Resumen de: CN120719310A
本发明提供一种膜电极结构体的制造方法。在第1层叠体提供工序(S1a)中,提供离子交换容量小于规定值的第1离聚物原料(71)与第1电极(44)层叠而成的第1层叠体(70)。在第2层叠体提供工序(S1b)中,提供离子交换容量为规定值以上的第2离聚物原料(73)与第2电极(46)层叠而成的第2层叠体(72)。在基材提供工序(S1c)中,提供电解质基材(74)。在溶胀工序(S2)中,使第1层叠体(70)、第2层叠体(72)和电解质基材(74)溶胀。在接合工序(S3)中,将电解质基材(74)与第1层叠体(70)的第1离聚物原料(71)接合,并且将电解质基材(74)与第2层叠体(72)的第2离聚物原料(73)接合。据此,能够抑制电解效率的下降和电解质膜劣化的加剧。
Resumen de: US2025283237A1
A method can include: processing precursors, electrochemically oxidizing an anolyte and reducing a catholyte in an electrolyzer, and cooperatively using the oxidized anolyte and reduced catholyte in a downstream process. The electrolyzer can include an anode, a cathode, and a separator. The anode can include an anolyte, an electrode, an anolyte reaction region. The cathode can include a catholyte, an electrode, a catholyte reaction region.
Resumen de: AU2024307301A1
A method and arrangement of performing electrolysis by an electrolyzer includes an operational mode and a partial operational mode. During the operational mode operational power from a main power source (202) to a first (808) and second set of stacks (806). In response to detecting a power insufficient for the first and the second set of stacks (806) to perform electrolysis without impurities, the electrolyzer is set to a partial operational mode, wherein the first set of stacks (808) perform electrolysis without impurities and the second set of stacks (806) do not perform electrolysis.
Resumen de: WO2025195703A1
The invention relates to a method for producing a synthetic fuel (F), comprising the steps (S1): carrying out a first reaction process, wherein the first reaction process creates a gas mixture of synthesis gas (SG) and carbon dioxide (CO2) with the addition of biomass (BM), oxygen (O2), wherein the synthesis gas (SG) contains carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2); (S2): separating carbon dioxide (CO2) from the gas mixture and supplying hydrogen (H2) to separated carbon dioxide (CO2) for a second reaction process; (S3): carrying out a second reaction process, wherein in the second reaction process methanation is carried out using the reactants carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2), wherein methane (CH4) and water (H2O) are produced as an intermediate product; (S4): feeding back methane (CH4) and water (H2O) obtained from the second reaction process into the first reaction process, wherein a gas mixture containing synthesis gas (SG) is produced; and (S5): discharging synthesis gas (SG) and converting synthesis gas into a synthetic fuel (F). The invention further relates to a system (1) for producing a synthetic fuel (F), which is designed in particular to carry out the method.
Resumen de: DE102024202622A1
Die vorgestellte Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren (100) zum Betreiben eines Elektrolysesystems (200).Das vorgestellte Verfahren (100) umfasst das Verdampfen (101) eines Elektrolyten in einem Zellstapel (101) des Elektrolysesystems (200), um eine Temperatur einer Zelle (300) des Elektrolysesystems (200) einzustellen und das Kontrollieren (103) des Verdampfens des Elektrolyten durch Einbringen eines Gasmassenstroms in das Elektrolysesystem (200), um einen Dampfpartialdruck in dem Zellstapel (201) einzustellen.
Resumen de: WO2025195682A1
The invention relates to a method and a device for synthesizing ammonia (8), wherein a gas mixture (1) comprising hydrogen and nitrogen is provided with a temporally fluctuating mass flow in order to form an ammonia synthesis gas (3), which is converted into an ammonia-containing synthesis product (5) in an ammonia reactor (R) after a compression step (V2) and from which a recycled gas (2) comprising hydrogen and nitrogen is separated in order to be returned via a return line in order to form the ammonia synthesis gas (3), the mass flow of the recycled gas (2) being controlled via an adjustable throttle device (b) which is provided in the return line (2) and is integrated into a control circuit as an actuator. The invention is characterized in that the control circuit is designed with a higher-level closed-loop control system that outputs an actuating signal, which is based on the load of the ammonia reactor, for changing the degree of opening of the throttle device (b), said actuating signal being corrected by a PID control circuit in such a way that the pressure in the ammonia reactor (R) is always within a specified value range.
