Affiliation:
1. Department of Energy Technologies, ENEA, C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
Abstract
In this work, the production of hydrogen from the sodium borohydride (NaBH4) reaction was studied using an experimental bench test in a passive device operating with or without minimal external energy input. The system consists of a reactor in which a mixture based on sodium borohydride powders and an organic acid is confined. A flow of water feeds the area in which the solid mixture is confined, which undergoes a hydrolysis reaction and this generates gaseous hydrogen. The hydrogen thus produced, already saturated with water vapor, is particularly suitable for feeding polymer electrolyte fuel cells for the production of electricity because it does not require further humidification. The borohydride–organic acid coupling studied for this device, and its chemical process, provides high reaction and conversion kinetics, presenting remarkable chemical stability over time.
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