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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, Llc, Reston, VA (US);
Inventors:
Sam W. Brown, Knoxville, TN (US);
Larry S. Spencer, Knoxville, TN (US);
Michael R. Phillips, Harriman, TN (US);
G. Louis Powell, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Peggy J. Campbell, Clinton, TN (US);
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/04 (2006.01); B01D 53/22 (2006.01); C22B 26/12 (2006.01); C01D 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 3/04 (2013.01); B01D 53/22 (2013.01); C01D 15/00 (2013.01); C22B 26/12 (2013.01); Y02E 60/364 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for extracting hydrogen from lithium hydride. The method includes (a) heating lithium hydride to form liquid-phase lithium hydride; (b) extracting hydrogen from the liquid-phase lithium hydride, leaving residual liquid-phase lithium metal; (c) hydriding the residual liquid-phase lithium metal to form refined lithium hydride; and repeating steps (a) and (b) on the refined lithium hydride.