US 12,006,213 B2
Chemically modified steam-methane reformation process
Surendra Saxena, Miami, FL (US)
Filed by Surendra Saxena, Miami, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/157,889.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,369, filed on May 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0382729 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. C01B 3/34 (2006.01); C01B 3/10 (2006.01); C01B 32/907 (2017.01); C01B 32/914 (2017.01)
CPC C01B 3/344 (2013.01) [C01B 3/10 (2013.01); C01B 32/907 (2017.08); C01B 32/914 (2017.08); C01B 2203/02 (2013.01); C01B 2203/1241 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of producing hydrogen gas, comprising:
providing a reaction vessel containing elemental aluminum (Al);
delivering a stream of natural gas to the reaction vessel, wherein the natural gas comprises methane; and
heating the reaction vessel at a temperature in a range of 300 to 800° C.;
wherein the heating causes a chemical reaction between the methane and the aluminum to provide hydrogen gas.