SOLID COMPOUNDS, SELF-SUSTAINING COMBUSTION HYDROGEN GENERATORS CONTAINING BORAZANE AND/OR POLYAMINOBORANE AND AT LEAST ONE INORGANIC OXIDANT, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN

• Main Authors: RENOUARD JOEL, YVART PIERRE, BLANCHARD HELENE, ROCTON HUGUES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.02.2011
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ELECTRICITY; EXPLOSIVES; GAS-ATTACK COMPOSITIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERATION OF GAS FOR BLASTING OR PROPULSION (CHEMICAL PART); INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; MATCHES; MEANS FOR GENERATING SMOKE OR MIST; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE

The main subject of the present invention are solid compounds capable of generating hydrogen by a self-sustaining combustion reaction. Their composition comprises borazane and/or polyaminoborane and at least one inorganic oxidant, advantageously chosen from ammonium nitrate, alkali metal nitrates, alkaline-earth metal nitrates, metal nitrates, metal oxides, oxidants of the family of dinitramines and mixtures thereof. It also relates to the generation of hydrogen by self-sustaining combustion of at least one such compound.