Hydrogen Fuel Systems
OwnerDuanne Y. Ballinventor
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Abstract
Improved electrolysis systems for production of Brown's gas. The produced Brown's gas is made available for co-combustion with hydrocarbon fuel in an internal combustion engine to improve the fuel efficiency of the internal combustion engine.
Claims25
1) A system, relating to electrolyzing water, when electrically coupled to at least one electrical source, to provide at least one combustible hydrogen fuel to at least assist fueling at least one internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a) at least one electrolyzer structured and arranged to electrolyze the water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- b) wherein said at least one electrolyzer comprises at least one electrolysis reactor structured and arranged to perform at least one electrolysis reaction with the water;
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- c) at least one continuous-flow circulator structured and arranged to circulate a continuous flow of the water through said at least one electrolyzer;
- d) wherein said at least one continuous-flow circulator comprises at least one product sweeper structured and arranged to sweep such hydrogen and such oxygen through said at least one electrolysis reactor;
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- e) wherein such hydrogen and such oxygen are available to inject in the at least one internal combustion engine to assist fueling the at least one internal combustion engine.
22) A system, relating to electrolyzing water, when electrically coupled to at least one electrical source, to provide at least one combustible hydrogen fuel to at least assist fueling at least one internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a) at least one electrolyzer structured and arranged to electrolyze water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- b) wherein said at least one electrolyzer comprises at least one electrolysis reactor structured and arranged to perform at least one electrolysis reaction with the water;
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- c) at least one continuous-flow circulator structured and arranged to circulate a continuous flow of the water through said at least one electrolyzer;
- d) wherein said at least one continuous-flow circulator comprises at least one product sweeper structured and arranged to sweep such hydrogen and such oxygen through said at least one electrolysis reactor;
- e) wherein said at least one electrolyzer further comprises at least one reactor-container structured and arranged to contain said at least one electrolysis reactor;
- f) wherein said at least one electrolyzer further comprises at least one directionally-alternating electric field generator structured and arranged to generate at least one directionally-alternating series of electric fields;
- g) wherein said at least one electrolysis reactor comprises
- i) at least one cathode plate structured and arranged to provide at least two surfaces of negative electrical charge, and
- ii) at least one anode plate structured and arranged to provide at least two surfaces positive electrical charge,
- iii) wherein such hydrogen is produced on at least one of such at least two surfaces of negative electrical charge, and
- iv) wherein such oxygen is produced on at least one of such at least two surfaces of positive electrical charge;
- h) wherein said at least one electrolysis reactor further comprises
- i) at least one parallel-alignment geometry structured and arranged to geometrically-align said at least one cathode plate and said at least one anode plate in a parallel arrangement,
- ii) at least one edge-alignment geometry structured and arranged to geometrically-align at least one bottom edge of said at least one cathode plate with at least one bottom edge of said at least one anode plate in at least one common plane, and
- iii) at least one surface-separator structured and arranged to separate such at least one of such at least two surfaces of negative electrical charge from such at least one of such at least two surfaces of positive electrical charge by a fixed separation;
- i) wherein said at least one electrolyzer further comprises
- i) at least one number (n) of said at least one anode plates, and
- ii) at least one plurality (n+1) of said at least one cathode plates;
- j) wherein said at least one electrolyzer is further structured and arranged to comprise, in at least one alternating arrangement, said at least one number (n) of said at least one anode plates and said at least one plurality (n+1) of said at least one cathode plates in at least one alternating ordered sequence;
- k) wherein such at least one alternating arrangement generates at least one plurality (2n) of said at least one electrolysis reactors;
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- l) wherein said at least one surface-separator separates such at least one of such at least two surfaces of negative electrical charge and such at least one of such at least two surfaces of positive electrical charge by about one-seventh of an inch.
24) A system, relating to electrolyzing water, when electrically coupled to at least one electrical source, to provide at least one combustible hydrogen fuel to at least assist fueling at least one internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a) at least one electrolyzer structured and arranged to electrolyze the water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- b) wherein said at least one electrolyzer comprises at least one electrolysis reactor structured and arranged to perform electrolysis reaction with the water;
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- c) wherein said at least one electrolyzer further comprises at least one directionally-alternating electric field generator structured and arranged to generate at least one directionally-alternating series of electric fields;
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- d) at least one continuous-flow circulator structured and arranged to circulate continuous flow of the water through said at least one electrolyzer;
- e) wherein such hydrogen and such oxygen are available to inject in the at least one internal combustion engine to assist fueling the at least one internal combustion engine.
25) A system, relating to electrolyzing water, when electrically coupled to at least one electrical source, to provide at least one combustible hydrogen fuel to at least assist fueling at least one internal combustion engine, comprising:
- a) electrolyzer means for electrolyzing water to produce hydrogen and oxygen;
- b) wherein said electrolyzer means comprises electrolysis reactor means for performing at least one electrolysis reaction with the water;
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- c) continuous-flow circulator means for circulating a continuous flow of the water through said electrolyzer means;
- d) wherein said continuous-flow circulator means comprises product sweeper means for sweeping such hydrogen and such oxygen through said electrolysis reactor means;
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- e) wherein such hydrogen and such oxygen are available to inject in the at least one internal combustion engine to assist fueling the at least one internal combustion engine.
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