Gas-liquid separation device, gas-liquid separation method, electrolysis device, and electrolysis method
AssigneeJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
InventorsMasato Sakurai, Motohiko Sato, Tatehiro Shimizu
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Abstract
A gas-liquid separation device 1 that separates gas and liquid from a gas-liquid multiphase fluid comprises a hydrophobic enclosure for the multiphase fluid formed by a hydrophobic membrane that allows only the gas in the multiphase fluid to pass through, and a fluid flow channel 400 that supplies the multiphase fluid to the hydrophobic enclosure.
Claims12
An electrolysis device that generates gases by electrolyzing a liquid supplied to an electrolyte membrane between an anode-side electrode section and a cathode-side electrode section, comprising:
- a liquid supply chamber in which the cathode-side electrode section is located and to which the liquid is supplied;
- a hydrophobic membrane that forms a part of walls of the liquid supply chamber and that allows only a gas generated by electrolysis on a cathode side of the electrolyte membrane to pass through;
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- a discharge channel that discharges a gas that has passed through the hydrophobic membrane to an outside.
An electrolysis method for generating gas by electrolyzing a liquid supplied to an electrolyte membrane between an anode-side electrode section and a cathode-side electrode section, comprising the steps of:
- supplying the liquid to the electrolyte membrane from the cathode-side electrode section;
- generating gas on a cathode side of the electrolyte membrane by electrolysis;
- allowing the generated gas mixed with the liquid in a multiphase manner;
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- separating and obtaining the gas mixed with the liquid in a multiphase manner by passing the gas through a hydrophobic membrane that is permeable only to gases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.