Resumen de: US2025297393A1
A CO2 conversion method includes: generating CO and H2O by a RWGS reaction from CO2 and H2; generating C2H4 and H2 by CO electrolysis from the CO and H2O; and using the H2 generated by the CO electrolysis as the H2 of the RWGS reaction.
Resumen de: US2025297392A1
A water electrolysis stack includes: a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane and a plate-shaped current collector provided on one of both sides of the electrolyte membrane in the thickness direction thereof; a water introduction unit for introducing water from the outside; a water flow path member disposed so as to face the current collector and provided with a water flow path for guiding, along the surface direction of the current collector, the water introduced into the water introduction unit; and a pumping unit for pumping the water to the water introduction unit. The pumping unit continuously changes the pumping amount of the water, thereby pulsating the water flowing through the water flow path along the surface direction of the current collector.
Resumen de: US2025297389A1
An electrolysis device includes: an electrolysis cell; a cathode supply flow path; an anode supply flow path; a cathode discharge flow path; an anode discharge flow path; a cathode flow rate regulator to adjust a flow rate A of a cathode supply fluid; an anode flow rate regulator to adjust a flow rate B of a anode supply fluid; a first flowmeter to measure a flow rate C of a cathode discharge fluid; a second flowmeter to measure a flow rate D of a anode discharge fluid; and a control device to estimate a Faraday efficiency according to a relational expression for approximating the Faraday efficiency to a function including the C and D, and control the cathode flow rate regulator according to the estimated Faraday efficiency to control the A.
Resumen de: US2025297377A1
The present invention relates to a Solid Oxide Electrolysis unit for industrial hydrogen. carbon monoxide or syngas production comprising at least two Solid Oxide Electrolysis cores that each comprise several Solid Oxide Electrolysis stacks of Solid Oxide Electrolysis cells. a power supply to manage electrical power to the Solid Oxide Electrolysis cores and piping connected to the Solid Oxide Electrolysis cores. According to the invention. the Solid Oxide Electrolysis unit comprises a power supply module. which comprises a transformer and at least one power supply unit. and a piping module. which comprises piping headers and fluidic connections going to and from the Solid Oxide Electrolysis cores. wherein the power supply module and the piping module are arranged adjacent to each other and the Solid Oxide Electrolysis cores are arranged above the power supply module and/or the piping module.
Resumen de: US2025296902A1
A Process for making methanol having a deuterium content below 90 ppm, based on the total hydrogen content, comprising the steps: (a) providing hydrogen with a deuterium content below 90 ppm, based on the total hydrogen content, by water electrolysis using electrical power that is generated at least in part from non-fossil, renewable resources; (b) providing carbon dioxide; (c) reacting hydrogen and carbon dioxide in the presence of a catalyst to form methanol.
Resumen de: US2025296837A1
There is provided a transportation system that can efficiently transport renewable energy from power generation facilities in remote locations to hydrogen energy consumption areas with low environmental impact. The system includes a power generator that generates and stores electricity using renewable energy, a water electrolyzer that generates hydrogen by electrolyzing water using the electricity generated by the power generator, a methane synthesizer that generates methane using the hydrogen generated and recycled CO2 as raw materials through the Sabatier reaction, a methane transportation means that transports the generated methane to the hydrogen energy consumption site without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere, a hydrogen production and carbon capture unit that produces hydrogen by autothermal reforming method using the transported methane and separately prepared oxygen as raw materials, and a CO2 transportation means that transports the recycled CO2 without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere to the site where the methane synthesizer is installed.
