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Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride for Hydrogen Generation V. Minkina, S. Shabunya, V. Kalinin, H. Yoshida This document appeared in Detlef Stolten, Thomas Grube (Eds.): 18th World Hydrogen Energy Conference 2010 - WHEC 2010 Parallel Sessions Book 4: Storage Systems / Policy Perspectives, Initiatives and Co- operations Proceedings of the WHEC, May 16.-21. 2010, Essen Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich / Energy Environment, Vol. 78-4 Institute of Energy Research - Fuel Cells (IEF-3) Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Zentralbibliothek, Verlag, 2010 ISBN: 978-3-89336-654-5 Proceedings WHEC2010 269 Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride for Hydrogen Generation V. Minkina, S. Shabunya, V. Kalinin, Heat Mass Transfer Institute of NAS of Belarus H. Yoshida, Kyoto University, Japan 1 Introduction Hydrogen production in reaction of alkali metal borohydride with water is actively studied to develop hydrogen generators for fuel cells. Sodium borohydride NaBH4 is the most promising one from the point of view of mass content of hydrogen storage and safety (non-flammable and solution is non-toxic). The aqueous solutions of NaBH4 may be used for high purity hydrogen generation (99.99%). The reaction of hydrolysis NaBH42 + 2 H O = 4 H 2 + NaBO 2 - 212 kJ/mole is accompanied by heat release calculated by components enthalpies [1]: H = -191.84 kJ/mole, H = -975.71, H = -285.83 kJ/mole. NaBH4 NaBO2 H2 O() liquid To develop hydrogen generator using NaBH4 hydrolysis some decisions have to be accepted to determine basic features of the design. 2 Type and Working Volume of Reactor (single-pass or circulating) The choice of either single-pass or circulation type reactor is one of the principal ones. Prima facie, single-pass system is more simple, NaBH4 solution is supplied to reactor, and the yields are H2 and a solution of s