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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Makoto Ogawa, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Toshiro Kobayashi, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Minoru Sueda, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Takahiro Matsumoto, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Imai, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Shigenori Shirogane, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Shiota, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Toshiuki Uchida, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Shinsuke Ota, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen separation membrane has a hydrogen-permeable metal foil laminated to a porous metal support. The metal support comprising a laminate of metal-reinforcing plates each having a plurality of hydrogen-flow-through holes. The metal-reinforcing plates have rectangular or similarly shaped holes having longitudinal and lateral axes. The laminate is assembled so that the longitudinal axes of the holes of adjacent metal-reinforcing plates intersect substantially at right angles with each other.