EP0064562A1
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Metal hydride reactor
Assignee: Sekisui Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1981-05-06
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2001-05-06
Abstract
Abstract A metal hydride reactor comprising at least one sealed chamber (1), said chamber being divided into two compartments (4, 5) by a partitioning wall (2) made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said compartments containing different metal hydrides (A, B) According to one embodiment the reactor comprises a sealed vessel (1) rotatable about a central shaft (10), said vessel being divided into a plurality of sealed chambers (12. 13, 14, 15) by at least one sealing wall (20) along a plane containing said central shaft (10) and extending diametrically thereof, each of said sealed chambers being divided into two compartments by a partitioning wall (22) made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said compartment contam- ing different metal hydrides (A. B), and each of said compartments having a heat conducting surface (26) facing extenorly.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomoyoshi Nishizaki
- 👤 Kanzi Oguma
- 👤 Katsuyoshi Sakagami
- 👤 Ken Yoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 02:23
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K5/00; C09K5/16; C01; C01B; C01B3/00; C01B3/0005; F; F24; F24F; F24F5/00; F25; F25B; F25B17/00; F25B17/12; F28; F28D; F28D20/00; F28D20/003; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/14; Y02E60/30; Y02E60/32; Y02E70/00; Y02E70/30
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
40 words
A metal hydride reactor comprising at least one sealed chamber, said chamber being divided into two compartments by a partitioning wall made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said compartments containing different metal hydrides.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
40 words
A metal hydride reactor comprising at least one sealed chamber, said chamber being divided into two compartments by a partitioning wall made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said compartments containing different metal hydrides.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 1 wherein at least a part of the wall of said sealed chamber is made of stainless steel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 1 wherein said material constituting the partitioning wall is made of a porous sintered body of metal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
85 words
A metal hydride reactor comprising a sealed vessel rotatable about a central shaft, said vessel being divided into a plurality of sealed chambers by at least one sealing wall along a plane containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof, each of said sealed chambers being devided into two compartments by a partitioning wall made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said compartments containing different metal hydrides, and each of said compartments having a heat conducting surface facing exteriorly.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
85 words
A metal hydride reactor comprising a sealed vessel rotatable about a central shaft, said vessel being divided into a plurality of sealed chambers by at least one sealing wall along a plane containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof, each of said sealed chambers being devided into two compartments by a partitioning wall made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said compartments containing different metal hydrides, and each of said compartments having a heat conducting surface facing exteriorly.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 4 wherein said sealed vessel is divided into two sealed chambers by one sealing all along a plane containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 4 wherein said sealed vessel is divided into four sealed chambers by two sealing walls extending along two perpendicularly crossing planes containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 4 to 6 wherein said sealed vessel is defined by one plane surrounding said central shaft and two planes crossing said central shaft, and at least one of said planes crossing said central shaft forms a heat conducting surface for said compartments.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 4 to 6 wherein said sealed vessel is a hollow cylindrical vessel defined by one cylindrical plane around said central shaft as a center and two planes perpendicular to said central shaft, and at least one of the planes perpendicular to said central shaft constitutes a heat conducting surface for said compartments.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 4 to 8 wherein said heat conducting surface has provided thereon a plurality of substantially concentrically aligned protrusions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
64 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 5 to 9 which is in combination with a heat exchanger having a heat exchanging surface located opposite, and in proximity, to the heat conducting surface of said sealed vessel, said heat exchanging surface being divided according to the shape of the heat conducting surface of the compartments of the sealed vessel located opposite thereto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
58 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 4 to 6 wherein said sealed vessel is a hollow cylindrical vessel defined by two concentrically aligned inner and outer cylindrical planes around said central shaft as a center and two planes perpendicular to said central shaft, and said two cylindrical planes form heat conducting surfaces for the compartments.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
54 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 11 which is in combination with two heat exchangers, one of said heat exchangers having a heat exchanging surface opposite, and in proximity, to the inner cylindrical plane, and the other heat exchanger having a heat exchanging surface located opposite, and in proximity, to the outer cylindrical plane.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
105 words
A metal hydride reactor comprising a sealed vessel rotatable about a central shaft, said sealed vessel being divided into a plurality of sealed chambers by at least one sealing wall along a plane containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof, each of said sealed chambers being divided into two compartments aligned in the direction of said central shaft by a partitioning wall extending along a plane crossing said central shaft and being made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said two compartments containing different metal hydrides, and each of said compartments having a heat conducting surface facing exteriorly.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
105 words
A metal hydride reactor comprising a sealed vessel rotatable about a central shaft, said sealed vessel being divided into a plurality of sealed chambers by at least one sealing wall along a plane containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof, each of said sealed chambers being divided into two compartments aligned in the direction of said central shaft by a partitioning wall extending along a plane crossing said central shaft and being made of a material permeable to hydrogen gas but impermeable to metal hydrides, said two compartments containing different metal hydrides, and each of said compartments having a heat conducting surface facing exteriorly.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 13 wherein said sealed vessel is divided into two sealed chambers by one sealing wall along a plane containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
34 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 13 wherein said sealed vessel is divided into four sealed chambers by two sealing walls along two perpendicularly crossing planes containing said central shaft and extending diametrically thereof.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 15 wherein said sealed vessel is a vessel defined by one plane surrounding said central shaft and two planes crossing said central shaft, and the plane surrounding said central shaft constitutes a heat conducting surface for said compartments.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
52 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 16 wherein said sealed vessel is a cylindrical vessel defined by one cylindrical plane around said central shaft as a center and two planes perpendicular to said central shaft, and said cylindrical plane constituting a heat conducting surface for said compartments.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
32 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 17 wherein said heat conducting surface has provided thereon a plurality of protrusions extending in the direction of the central shaft.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
70 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 18 which is in combination with a heat exchanger, said heat exchanger having a heat exchanging surface located opposite, and in proximity, to said plane constituting the heat conducting surface of the sealed vessel, and said heat exchanging surface is divided according to the shape of the heat conducting surface of the compartments of the sealed vessel opposite thereto.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
57 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 15 wherein said sealed vessel is a hollow cylindrical vessel defined by two concentrically aligned inner and outer cylindrical planes around said central shaft as a center and two planes perpendicular to said central shaft, and said cylindrical planes constitute heat conducting surfaces for said compartments.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
64 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 20 which is in combination with two heat exchangers, one of the heat exchangers having a heat exchanging surface located opposite, and in proximity, to said inner'cylindrical plane constituting a heat conducting surface, and the other heat exchanger having a heat exchanging surface located opposite, and in proximity, to said outer cylindrical plane constituting a heat conducting surface.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
49 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 15 wherein said sealed vessel is a vessel defined by one plane surrounding said central shaft and two planes crossing said central shaft, and said two planes crossing the central shaft constitute heat conducting surface for said compartments.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
59 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 13 to 15 and 22 wherein said sealed vessel is a cylindrical sealed vessel defined by one cylindrical plane around said central shaft as a center and two planes perpendicular to said central shaft, and said two surfaces perpendicular to said central shaft constitute heat conducting surface for said compartments.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
24 words
The metal hydride reactor of claim 22 or 23 wherein said heat conducting surfaces have provided therein a plurality of substantially concentrically aligned protrusions.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
50 words
The metal hydride reactor of any one of claims 22 to 24 which is in combination with two heat exchangers, each of said heat exchangers having a heat exchanging surface located opposite, and in proximity, to either one of said two planes constituting the heat conducting surfaces of said compartments.
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