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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Andreas Schell, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Rolf Schaller, Stuttgart, DE;
Jason W Buelow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Doanh T Tran, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Andreas Schell, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Rolf Schaller, Stuttgart, DE;
Jason W Buelow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Doanh T Tran, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for generating hydrogen gas for use in a fuel cell includes a powder metal hydride source, a water source, a mixing device and a catalytic hydrogen generating chamber. A method of generating hydrogen for use in a fuel cell includes the steps of: providing a source of dry metal hydride fuel; providing a source of steam; providing a mixing/reaction chamber connected to the source of dry metal hydride fuel and to the source of steam; operating the mixing/reaction chamber to transport the dry metal hydride fuel from its source to a byproduct receptacle and feeding steam into the mixing/reaction chamber such that the steam reacts with the dry metal hydride fuel to produce hydrogen gas and a dry metal powder byproduct; removing the dry metal powder byproduct from the mixing/reaction chamber; and extracting the hydrogen gas from the mixing/reaction chamber.