AMMONIA BASED SYSTEM TO PREPARE AND UTILIZE HYDROGEN TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY

摘要

A unique process for producing electricity from ammonia by utilizing its hydrogen content as a fuel source. The system may be referred to herein for descriptive purposes as Ammonia/Hydrogen/Electricity Production, or AHEP. The novelty of the system disclosed herein as compared to other hydrogen based fuel systems is the unique assembly of the components outlined below to create a novel process and ability to produce electricity that can be utilized for both mobile and stationary purposes. Further, the system is capable of producing hydrogen on demand to be converted into electricity, thereby obviating the need for storing large amounts of explosive hydrogen.

主权项

1. Apparatus for converting ammonia into electrical energy, the apparatus comprising:
a storage tank for storing ammonia in liquid form; a vaporizer operatively connected to said storage tank, wherein said vaporizer receives ammonia from said storage tank and converting said ammonia from liquid form to gas form; an ammonia conditioner operatively connected to said vaporizer, wherein said ammonia conditioner receives said ammonia in gas form and regulates temperature, pressure and flow of said ammonia gas; an ammonia dissociator operatively connected to said ammonia conditioner, wherein said ammonia dissociator receives said ammonia gas from said ammonia conditioner and converts said ammonia gas into a mixture of hydrogen, nitrogen and ammonia gases at temperatures ranging from about 500° C. to about 1000° C.; a separator operatively connected to said ammonia dissociator, wherein said separator receives said mixture of hydrogen nitrogen and ammonia gases from said ammonia dissociator and returns said ammonia gas to said ammonia dissociator, while simultaneously separating said hydrogen gas from said nitrogen gas and venting said nitrogen gas out of said separator; a hydrogen conditioner operatively connected to said separator, wherein said hydrogen conditioner receives said hydrogen gas from said separator , and wherein said hydrogen conditioner controls temperature and pressure of said hydrogen gas therein; and a fuel cell operatively connected to said hydrogen conditioner, wherein said fuel cell receives said hydrogen gas from said hydrogen conditioner and produces an electrical current.