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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Samuel Stucki, Baden, CH;
Assignee:
BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited, Baden, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204101 ; 204129 ; 423359 ; 423393 ; 423396 ; 423397 ; 423405 ; 423D / ;
Abstract
Nitric oxide is prepared by the oxidation of ammonia produced by the Haber-Bosch synthesis technique by (a) vaporizing and heating water to superheated steam; (b) electrolyzing the superheated steam in a high temperature electrolysis cell to oxygen and hydrogen; (c) reacting said hydrogen with atmospheric nitrogen thereby forming ammonia by the Haber-Bosch process; and (d) oxidizing said ammonia to nitric oxide and water vapor in the anode of said electrolytic cell with the oxygen produced by said electrolysis.