Electrochemical pump for hydrogen purification – pv magazine International

Research activities on hydrogen are in full swing at Penn State University, University of Aberdeen, Brunel University London, Loughborough University and Cardiff University. This week marks a systemic shift towards hydrogen in research, production, sale and consumption. April 1, 2022 Sergio MatalucciA research team led by Chris Arges, Penn State associate professor of chemical engineering, demonstrated that the purification of hydrogen can be simplified using a pump equipped with the PEM and phosphonic acid ionomer electrode binder. “The researchers used an electrochemical hydrogen pump to both separate and compress hydrogen with an 85% recovery rate from fuel gas mixtures known as syngas and 98.8% recovery rate from conventional water gas shift reactor exit stream,” Penn State University wrote on Monday. According to the researchers, the electrochemical pump can work at…

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