Hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride production
Abstract
A hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride processing apparatus includes a hot zone to heat solid-phase lithium hydride to form liquid-phase lithium hydride; a vacuum source to extract hydrogen and gaseous-phase lithium metal from the liquid-phase lithium hydride; a cold zone to condense the gaseous-phase lithium metal as purified solid-phase lithium metal; and a heater to melt the purified solid-phase lithium metal in the cold zone and form refined liquid-phase lithium metal in the hot zone.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650811
- Patent Number(s):
- 10632436
- Application Number:
- 15/592,289
- Assignee:
- Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01D - SEPARATION
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
- DOE Contract Number:
- NA0001942
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 05/11/2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Brown, Sam W., Spencer, Larry S., Phillips, Michael R., Powell, G. Louis, and Campbell, Peggy J.. Hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride production. United States: N. p., 2020.
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Brown, Sam W., Spencer, Larry S., Phillips, Michael R., Powell, G. Louis, & Campbell, Peggy J.. Hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride production. United States.
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title = {Hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride production},
author = {Brown, Sam W. and Spencer, Larry S. and Phillips, Michael R. and Powell, G. Louis and Campbell, Peggy J.},
abstractNote = {A hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride processing apparatus includes a hot zone to heat solid-phase lithium hydride to form liquid-phase lithium hydride; a vacuum source to extract hydrogen and gaseous-phase lithium metal from the liquid-phase lithium hydride; a cold zone to condense the gaseous-phase lithium metal as purified solid-phase lithium metal; and a heater to melt the purified solid-phase lithium metal in the cold zone and form refined liquid-phase lithium metal in the hot zone.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2020},
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