Hydrogen elimination and thermal energy generation in water-activated chemical heaters

a technology of water-activated chemical heaters and hydrogen elimination, which is applied in the direction of exothermal chemical reaction heat production, fuels, lighting and heating apparatus, etc., can solve the problem of significant increase in the release of hydrogen, and achieve the effect of preventing hydrogen release and potentially explosive situations

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-02-09
BOMMARAJU TILAK V
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[0007]It is therefore a principal object of the invention to eliminate or suppress the cogeneration of hydrogen in all types of magnesium-based FCHs, to prevent the release of hydrogen into the atmosphere and preventing potentially explosive situations by means of a novel process.
[0012]Accordingly, it is still a further principal object of the invention to provide novel methods and compositions of matter for the flameless generation of thermal energy, including heater devices and meal, ready-to-eat packaged meals wherein the methods and compositions not only suppress or eliminate the cogeneration of potentially hazardous hydrogen, but surprisingly, were discovered to provide a substantially accelerated temperature rise for more prompt heating of the packaged meal compared to other state-of-the-art flameless chemical heaters.
[0019]Generally, the reactants are present in proportional amounts sufficient to generate heat for promptly raising the temperature of substances, products or articles, such as water, medical supplies, consumable rations, and the like, to the desired temperature within a reasonable time period. As previously pointed out, it was surprisingly and unexpectedly discovered the novel hydrogen suppressor or eliminator compositions of the present invention provide a substantially accelerated temperature rise over known flameless heat generating compositions comprising magnesium and water. Moreover, it was also surprisingly and unexpectedly discovered that the introduction of a metallic salt of the present invention provides more desirable heater performance characteristics, i.e., rate of heating and amount of hydrogen generation.

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The problem associated with the release of hydrogen is significantly magnified with group meals.

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[0065]In order to demonstrate the details of the invention based on a Mg / MnO2+H2O system according to the equation [2] above, the following experiment was conducted.

[0066]A 99.98% pure Mg metal sample of 500μ particle size from Superior Metal Powders, Franklin, Pa., was used in this test, and contained trace amounts, i.e., 85 ppm Al, 4 ppm Cu, 300 ppm Fe, 250 ppm Mn, 50 ppm Na, 150 ppm Si, 100 ppm Zn and 50 ppm Ca. In addition, a 30μ size γ-MnO2 powder from Tronox, LLC, Henderson, Nev., was used with a purity of 99%. The γ-MnO2 contained trace amounts, i.e., 8600 ppm S, 2600 ppm Ca, <100 ppm Mg, <1000 ppm Al, <100 ppm Si, <100 ppm Cl, 700 ppm K, <1000 ppm Cr and <100 ppm Sn.

[0067]The above Mg and γ-MnO2 powders were used to make a batch sample in a stoichiometric ratio according to equation [2], above. Approximately 500 g of the 300μ particle size MnO2 and 69.44 g of 50μ Mg were combined and placed in a mill. In this case the mill was a Vibrokinetic Energy (VKE) Mill, from Microgrin...

example 2

[0072]In order to compare the performance of the hydrogen suppressing, flameless heat generating composition prepared according to Example 1, a second sample of the known flameless heat generating composition comprising Mg and H2O only was prepared.

[0073]8 g of 500μ Mg / Fe, from Innotech Products, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio as presently used in a U.S. Army ration heater, was prepared according to the recipe in U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,329. This sample was placed in a “non-woven” bag material from Innotech Product, Inc. The Innotech bag material was a roll configured into four, 1″ compartments distributed through the length of the roll. 6″ of this material was cut from the roll and the bottom was heat sealed with a Uline, 8″ impulse sealer (H-163). Each of the four compartments was filled with 2 g of the Mg / Fe and the ration heater was heat sealed closed (not shown).

[0074]The completed flameless ration heater was placed in a green polyethylene bag, from the U.S. Army, with a 250 g water pouch....

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[0076]100 g of 500μ Mg / Fe, from Innotech Products, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, as presently used in a U.S. Army ration heater, was prepared according to the recipe set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,329. This sample was placed in an 8″×11″ bag made from the “non-woven” bag material from Innotech Product, Inc., that was configured into four, 2″ compartments distributed through the length of the roll. Each of the four compartments was filled with 25 g of 500μ Mg / Fe and the ration heater was heat sealed closed.

[0077]This completed ration heater was placed in a UGR-E heating tray, over which a 3500 g “water pouch” was placed. This assembly was placed in a card board box and then 330 ml of 1.5% NaCl solution was added. The card board box was then closed and the edges sealed with a tape. The temperature variation was recorded as a function of time over a 60 minute period, and shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, labeled 54.

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Abstract

A hydrogen suppressing, flameless, heat generating chemical composition including magnesium, a hydrogen suppressor or eliminator, particulate carbon, an alloying metal selected from the group consisting of: iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, aluminum and mixtures thereof, a metallic salt including a cation and an anion, wherein the anion is selected from the group consisting of silicate, carbonate, bicarbonate, phosphate, borate, perborate, percarbonate, perphosphate, persulfate, nitrate, nitrite, ferrate, permanganate, and stannate and combinations thereof, and water. The magnesium or magnesium-containing alloy, hydrogen suppressor or eliminator, particulate carbon, alloying metal, metallic salt and water are each present in a proportional amount to generate sufficient heat to heat water, medical supplies and / or consumable rations.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 12 / 701,990, filed on Feb. 8, 2010, which is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 12 / 322,596, filed on Feb. 4, 2009, which is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 12 / 069,995, filed on Feb. 14, 2008, which is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 11 / 657,852, filed on Jan. 25, 2007, which claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 764,213, filed on Feb. 1, 2006, which applications are incorporated herein by reference.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]The U.S. Government has a paid-up license in this invention and the right in limited circumstances to require the patent owner to license others on reasonable terms as provided for by the terms of Contract Nos. W911QY-06-C-0021, W911QY-07-P-0335 and W911QY-08-C-0096 awarded by the Department of Defense.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Flameless Chemica...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C10L8/00F24J1/00F24V30/00
CPCA47J36/28C01B3/0005Y02E60/324H01M6/32H01M6/34C01B3/508Y02E60/32
Inventor BOMMARAJU, TILAK V.
Owner BOMMARAJU TILAK V
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