Patent ID: 7972417
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: B01D,C01B

Abstract:
1. A method of separating hydrogen gas from a source gas, comprising the steps of: providing a tube of hydrogen permeable material having a first end, an inside surface and an inside diameter; providing a support tube having an outside surface and an outside diameter, wherein said outside diameter of said support tube is just smaller than said inside diameter of said tube of hydrogen permeable material; coaxially positioning said tube of hydrogen permeable material around said support tube creating a micro-channel of less than three hundred microns between said outside surface of said support tube and said inside surface of said tube of hydrogen permeable material; providing a catalyst within said micro-channel; and passing the source gas through said catalyst and through said micro-channel at a flow rate that causes said source gas to have turbulent flow characteristics while flowing through said micro-channel, wherein hydrogen from said source gas comes into contact with said hydrogen permeable material and is presented the opportunity to be absorbed by said hydrogen permeable material and separated from said source gas.