US 11,837,764 B2
Compact efficient hydrogen reactor
Jason L. Stimits, Loughborough (GB); Russell Barton, Loughborough (GB); Douglas A. Knight, Loughborough (GB); Iain M. Fraser, Loughborough (GB); Hao Huang, Loughborough (GB); Sandra H. Withers-Kirby, Loughborough (GB); Philbert C. Spencer, Loughborough (GB); Piotr Marcin Kleszyk, Loughborough (GB); and Hossein Ostadi, Loughborough (GB)
Assigned to Intelligent Energy Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Intelligent Energy LIMITED, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/809,178.
Application 16/809,178 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/049561, filed on Sep. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/554,495, filed on Sep. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0280084 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. H01M 8/0612 (2016.01); B01J 19/28 (2006.01); C01B 3/06 (2006.01); C01B 3/08 (2006.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); H01M 8/10 (2016.01)
CPC H01M 8/0631 (2013.01) [B01J 19/28 (2013.01); C01B 3/065 (2013.01); C01B 3/08 (2013.01); H01M 8/04089 (2013.01); C01B 2203/066 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01); Y02E 60/36 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating electrical power, the method comprising:
providing fuel pellets (600) in a rotatable reactor (509) containment insert (1000);
controlling an addition of pressurized liquid into the containment insert;
rotating at least the reactor during the pressurized liquid feed addition;
generating hydrogen by the hydrolysis of fuel pellets in the reactor;
providing hydrogen via fluid communication to the anode side of an open cathode PEM fuel cell stack; and,
whereby said fuel cell stack generates electricity.