Hydrogen generator and method for the production of hydrogen

A method of producing hydrogen including:

• providing a sidewall with an inner wall and two ends, two end plates, and a fastening arrangement for securing said end plates at said ends of said sidewall and thereby forming a closed body with a cavity therein;
• inserting within said cavity sequentially along said inner wall a plurality of hydrogen generating cells with each of said hydrogen generating cells including a proton exchange membrane sandwiched between two electrodes;
• inserting within said cavity a bladder inward of said cells;
• inflating said bladder thereby compressing said electrodes in each of said cells into intimate contact with said proton exchange membrane and with said inner wall of said sidewall;
• securing an electrical terminal at each end of said sequence of cells and extending an end of said electrical terminals through said body;
• providing a water inlet port, an oxygen and water outlet port, and a hydrogen outlet port extending from said inner cavity through said closed body;
• connecting a DC voltage of opposite polarities to said electrical terminals thereby establishing electrical current flowing in series through each of said cells;
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• pumping water into said water inlet port thereby creating hydrogen gas exiting said hydrogen generator at said hydrogen outlet port.