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US 4,288,301 AGranted
Method of forming hydrogen
AssigneeEnergy Development Associates, Inc.
InventorThomas G. Hart
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Abstract
A method of forming hydrogen by electrolysis in a cell containing a hydrohalic acid produced from a reaction process using carbon particles as an input energy source wherein the acid for electrolysis is produced by reacting the electrolysis separated halogen with water and carbon particles in a reaction area communicated with the electrolysis cell. The reaction can also be made in the presence of a catalyst.
Claims3
A method of producing hydrogen by electrolysis of a water base electrolyte using oxidation of ungraphitized carbon particles in said solution as an input energy source, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an electrolysis cell with a first electrode and a second electrode;
- (b) providing a gas collecting chamber in said cell and adjacent each of said electrodes;
- (c) providing a water base electrolyte in said cell and communicated with both said first and second electrodes;
- (d) periodically adding water to said electrolyte;
- (e) periodically adding oxidizable ungraphitized carbon particles to said electrolyte adjacent at least said first electrode;
- (f) applying a direct current across said electrodes at a voltage at least as great as said decomposition voltage of said electrolyte;
- (g) collecting hydrogen in said chamber adjacent said second electrode;
- and,
- (h) collecting an oxide gas of carbon in said chamber adjacent said first electrode.
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