HYDROGEN REMOVAL APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hydrogen removal apparatus negating the need of cooling water with a large flow rate even in the case where a state of a gas temperature after hydrogen removal treatment being a maximum temperature continues for a certain period of time and being capable of suppressing the gas temperature discharged from the apparatus so as to cause the gas temperature to be lower.SOLUTION: A hydrogen removal apparatus 30 is an apparatus oxidizing and removing hydrogen contained in gas to be treated 6 and exhausting gas after removal thereof. The hydrogen removal apparatus 30 is provided with a hydrogen removal module 60 comprising: hydrogen removal means 34 causing the gas to be treated 6 to flow into a reaction section 31 storing a reaction material 41 reacting with the hydrogen contained in the gas to be treated 6, oxidizing and removing the hydrogen contained in the gas to be treated 6 and exhausting the gas after the removal thereof to an outside from an exhaust section 33; a heat storage body 35 accumulating heat 17; a heat exchanger 36 being installed in a state of being brought into contact with the heat storage body 35 in the exhaust section 33 and performing a heat exchange between the gas after the removal thereof and the heat storage body 35; and a cooling liquid (coolant) flow passage 37 where cooling liquid (coolant) 15 circulates and the heat storage body 35 is cooled by the coolant 15. 【課題】水素除去処理後のガス温度が最大温度となる状態で一定時間継続する場合においても大流量の冷却水が不要で装置から排出されるガス温度をより低く抑えることが可能な水素除去装置を提供する。【解決手段】水素除去装置３０は、被処理ガス６に含まれる水素を酸化させて除去し、除去後のガスを排気する装置であり、被処理ガスに含まれる水素と反応する反応材４１を収容する反応部３１に、被処理ガスを通気させて、被処理ガスに含有される水素を酸化させて除去し、除去後のガスを排気部３３から外部へ排気する水素除去手段３４と、温熱１７を蓄熱する蓄熱体３５と、排気部に蓄熱体と接する状態で設置され、除去後のガスと蓄熱体との間で熱交換する熱交換器３６と、冷却液（冷媒）１５が流通し、この冷媒により蓄熱体を冷却する冷却液（冷媒）流路３７とを備える水素除去モジュール６０を具備する。【選択図】 図２