Systems and methods for affecting the ultra-fast photodissociation of water molecules
AssigneeAustin & Neff, L.L.C.
InventorGary N. Austin
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Abstract
An ultra fast photodissociation system includes a water acidifier, a water vaporizer, and a photolysis cell. The water acidifier is connected in fluid communication with a water supply, and is operable to acidify the supplied water to produce acidic water. The water vaporizer is connected in fluid communication with the water acidifier to receive the acidic water, and is configured to convert the received acidic water into acidic water vapor. The photolysis cell is connected in steam communication with the water vaporizer to receive the acidic water vapor, and is operable to dissociate the acidic water vapor into H2 and O2 gas.
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An ultra-fast photodissociation system, comprising:
- a water acidifier having an inlet for receiving water from a water supply and an outlet, the water acidifier operable to acidify the supplied water to produce acidic water;
- a water vaporizer having an inlet coupled to the outlet of the water acidifier for receiving the acidic water and an outlet, the water vaporizer configured to convert the received acidic water into acidic water vapor;
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- a photolysis cell having an inlet coupled to the outlet of the water vaporizer for receiving the acidic water vapor, the photolysis cell configured to dissociate the acidic water vapor into H2 and O2 gas.
The ultra-fast photodissociation system 1, wherein the photolysis cell comprises a photolysis bottle having an inlet configured to receive the acidic water vapor, an H2 outlet configured to output H2, and a O2 outlet configured to output O2, the photolysis bottle having an inner region in contact with the acidic water vapor, and an outer surface.
A photolysis cell configured to dissociate water molecules into H2 and O2 gas, the photolysis cell comprising:
- one or more photolysis bottles, each having an inlet configured to receive water molecules, an H2 outlet configured to output H2 gas, and a O2 outlet configured to output O2 gas, each of the one or more photolysis bottles further comprising:
- an undulated bottle wall defining an interior region of the photolysis bottle;
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- an optically reflective coating disposed on the undulated bottle wall, wherein the optically reflective coating is operable to reflect light back within the interior region of the photolysis bottle, and to effectively reduce the wavelength of the light reflected therefrom.
A photolysis cell configured to dissociate water molecules into H2 O2 gases, the photolysis cell comprising:
- one or more photolysis bottles, each having an interior region, an inlet configured to receive water molecules, an H2 outlet configured to output H2 gas, and an O2 outlet configured to output O2 gas, each of the one or more photolysis bottles comprising:
- a light port configured to pass a light signal into the interior region of the photolysis bottle;
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- an RF port configured to pass an RF signal into the interior region of the photolysis bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.