US 11,897,768 B2
Systems and methods for local generation and/or consumption of hydrogen gas
Justin B. Ashton, Palo Alto, CA (US); Roelof E. Groenewald, Bothell, WA (US); Kevin J. Hughes, Knoxville, TN (US); Arvind Kannan, Kirkland, WA (US); William Kokonaski, Edmonds, WA (US); Max N. Mankin, Seattle, WA (US); Tony S. Pan, Bothell, WA (US); Lowell L Wood, Bellevue, WA (US); John J. Lorr, Redmond, WA (US); Amit Goyal, Hoover, AL (US); Guido Radaelli, Pleasant Hill, CA (US); and Vikram Seshadri, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Modern Hydrogen, Inc., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by Modern Hydrogen, Inc., Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,326.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,931, filed on Nov. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/034,385, filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0380407 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. C01B 3/24 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); B01J 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC C01B 3/24 (2013.01) [B01J 6/008 (2013.01); B01J 19/0013 (2013.01); B01J 19/2425 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00065 (2013.01); B01J 2219/00157 (2013.01); C01B 2203/0272 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1235 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for producing hydrogen gas for local distribution, consumption, and/or storage, the system comprising:
a pyrolysis reactor coupleable to a supply of reaction material that includes a hydrocarbon, wherein the pyrolysis reactor includes one or more flow channels positioned to transfer heat to the reaction material to convert the hydrocarbon into an output that includes hydrogen gas, carbon particulates, and heat, and wherein the pyrolysis reactor is sized to receive the reaction material at a rate between 500 and 3,750,000 standard cubic centimeters per minute;
a carbon separation system operably coupled to the pyrolysis reactor to separate the hydrogen gas from the carbon particulates in the output; and
a power generation component locally coupleable to the pyrolysis reactor to receive at least a portion of the output and convert the output into electrical power.