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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
John J. Vajo, West Hills, CA (US);
Tina T. Salguero, Encino, CA (US);
John J. Vajo, West Hills, CA (US);
Tina T. Salguero, Encino, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
A capsule having a hydrogen gas permeable shell with solid-state hydride material, such as hydrogen rich LiAlH, LiAlH, and/or AlHencapsulated therein. The hydrogen gas permeable shell has pores that are between about 1 nm to about 150 μm in diameter to allow hydrogen gas to be extracted from the capsule. After passing the capsule through a hydrogen extraction zone, the capsule containing the spent solid-state hydride material is removed and is sent to recycling, wherein the capsule is opened to remove the spent solid-state hydride material, and the spent solid-state hydride material is rehydrogenated and repacked in a hydrogen gas permeable shell. The shell of the spent solid-state hydride material can be recycled and reused to make new shells.