Device for the Generation of Hydrogen Gas by Dehydrogenation of Hydrocarbon Fuels

摘要

A device for generation of hydrogen gas by dehydrogenation of hydrocarbon fuels. The device includes a fuel reservoir connected to a reactor by a fuel line to supply said reactor with fuel. The reactor has a first discharge for recycling of residual hydrocarbons generated during dehydrogenation to the fuel reservoir and optionally cooperates with a catalyst. The fuel reservoir may contact a heat exchanger by the fuel line and the first discharge. The fuel may be preheated by the heat exchanger which may be introduced to the reactor by the fuel line and the reactor may have a heating device for heating the introduced fuel to reaction temperature. The residual fuel generated by dehydrogenation in the reactor may be cooled by the heat exchanger and may be returned to the fuel reservoir. The reactor may have a second discharge for the extraction of the hydrogen gas generated on dehydrogenation.