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Method of separating and purifying hydrogen
Assignee: Studiengesellschaft Kohle gGmbH
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Filing: 1985-06-03
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Granted: 1987-09-22
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Expires: 2005-06-03
Abstract
Abstract A method of separating hydrogen from mixture with at least one gas selected from the group consisting of methane and its higher homologs, nitrogen, noble gases, CO, CO 2 , O 2 , NH 3 , H 2 O, and H 2 S, comprising contacting the mixture with active magnesium thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesium hydride, separating the unabsorbed gas from the magnesium hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in purified form and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Inventors
- 👤 Borislav Bogdanovic
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-04 00:44
CPC Classifications
C; C01; C01B; C01B3/00; C01B3/0005; C01B3/001; C01B3/0018; C01B3/0026; C01B3/0031; C01B3/50; C01B3/508; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/30; Y02E60/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of absorbing hydrogen comprising (a) thermally dehydrogenating magnesium hydride that has been doped with a transition metal by contacting a finely divided form of magnesium hydride with a solution of a transition metal organic compound so that the elementary transition metal precipitates in an extremely finely divided form on the surface of the particles of magnesium hydride, said transition metal being of subgroups IV-VIII of the Period Table, and the removing the solution, thereby yielding active magnesium, and (b) contacting the active magensium with hydrogen, thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesium hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in purified form and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of absorbing hydrogen comprising (a) thermally dehydrogenating magnesium hydride that has been doped with a transition metal by contacting a finely divided form of magnesium hydride with a solution of a transition metal organic compound so that the elementary transition metal precipitates in an extremely finely divided form on the surface of the particles of magnesium hydride, said transition metal being of subgroups IV-VIII of the Period Table, and the removing the solution, thereby yielding active magnesium, and (b) contacting the active magensium with hydrogen, thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesium hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in purified form and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the active magnesium is contacted with the hydrogen at a temperature of about 150°-400° C. and a hydrogen pressure of about 0.1-100 bars, and desorption of hydrogen is effected at a temperature of about 250°-450° C. and a hydrogen-equilibrium pressure of about 0.37-40 bars.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of absorbing hydrogen comprising (a) thermally dehydrogenating a magnesium hydride that has been doped with a transition metal by contacting a finely divided form of metallic magnesium with a solution of a transition metal organic compound, so that the elementary transistion metal precipitates in an extremely finely divided form on the surface of the particles of magnesium, said transition metal being of subgroups IV-VIII of the Periodic Table, thereby yielding active magnesium and (b) contacting the active magnesium with hydrogen, thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesium hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in pruified form and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of absorbing hydrogen comprising (a) thermally dehydrogenating a magnesium hydride that has been doped with a transition metal by contacting a finely divided form of metallic magnesium with a solution of a transition metal organic compound, so that the elementary transistion metal precipitates in an extremely finely divided form on the surface of the particles of magnesium, said transition metal being of subgroups IV-VIII of the Periodic Table, thereby yielding active magnesium and (b) contacting the active magnesium with hydrogen, thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesium hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in pruified form and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method according to claim 3, wherein the active magnesium is contacted with the hydrogen at a temperature of about 150°-400° C. and a hydrogen pressure of about 0.1-100 bars, and desorption of hydrogen is effected at a temperature of about 250°-450° C. and a hydrogen-equilibrium pressure of about 0.37-40 bars.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of absorbing hydrogen comprising contacting the hydrogen with active magnesium wherein the active magnesiuum initially contacted with the hydrogen is metallic magnesium obtained by thermally dehydrogenating a magensium hydride that has been doped with a transition metal by reacting magnesium with hydrogen in an organic solvent in the presence of anthracene and a halide of a transition metal of the IVth to VIIIth Subgroup of the Periodic Table, thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesim hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in purified from and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
104 words
A method of absorbing hydrogen comprising contacting the hydrogen with active magnesium wherein the active magnesiuum initially contacted with the hydrogen is metallic magnesium obtained by thermally dehydrogenating a magensium hydride that has been doped with a transition metal by reacting magnesium with hydrogen in an organic solvent in the presence of anthracene and a halide of a transition metal of the IVth to VIIIth Subgroup of the Periodic Table, thereby selectively to absorb the hydrogen by forming magnesim hydride, heating the magnesium hydride thereby to desorb the hydrogen in purified from and regenerate active magnesium from the hydride, and recovering the desorbed hydrogen.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method according to claim 5, wherein the active magnesium is contacted with the gas mixture at a temperature of about 150°-400° C. and a hydrogen pressure of about 0.1-100 bars, and desorption of hydrogen is effected at a temperature of about 250°-450° C. and a hydrogen-equilibrium pressure of about 0.37-40 bars.
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