| 摘要 |
An apparatus is disclosed for exothermically obtaining hydrogen or hydrogen peroxide from water vapor. The apparatus includes a mass of reactant which is heated to a high temperature at which it can combine with the oxygen in water vapor exothermically. The separation of the hydrogen and oxygen is accelerated through the use of a combination host and sensitizer material which is present near spaces or voids included in the reactant. The reactant is heated to an elevated temperature such as 1000 DEG K and steam under several atmospheres pressure is applied to the reactant and enters the spaces included in the reactant. The water vapor has certain particular absorption bands in its absorption versus frequency characteristic. Each of the sensitizers which are located adjacent the voids in the reactant, in one embodiment forming part of the walls of small cylindrical tubes, has an energy output in the excited state which is precisely in one of the energy absorption bands in the water vapor characteristic. The host material associated with the sensitizer material absorbs energy from the reactant, which essentially is a high temperature reservoir, and excites the sensitizer material so that it emits energy radiations at the proper frequency for absorption by the water vapor. In addition to the formation of free hydrogen, some hydrogen peroxide is also formed. After the hydrogen and hydrogen peroxide are drawn off, the pressure is reduced, and a vacuum is applied to the reactant, thereby removing oxygen and some residual hydrogen.
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