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US 8,702,916 B2Granted
Hydrogen supplementation fuel apparatus and method
AssigneeClean-Fuel Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDaniel McBride, Dominic Ciacelli
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Abstract
A hydrogen supplementation fuel apparatus and method having a power source, a hydrogen generator and an accumulator for supplementing hydrogen gas to improve the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines. The hydrogen generator uses electrodes that are helically wound about a separator to increase the hydrogen generation output.
Claims11
A hydrogen generation device for use in supplementing hydrogen fuel to an internal combustion engine, the device comprising:
- a hydrogen generator, the generator having a housing defining an internal cavity housing a liquid, a separator having a longitudinal axis positioned in the generator internal cavity and defining a plurality of apertures radially and longitudinally spaced about the longitudinal axis, the generator having at least one of a first and a second electrode helically wound about the separator longitudinal axis and respectively positioned to pass through respective of the plurality of separator apertures, the first and the second electrode in communication with the liquid, wherein on supply of electrical power to the first and the second electrodes, hydrogen gas is produced and temporarily housed inside the generator housing internal cavity, the separator plurality of apertures allowing for the flow of fluid throughout the internal cavity and between the first and the second electrode.
An apparatus for supplementing hydrogen gas fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the apparatus comprising:
- means for generating a source of electrical power;
- means for connecting at least a first and a second electrode to a separator positioned within a generator housing;
- means for at least partially filling a generator housing with a liquid in communication with the first and the second electrodes;
- means for conducting the electrical power through the least two electrodes decomposing the liquid to produce hydrogen gas;
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- means for transferring the generated hydrogen gas to an accumulator positioned between the generator and the internal combustion engine for temporary housing of the generated hydrogen gas.
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