WO2025087865A1
The present invention relates to a guard bed reactor for silicon removal, a solid oxide electrode system for producing hydrogen comprising a guard bed reactor for silicon removal, a method of operating the system to produce hydrogen and a use of the guard bed reactor for silicon removal for depleting a stream of steam from volatile silica species.
Resumen de: WO2025090834A1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for tandem hydrogen (H2) production and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. For example, described herein are methods comprising tandem H2 production and CO2 capture and conversion to a carbonate mineral. In some examples, the method is an electrochemical method. In some examples, the method comprises dissolving CO2 in water and applying an electrochemical potential sufficient to drive the H2 evolution reaction, thereby producing H2 and CO3 2-. In some examples, the methods further comprise contacting the CO3 2- with a cation to thereby form an insoluble carbonate compound.
Resumen de: EP4799916A2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for producing, storing, and transferring hydrogen. According to the present invention, in order to address the problems of conventional systems and methods for producing, storing, and transferring marine green hydrogen, which are configured with a fixed structure in a small-scale offshore wind power generator on a coast or in a shallow sea area with a shallow depth of water, and thus, have low efficiency due to the difficulty in mass production of hydrogen, and a large storage space is occupied when the produced hydrogen is converted into a compressed gas form, and when the produced hydrogen is converted into ammonia, additional energy is required to extract the hydrogen again and there is a risk of environmental pollution and casualty in the event of an outflow accident, provided is a marine platform for producing, storing, and transferring marine green hydrogen, which is configured such that marine green hydrogen is produced through a floating marine structure configured to produce marine green hydrogen using electricity produced using renewable energy from the ocean, and simultaneously, the produced marine green hydrogen is stored, transferred, and offloaded through a single offshore platform (FPSO), thereby being possible to easily construct a large-scale production facility capable of producing, storing, and transferring marine green hydrogen without greenhouse gas emission on the basis of eco-friendly energy.
Resumen de: EP4800782A1
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a cathode for alkaline water electrolysis of water particularly useful in the reaction of hydrogen evolution comprising nickel, iron and/or cobalt oxide and a noble metal based on the self-combustion of a precursor mixture deposited or coated on the surface of an electrode carrier. The invention also relates to an electrode obtainable according to said method and to its use as cathode in water electrolysis, in particular in alkaline water electrolysis.
Resumen de: US2020032688A1
0001 Systems for abatement of pollutants in an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine including a hydrogen injection article configured to introduce hydrogen upstream of a catalytic article are effective for the abatement of carbon monoxide and/or hydrocarbons and/or nitrogen oxides. The introduction of hydrogen may be intermittent and/or during a cold-start period.
Nº publicación: JP2026529304A 28/08/2026
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モダンバリューインコーポレイテッド
Resumen de: WO2025049352A2
This discloses a surfaced plasmon resonance catalyst device and a chemical reaction systems using the catalyst device. The catalyst device includes metal nanoparticles formed over a supporting body with ligands that are interposed between the supporting body and many of the metal nanoparticles. Many of the ligands are bonded to a surface of the supporting body on one hand and are also bonded to at least part of the metal nanoparticles on the other hand. One chemical reaction system includes a flow reactor that accommodates the catalyst device for use in ammonia cracking.