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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Greg F. Naterer, Whitby, CA;
Richard Marceau, Oshawa, CA;
Inventors:
Greg F. Naterer, Whitby, CA;
Richard Marceau, Oshawa, CA;
Assignee:
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Ontario, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/02 (2006.01); C25B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to hydrogen production using combined heat pumps and a thermochemical cycle. Low grade waste heat can be upgraded to higher temperatures via salt/ammonia and/or MgO/vapor chemical heat pumps, which release heat at successively higher temperatures through exothermic reactions, or vapor compression heat pumps that upgrade thermal energy with phase change fluids. Using this new approach, low grade heat or waste heat from nuclear or other industrial sources can be transformed to a useful energy supply for thermochemical hydrogen production.