Energy transfer method and system

A system for transferring energy, the system comprising a hydrogen gas source to provide hydrogen gas into a recirculation duct, wherein the recirculation duct comprises a pump to circulate the hydrogen gas around the recirculation duct and a control nozzle to form a jet of the hydrogen gas;

• an electrical device to provide energy into the jet of hydrogen gas so as to form hydrogen atoms;
• a heat exchanger within the recirculation duct downstream of the electrical device, onto which the flowing jet of hydrogen gas impacts, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to transfer energy from the jet of hydrogen impacting onto the heat exchanger for utilization outside of the recirculation duct;
• and an electromagnetic field source to subject the region of the jet of hydrogen gas between the electrical device and the heat exchanger to a magnetic or electric field, wherein the electrical device to form hydrogen atoms consists of a pair of opposed electrodes spaced apart to define a gap, an electrical DC or AC voltage is applied between the pair of opposed electrodes, so as to produce an electrical arc, arranged such that in use the hydrogen gas flows through the gap between the electrodes.