Application of acidic accelerator for production of pure hydrogen from NaBH4

Wameath S. Abdul-Majeed; Muhammad T. Arslan; William B. Zimmerman

doi:10.1007/s40090-014-0015-7

Application of acidic accelerator for production of pure hydrogen from NaBH₄

Wameath S. Abdul-Majeed^*
, Muhammad T. Arslan
, William B. Zimmerman

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Feasibility of using hydrochloric acid (HCl) as an accelerator for onboard production of hydrogen from sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) is investigated. The aim was to examine process efficiency, hydrogen purity and process controllability which concurs onboard 2015 hydrogen storage target (5.5 wt%) for vehicular fuel cell system application. Results showed that a highest yield and controllable hydrogen production rate are achievable upon adopting onboard reaction of HCl (3 M) and an aqueous alkaline solution of 30 % NaBH₄ via a T-junction and applying a gas–liquid separation of two stages. Cost evaluation and product stream analysis have demonstrated an exceptional performance for the examined scheme and relevancy to be adopted for feeding vehicular electrochemical fuel cell systems.

Original language	English
Article number	15
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Industrial Chemistry
Volume	5
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40090-014-0015-7
State	Published - 1 Jun 2014
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Fuel cells
Sodium borohydride
Solid state hydrogen storage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Materials Chemistry

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