Hydrogen/Oxygen Fuel Generator

Abstract

A compact and portable system adapted for use in decomposing water and separating an oxygen rich gaseous stream and a hydrogen rich gaseous stream which produces a massive output of Hydrogen fuel, (along with the proportional amount of oxygen) capable of operating at varying levels of output, on-demand. This system can interface easily with existing technologies to power standard motor vehicles (gas, diesel, ethanol or hydrogen systems), recreational vehicles, home energy systems and home appliances, commercial / industrial power generators, smelters and much more.

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[0001]This application emanates from a previous provisional patent filing dated May 13, 2008, application No. 61 / 052,694FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to methods and systems for generating oxygen and hydrogen gases from water, and, more particularly, to methods and systems for decomposing water into oxygen and hydrogen gases utilizing electrical forces and for separating an oxygen rich gas and a hydrogen rich gas from the water decomposition products.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Various systems and devices are known in the art for producing oxygen from water and water vapor alone or as contained in various other gases such as waste gases. One such device is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,263,112 to Aylward which relates to an electrolytic converter for electrolytically converting water and moisture vapor to oxygen and hydrogen for use in a closed environment, particularly in connection with space travel. The device includes a housing providing ...

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Benefits of technology

[0011]It is another feature of the present invention to provide a system which is capable of recovering an oxygen rich stream from the decomposition of water.

[0024]By subjecting standard distilled water (with a minute amount of a electrolytic agent suspended in it), to uniquely modulated electric frequencies, the molecular bonding of the water molecules becomes massively fractionated and readily separates into it's base components of hydrogen and oxygen. By increasing or decreasing the current flow, we achieve on-demand production, and in volume vastly exceeding the production capability of any other water based hydrogen fuel technologies in the market. Once the reaction is initiated, extremely low levels of power input are required to maintain the reaction. The system may potentially require one very small low pressure tank to act as a reserve buffer for starting or continuity under load, thus eliminating the dangers associated with conventional fuel tanks and / or high pressure systems for hydrogen fuel systems. This is an on-site, on-demand, compact, reliable, inexpensive and extremely high output capability fuel cell producing hydrogen and oxygen

Problems solved by technology

Several disadvantages are inherent with such systems not including their relative complexity and relatively high costs associated therewith in term of equipment and energy costs.

Among these disadvantages of conventional process for the electrolysis of water including those as noted above, there are the use of toxic compounds such as acids, acetate, ammonia, arsenic, asbestos, cadmium, carbon monoxide, caustic soda, chlorine, formaldehyde, methanol, mercury, phosphorous, cyanide and compounds of sulfur.

As is readily apparent, use of these toxic materials involves environmental hazards as well as direct hazards to human safety.

In addition, many of the conventional processes and systems for the electrolysis of water use expensive precious metals and exotic organometallic compounds as catalysts or as composites of electrodes and electrolytic fluids.

Furthermore, these processes and systems tend to utilize very high heat, very high pressures, polychemical processes and the like and tend to operate slowly which pyramids equipment costs and magnifies equipment problems.

In addition, such systems tend to be quite large and require significant amounts of energy for operation.

Hydrogen is an ideal eco-friendly fuel but has limited applications thus far due to inefficient production technologies.

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