Products - under development
Low Pressure, Reaction-Ready Activated Aluminum Alloy (A3) Reactor
The basic Woodall reactor uses a patent-pending formulation of Activated Aluminum Alloy (A3) to generate hydrogen by just adding locally sourced water. When the water comes in contact with the A3, Ultra-pure (99.99+%) hydrogen is produced. No external power is required and the hydrogen is generated at the low psi pressure needed for direct feed into a fuel cell. When all of the A3 has reacted, the residue - aluminum hydroxide - can be drained from the reactor for recycling, if desired. None of the components or by-products of the reaction are toxic and any low pressure container can be used as a reactor. Any grade of water - grey, brackish, even salt water - can be converted to hydrogen. A3 can be stored indefinitely in a dry environment.
The A3 Reactor enables the safe, non-toxic, room temperature and low pressure production of hydrogen - on-site and on-demand with no external power
The A3 Reactor enables the safe, non-toxic, room temperature and low pressure production of hydrogen - on-site and on-demand with no external power
Pressurized Combined Heat and Power Reactor
A pressurized Combined Heat and Power Reactor can produce large quantities of Hydrogen, Alumina and Heat indefinitely. In order to produce a higher grade of heat, the CHP reactor operates at 150 psi and 300 degrees C. Operationally, aluminum ingots (or pellets in smaller reactors) are dissolved continuously into gallium catalyst at the bottom of the reactor. At the same time, a continuous flow of water is circulated on top of the liquid gallium layer. The water reacts with the aluminum saturated gallium and the Woodall reaction takes place. Hydrogen and heat are produced immediately. The heat is recovered via a heat exchanger For each Kilogram of aluminum processed in the reactor, 111 grams of hydrogen and over 15,000 BTUs of heat is produced. The oxygen split from the water reacts to form 2.8 kilograms of aluminum hydroxide which flows out of the reactor and into a precipitator. Later, this material is heated and reduces to 1.9 kilograms of very high purity alumina. It can then be immediately recycled back into aluminum fuel. Since none of the gallium catalyst is consumed in the reaction, the process can continue indefinitely. Reactors can scale from a couple of kWh to several mWh.
