Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for the production of pure hydrogen-containing crude gas. The apparatus, in the event of an interruption in power, is easily and rapidly purged of hydrogen.
Abstract: A hydrogen-purification filter has a closed chamber with a pure-hydrogen outlet. A coil made of thin palladium-alloy tubing is contained in this chamber and has an inlet end and an outlet end accessible from outside the chamber. This coil is of D-section so that in case a leak forms the turn of the coil containing the leak can be excised by cutting at the straight sections on both sides of the leak and the remaining coil rejoined at the straight sections.