Patent ID: 7744728

Claim:
An apparatus for producing hydrogen by microwave comprising: a microwave heater comprising a housing being metal; a heating chamber being defined in the housing; and a magnetron being mounted in the housing to produce and guide microwaves towards the heating chamber; a reaction tube being mounted in the heating chamber of the microwave heater and having a tube body having a top end and a bottom end; a supporting layer being mounted in the tube body; a catalyst bed being mounted in the tube body on the supporting layer; and a thermal storage layer being mounted in the tube body on the catalyst bed; a cap being mounted in the microwave heater and comprising a connecting member having a gas inlet, a liquid inlet and a sensor mount which all communicate with the top end of the tube body of the reaction tube; an output unit comprising a mounting member being mounted on the housing of the microwave heater; and an outlet tube extending through the mounting member and communicating with the bottom end of the tube body of the reaction tube; and a microwave control box being connected electrically to the microwave heater and having a thermal sensor being mounted through the sensor mount and into the catalyst bed; a temperature setting unit; and a power controller being connected electrically to the thermal sensor, the temperature setting unit and the magnetron.