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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alicja Zaluska, Montreal, CA;
Leszek Zaluski, Montreal, CA;
John Strom-Olsen, Westmount, CA;
Robert Schulz, Sainte-Julie, CA;
Assignees:
Hydro Quebec, Montreal, CA;
McGill University, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4236481 ; 241 30 ; 4236582 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for inducing desorption of hydrogen for a metal hydride by applying thereto sufficient energy to induce hydrogen desorption by endothermic reaction. The energy that is so-applied is non-thermal and selected from the group consisting of mechanical energy, ultrasonic energy, microwave energy, electric energy, chemical energy and radiation energy.