ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,414, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HALDOR TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).
"On demand hydrogen from ammonia" was invented by Peter Molgaard Mortensen (Roskilde, Denmark), Kasper Emil Larsen (Humlebaek, Denmark), Kim Aasberg-Petersen (Allerod, Denmark) and Robert Klein (Roskilde, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor system and a process for carrying out the ammonia cracking reaction of a feed gas comprising ammonia to hydrogen are provided, where the heat for the endothermic ammonia cracking reaction is provided by resistance heating."
The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2020, under Application No. 17/627,202.
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