Patent ID: 9399575
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: C01B,F24S,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method of splitting a gas-phase reactant, the method comprising the steps of: providing a reactor comprising at least one reactor tube or vessel and an active redox material within the reactor tube or vessel; thermally reducing the active redox material at a first temperature and using a first gas, wherein the first gas is an inert gas; oxidizing the active redox material at a second temperature and using a second gas; using an adsorbent material to remove oxygen from the reactor during the reducing step, and regenerating the adsorbent material during the step of reducing, wherein the reducing and oxidizing steps are performed under substantially isothermal conditions, wherein the difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is less than 100° C.