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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Woodrow W Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126263 ; 126269 ; 122 21 ;
Abstract
A high power pulse of electrical current causes a metal conductor to expl and initiate a reaction between an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder and water which generates hydrogen gas at a high temperature and pressure. The reaction mixture is released into a second larger chamber equipped with heat exchanger which extracts useful heat energy and cools down the reaction mixture. The hydrogen gas is then separated from the solid metal oxide byproducts in the cooled reaction mixture.