Resumen de: AU2024237545A1
A method for generating and treating a two-phase outflow from one or more pressurised electrolyser stacks which are adapted to electrolyse water into hydrogen and oxygen, whereby a pump supplies a catholytic fluid flow from one first gas liquid gravitational separator vessel to the electrolyser stacks and whereby a further pump supplies an anolytic fluid flow from one second gas liquid gravitational separator vessel to the electrolyser stacks, and whereby at least one cyclone type gas liquid separator receives combined outflows from the catholytic chambers and/or receives combined outflows from anolytic chambers respectively inside corresponding gravitational gas liquid separator vessel whereby further, the at least one cyclone type gas liquid separator separates the gas from the liquid along a generally horizontal cyclonic rotation axis inside the gas liquid gravitational separator vessel. An electrolyser system is also provided.
Resumen de: AU2024257970A1
Process for synthesis of ammonia wherein: ammonia make-up gas (7) containing hydrogen and nitrogen is reacted in an ammonia converter (15) under ammonia forming conditions thus obtaining an ammonia-containing effluent (8); a first hydrogen portion contained in the ammonia make-up gas (7) is produced by reforming a hydrocarbon source (1) in a reforming process (100); a second hydrogen portion (19) contained in the ammonia make-up gas (7) is produced separately from said reforming process (100), by using at least a renewable energy source (SE, WE); a part of said hydrogen (19) produced in step (c) is stored in a hydrogen storage (103); hydrogen (20) from said hydrogen storage (103) is used to fully or partially replace said second hydrogen portion (19) when said renewable energy source (SE, WE) is fully or partially unavailable. Said process comprising the steps of: assessing an expected flow rate of the hydrogen (19) produced in step (c); adjusting a flow rate of the hydrocarbon source (1) so that a flow rate of the first hydrogen portion in said ammonia make- up gas (7) is in a desired ratio with respect to said expected flow rate; detecting an actual amount, e.g., a filling level, of said hydrogen in said hydrogen storage (103); detecting an actual flow rate of hydrogen produced using the renewable energy source (SE, WE), and adjusting a flow rate of the hydrogen (20) from said hydrogen storage (103) depending on said actual amount detected in said hydrogen storage (103) and
Resumen de: AU2024228415A1
Enclosure adapted for a hydrogen and oxygen generating apparatus arranged in a movable has an interior and an interior surface and an exterior surface whereby the hydrogen and oxygen generating apparatus comprises at least one electrolyser stack adapted for electrolysing water to hydrogen product gas and oxygen product gas and accompanying gas and electrolyte handling equipment. The exterior surface of the enclosure comprises at least a heat insulating, flexible polymer cover element which is attached to a metal frame.
Resumen de: AU2024237817A1
The present invention relates to an electrolyser system (10) comprising at least one electrolyser (20), the electrolyser (20) comprising at least one steam inlet (41) and at least one off-gas outlet (38; 39), and a turbocharger (62) for compressing off-gas from the electrolyser (20). The turbocharger (62) comprises a drive fluid inlet, a drive fluid outlet, a compression fluid inlet, a compressed fluid outlet, a compressor (13) and a turbine (12). The turbine (12) is configured to drive the compressor (13). The drive fluid outlet of the turbocharger (62) is fluidically connected to the at least one steam inlet (41) of the electrolyser (20). The at least one off-gas outlet (38; 39) of the electrolyser (20) is fluidically connected to the compression fluid inlet of the turbocharger (62). The system (10) can further can comprise a steam source fluidically connected to the drive fluid inlet of the turbocharger (62) for powering the turbine (12) using pressurised steam.
Resumen de: 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.
Resumen de: AU2024224224A1
In a gas pressure balance method in an electrolyser system a predefined pressure difference between pressures in an oxygen gas separation tank and a hydrogen gas separation tank is maintained by controlled release of gases through an oxygen back pressure valve and a hydrogen back pressure valve. in a first step, for each of the oxygen back pressure valves and the hydrogen back pressure valves, a predefined, calibrated pilot gas pressure is generated and in a second step, the predefined, calibrated pilot gas pressures are forwarded to the respective back pressure valves and in a third step, hydrogen and oxygen gasses are released whenever the gas pressures in the hydrogen and oxygen separation tanks exceeds the predefined, calibrated pilot pressure in the respective pilot gas streams.
