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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:
Jun. 02, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2022
Applicants:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Triad National Security, Llc, Los Alamos, NM (US);

Inventors:

Nicolas Alfonso Vargas, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Travis J. Williams, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Robert P. Currier, Santa Fe, NM (US);

Anthony Jose Aj Chavez, Downey, CA (US);

Van K. Do, Los Angeles, CA (US);

John Cameron Gordon, Calverton, NY (US);

Assignees:

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Triad National Security, LLC, Los Alamos, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/326 (2026.01); B01J 8/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/326 (2013.01); B01J 8/0278 (2013.01); B01J 8/0285 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00061 (2013.01); B01J 2208/0007 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00247 (2013.01); C01B 2203/02 (2013.01); C01B 2203/04 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1041 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1623 (2013.01);
Abstract

A flow reactor system for providing on-demand Hevolution at pressure from a liquid organic hydrogen carrier and/or blends thereof includes a reactor that includes a reaction vessel having an inlet and outlet. The inlet is configured to introduce reactants into the reaction vessel, and the outlet is configured to release reaction products. The reaction vessel is configured to hold therein a catalyst system capable of catalyzing the evolution of molecular hydrogen from a liquid organic hydrogen carrier. Advantageously, the reaction vessel is configured to operate at pressures greater than or equal to 50 psig (e.g., from about 50 psig to about 10500 psig. The flow reactor system also includes a source of preheated liquid organic hydrogen carrier in fluid communication with the reactor and a purification system in fluid communication with the outlet that provides purified molecular hydrogen gas for on-demand applications.


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