CHEMICAL POWER GENERATION/DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC HYDRIDE AND CHEMICAL POWER GENERATION/ MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ORGANIC HYDRIDE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple and compact device and a method to directly bring about chemical power generation by using an organic hydride and to manufacture organic hydride by reacting hydrogen produced by electrolyzing water with a substance to be hydrogenated for hydrogenation. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with an electrolyte membrane 12 to selectively transmit hydrogen ions, metallic catalysts 16, 18 disposed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane respectively, an external circuit formed by connecting a power supply 14 to both sides of the electrolyte membrane, a first reactor 20 disposed on a positive electrode side of the electrolyte membrane, and a second reactor 22 disposed on a negative electrode of the electrolyte membrane. Water or steam is supplied to the first reactor, the hydrogenated substance is supplied to the second reactor and the hydrogen ions produced by electrolyzing water or steam is reacted for hydrogenation with the hydrogenated substance to manufacture the organic hydride.