ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,157, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus for producing hydrogen gas" was invented by Han Eol Song (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Woo Ram Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for producing a hydrogen gas according to the present disclosure includes a desulfurizer, a plasma reactor, a first adsorber, and a heat exchanger. The disclosed apparatus does not require additional purification of hydrogen and has excellent energy efficiency by utilizing wasted heat of the produced hydrogen."
The patent was...