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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2007
Andrew Kindler, San Marino, CA (US);
Sri R. Narayanan, Arcadia, CA (US);
Yuhong Huang, West Hills, CA (US);
Andrew Kindler, San Marino, CA (US);
Sri R. Narayanan, Arcadia, CA (US);
Yuhong Huang, West Hills, CA (US);
The California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for storing and generating hydrogen. The method comprises generating hydrogen and heat from the reaction of a metal or metal compound with water. The heat generated from this reaction may then be converted to other forms of energy such as by passing the heat through a thermal electric device to recover electrical energy for storage in a battery. In an alternative and preferred embodiment, the heat is used to drive additional reactions for generating more hydrogen and is preferably used to drive an endothermic dehydrogenation reaction resulting in increased hydrogen generation and consumption of the heat.