Patent ID: 7101411

Claim:
An apparatus for generating hydrogen gas, the apparatus comprising: a storage tank for fuel comprised of one of decahydronaphthalene and a substance that includes decahydronaphthalene as a principal component; supplying means connected to the storage tank for supplying fuel from the storage tank; a reaction tank which contains therein a catalyst and a heater for heating the catalyst, the reaction tank being connected to the supplying means for receiving fuel supplied by the supplying means from the storage tank, the supplied fuel forming a liquid-film on the catalyst and being dehydrogenated to generate naphthalene and hydrogen gas; and a separation tank which contains therein a hydrogen gas separation means, the separation tank being connected to the reaction tank for receiving naphthalene and hydrogen gas, and the hydrogen gas separation means separating hydrogen gas out of received naphthalene and hydrogen gas for discharge of the hydrogen gas.