Resumen de: AU2024221020A1
The invention comprises a method for connecting a pair of electrolyser stacks with electrolyte, electric current and gas drain piping. Accordingly, each pair of stacks of the electrolyser: - through interconnection endplates are supplied with alkaline electrolyte at elevated pressure by common electrolyte supply pipes and further, - through the interconnection endplate drain off oxygen gas containing electrolyte, and hydrogen gas containing electrolyte, to common gas separation vessels for oxygen and hydrogen respectively, - pull first electrically interconnected current injection electrodes adjacent to interconnection endplates to zero electrical potential through a zero potential conductor, and - supply second current injection electrodes placed adjacent to distal endplates with electric current at potentials equally higher and lower respectively than the zero potential at the first electrodes.
Resumen de: US2025297387A1
Provided herein are catalysts for producing hydrogen via the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) during water splitting, methods of producing hydrogen via photocatalytic water splitting using the catalysts, and compositions for use in photocatalytic water splitting that include the catalysts. In some embodiments, a catalyst hereof is a metal complex of Formula I,M(L1)(L2)A Formula Iwherein M is a transition metal, L1 and L2 are both ligands independently forming one or more coordinate bonds with the metal M, and A is an anion, andwherein L1 is a tetrapyridyl-amine (Py4N) having four pyridyl groups and an amine group each forming a coordinate bond with the metal M.
Resumen de: US2025297380A1
An electrolyzer for producing hydrogen and a method for the production of hydrogen. The electrolyzer for producing hydrogen comprises a plurality of electrolysis cells arranged in a plurality of planes, each having at least one anode and one cathode and a proton exchange membrane between the anode and the cathode. The proton exchange membranes forming respective active area regions. At least one electrolysis cell has a plurality of active area regions arranged substantially in a plane.
Resumen de: US2025296839A1
Oxygen generators and methods related to the generation of oxygen using activated aluminum alloys and inorganic acids such as nitric acid are generally described. In some embodiments, aluminum nitrate is thermally decomposed to produce oxygen and nitrogen dioxide. The nitrogen dioxide may also optionally be used to produce oxygen gas. In some embodiments, a reaction between nitric acid and an activated aluminum alloy may be used to produce the aluminum nitrate. In other embodiments, a reaction between nitric acid and aluminum hydroxide may be used to produce the aluminum nitrate.
Resumen de: US2025296836A1
In a process in which ammonia is cracked to form a hydrogen gas product and an offgas comprising nitrogen gas, residual hydrogen gas and residual ammonia gas, residual ammonia is recovered from the offgas from the hydrogen recovery process by partial condensation and phase separation, and hydrogen is recovered from the resultant ammonia-lean offgas by partial condensation and phase separation. The recovered ammonia may be recycled the cracking process and the recovered hydrogen may be recycled to the hydrogen recovery process to improve hydrogen recovery from the cracked gas. Overall hydrogen recovery from the ammonia may thereby be increased to over 99%.
Resumen de: US2025297385A1
A surface modification method of a nickel-based catalytic material for water electrolysis, and a catalytic material for water electrolysis are provided. The method includes: immersing a nickel-based substrate material to be modified in a first solution including a transition metal cation to allow a first modification treatment, such that a layered double hydroxide (LDH) is produced on a surface of the nickel-based substrate material; conducting a plasma etching treatment for the LDH produced on the surface of the nickel-based substrate material after the first modification treatment to produce a cation/anion double vacancy-containing LDH; and immersing the cation/anion double vacancy-containing LDH produced after the plasma etching treatment in a second solution including a high-valent metal cation to allow a second modification treatment, such that a high-valent metal single atom-containing LDH is produced. The method has advantages such as simple process, low cost, and high stability.
Nº publicación: US2025296852A1 25/09/2025
Solicitante:
NEMASKA LITHIUM INC [CA]
NEMASKA LITHIUM INC
Resumen de: US2025296852A1
There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium, copper, magnesium and aluminum, the process comprising:reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium, copper, magnesium and aluminum with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent in order to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate;separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide;submitting the liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively;reusing the sodium hydroxide obtained by the electromembrane process for reacting with the metal sulfate; andreusing the lithium hydroxide obtained by the electromembrane process for reacting with the metal sulfate and/or with the metal hydroxide.