The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
John Thomas Sirr Irvine, Anstruther, GB;
Angela Kruth, Aberdeen, GB;
Cristian Daniel Savaniu, St. Andrews, GB;
Shanwen Tao, St. Andrews, GB;
John Thomas Sirr Irvine, Anstruther, GB;
Angela Kruth, Aberdeen, GB;
Cristian Daniel Savaniu, St. Andrews, GB;
Shanwen Tao, St. Andrews, GB;
The University Court of the University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing hydrogen comprising: contacting steamwith a proton conducting membranesupported on a porous redox stable substrate, through said substrate. The membraneis non-permeable to molecular gas and to oxide ions. A DC voltage is applied across an anodecoupled to the substrate side of the membrane and a cathodecoupled to its other side so as to dissociate at least part of the steam, into protonic hydrogen and oxygen at said anode. The protonic hydrogen passes through the membrane and forms molecular hydrogenat the cathode