IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,380,922
Granted Patent B2
US 11,380,922 · App. 16/565,844 · Granted Jul 5, 2022

Community system and hydrogen production method

Inventors: Koichi Ikemoto (Nagoya, JP); Motoki Hamazaki (Toyota, JP); Katsuhiko Hirose (Toyota, JP); Atsushi Mizutani (Toyota, JP); Shuntara Kato (Nagoya, JP); Yohei Tanigawa (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H01M8/0606C01B3/047H01M2250/10
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Patent No.
US 11,380,922
App. No.
16/565,844
Granted
Jul 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A community system includes an ammonia-hydrogen converter that is arranged in an industrial area and that converts ammonia to hydrogen.

Claims (18)

1. A community system that uses hydrogen, comprising:

an ammonia-hydrogen converter that is arranged in an industrial area and that converts ammonia to hydrogen;

a hydrogen storage storing hydrogen supplied from the ammonia-hydrogen converter;

an FC power generating facility with a fuel cell that generates electric power using hydrogen supplied from at least one of the ammonia-hydrogen converter and the hydrogen storage; and

a house group with multiple houses that use electric power supplied from the FC power generating facility and hydrogen supplied from at least one of the ammonia-hydrogen converter and the hydrogen storage;

wherein the ammonia-hydrogen converter and the house group are connected to each other through a pipeline for passage of hydrogen;

wherein the ammonia-hydrogen converter supplies the pipeline with a mixed gas of hydrogen including ammonia; and

wherein the mixed gas is delivered to the house group through the pipeline.

2. The community system according to claim 1 , wherein

the content of the ammonia in the mixed gas is in a range of 2 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less.

3. A hydrogen production method employed in a community system that uses hydrogen, the method comprising:

a conversion step of converting ammonia to hydrogen using an ammonia-hydrogen converter arranged in an industrial area;

wherein

the ammonia-hydrogen converter and a house group are connected to each other through a pipeline for passage of hydrogen, and

the conversion step comprises a step of supplying the pipeline with a mixed gas of hydrogen including ammonia;

wherein the method further comprises delivering the mixed gas to the house group through the pipeline.

4. The hydrogen production method according to claim 3 , wherein

the content of the ammonia in the mixed gas is in a range of 2 ppm or more and 100 ppm or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: IKEMOTO, KOICHI; HAMAZAKI, MOTOKI; HIROSE, KATSUHIKO; MIZUTANI, ATSUSHI; KATO, SHUNTARO; TANIGAWA, YOHEI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 059958/0645 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-175600 · Sep 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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