Patent ID: 7468097
Filing Date: 2008-12-23
Classification: B01J,B82Y,C01B,Y02C,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating and storing hydrogen gas from a saturated carbon nanotube having an attached hydrocarbon gas or attached greenhouse gas, comprising: (a) a vacuum chamber, wherein the vacuum chamber is in fluid communication with a gas inlet port; (b) a nanotube holding chamber located inside the vacuum chamber and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is in fluid communication with the gas inlet port, and the second end is in fluid communication with a gas exit port; (c) a hydrogen storage chamber in fluid communication with the gas exit port; and (d) a microwave generator aligned to discharge microwave energy that impinges on the saturated carbon nanotube having an attached hydrocarbon gas or attached greenhouse gas placed in the nanotube holding chamber.