METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN GAS BY DIRECT THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF WATER

摘要

Water vapor, which is generated by heating (to 80 DEG C) pure water within a steam generating apparatus 1, is supplied into a reactor 7 from a lower portion thereof through a mass-flow meter 6. In this reactor 7 is filled zeolite, being a compound oxide of a silica-alumina group. Around the reactor 7 is positioned a heater 9, and to an upper end of the reactor is connected a conduit 10, on which are provided a bypass 11, a N2 trap and a suction pump 14.