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Title: Hydrogen, lithium, and lithium hydride production

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1650811

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.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
NA0001942
Assignee:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
10,632,436
Application Number:
15/592,289
OSTI ID:
1650811
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/11/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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