Patent ID: 7892521

Claim:
A process for the generation of hydrogen for use in an engine, comprising the steps of: a. producing a metal hydride slurry by reacting a powder metal with a first compound to form a metal hydride, wherein the powder metal is selected from the group consisting of magnesium, lithium, lithium-boron, and sodium-boron, and wherein the first compound is selected from the group consisting of water, hydroxide, aqueous NH 4 Cl, and aqueous HCl, wherein the reaction is a low temperature process performed in a sealed inert gas flushed reaction chamber heated between 100 and 400° C.; b. reacting the metal hydride slurry with a second compound selected from water or water with aqueous HCl to provide hydrogen and metal oxide; and c. recycling metal from the metal oxide by reduction of the metal oxide with sodium or sodium hydride.