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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Robert G. Hockaday, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Patrick S. Turner, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Marc D. DeJohn, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Carlos J. Navas, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Heathcliff L. Vaz, Los Alamos, NM (US);
L. Luke Vazul, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Manhattan Scientifics, Inc., Los Alamos, NM (US);
Abstract
A hydrogen source system delivers a controlled fuel stream to applications, using wicking to control the contact between a mixture of NaBH , NaOH and H O and a hydrolyzing catalyst to create a feedback mechanism to automatically maintain a constant pressure production supply of hydrogen. A small compact device packaged for storage, the system operates in any orientation and is mobile. The system is a small portable packaged hydrogen generator for small fuel cells to power applications that are currently powered by batteries. These packaged devices have higher energy per unit mass, higher energy per unit volume, are more convenient for energy users, environmentally less harmful, and less expensive than conventional power sources.