A new patent registered by Phillips Export Company details a method by which it is possible to create pure hydrogen without the need for electrolysis and with the generation of aluminum hydroxide as the only by-product.
Research on the production of new green energies and sustainable continues its course unstoppably and the advances made by the scientific community corroborate this. And the field of hydrogen is one of the most evolving in recent years, because not in vain are many companies and organizations that consider this element as key in the decarbonization of industry and the automotive industry.
In this sense, the company Phillips Export Company has taken a step forward by registering the patent for a new system with which to produce pure and clean hydrogen regardless of the speed and pressure of the process and with the only limitation imposed by the design of the production chamber.
The conventional process for obtaining hydrogen uses electrolysis as a catalyst. However, in the PEC process no electrical power required during the operation of the process to produce hydrogen. In reality, the only electrical energy required is destined to the control and fuel pumping operations in the production chamber.
The process produces pure hydrogen
The only fuels required are water and aluminum. While the first may be tap or even sea waterSince no deionized or purified water is required, the metal is added in the form of pellets or ground aluminum cans. Another advantage is that the process uses a catalyst that is not consumed, which makes its cost very low once it is added for the first time.
The catalyst used in the process efficiently divides the water, retains oxygen in the liquid, and releases pure hydrogen for use as a fuel or for use as a fuel supplement. When the aluminum hydroxide dries, it is automatically converted to aluminum oxide (Al2O3), which can be sold at a higher price than the aluminum pellets used for fuel. This is the most widely used abrasive material in the world and it is also the raw material for the production of ceramic materials.
This production method is optimized for the production of high volume, high flow, low cost hydrogen. The energy used to drive the process comes from the exothermic release of heat during the chemical conversion of water to hydrogen and Al2O3. Howard Phillips, inventor of CC-HOD, announced that “the process will be available for use by research laboratories or for commercial production.”