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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A Schwarz, Fayetteville, NY (US);
Assignee:
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 48 ; 34 15 ; 16510412 ; 206-07 ; 423248 ; 423644 ;
Abstract
Hydrogen is stored at cold temperatures (room temperature to liquid nitrogen temperature) by sorption in a high unit surface area activated carbon storage medium. A minor amount of a transition metal is dispersed in the carbon, and this significantly increases the hydrogen occupancy of the available storage sites on the carbon. In a favorable embodiment, the storage medium is activated so as to maintain a quantity of water, which acts as a co-catalyst to further enhance the quantity of hydrogen that can be stored.