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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2022
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Philip D Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);

Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Houston, TX (US);

Brian Alan Evans, Houston, TX (US);

Stanley Vernon Stephenson, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/26 (2006.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.01); H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); H01M 4/96 (2006.01); B01J 8/08 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); B01J 8/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/26 (2013.01); B01J 8/085 (2013.01); B01J 8/10 (2013.01); C01B 32/05 (2017.08); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); H01M 4/96 (2013.01); H01M 8/0612 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0277 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01); H01M 2250/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Green hydrogen and solid carbon can be produced by reacting captured methane with a catalyst in a reaction chamber. A liquid base fluid can form a continuous phase within the reaction chamber with a plurality of liquid metal carrier droplets dispersed in the base fluid. The catalyst can be nano-sized particles that can coat the surfaces of the carrier droplets. Agitation can be supplied to the reaction chamber to maintain dispersion of the liquid metal carrier droplets and increase contact of the methane and catalyst particles. The reaction temperature can be less than the temperature required for water electrolysis or steam methane reforming processes. The green hydrogen and solid carbon can be used as a power source for wellsite equipment in the form of fuel cells to generate electricity or power or used to charge batteries.


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