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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ned T Stetson, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Krishna Sapru, Troy, MI (US);
Heidi Van Kirk, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422212 ; 422198 ; 422129 ; 48 61 ; 4236582 ;
Abstract
A self-heating metal-hydride hydrogen storage system comprising: a primary metal-hydride storage container housing a metal-hydride hydrogen storage material, the primary storage container having a hydrogen outlet port; a hydrogen combustor housed within the primary metal-hydride storage container and surrounded by the high-temperature storage material, the combustor having a hydrogen inlet port gaseously connected to the hydrogen outlet port of the primary storage container; and means for supplying hydrogen gaseously connected to the hydrogen inlet port of the combustor.