Gas collection device and method for use thereof
OwnerMohammed Khodabakhshinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for collecting electrolytically formed gasses and a method for using the same are presented. A gas collection device comprises an inner vessel having an electrically conductive surface portion for allowing the electrolytic formation of a first gas; an outer vessel having an electrically conductive surface portion for allowing the electrolytic formation of a second gas; and a capture member for capturing one of the formed gasses; wherein: the inner vessel is disposed substantially within the outer vessel; both vessels are configured to allow a continuous fluid body to come into contact with the conductive surface portions; and the capture member allows the capture of one of the formed gasses without substantial contamination from the other formed gas.
Claims22
A gas collection device, comprising:
- an inner vessel having an open bottom and an electrically conductive surface portion for allowing the electrolytic formation of the first gas;
- an outer vessel having an open bottom and an electrically conductive surface portion for allowing the electrolytic formation of a second gas;
- a capture member for capturing one of the formed gases;
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- a membrane between the inner vessel and the outer vessel,
- wherein the inner vessel is disposed substantially within the outer vessel, wherein both vessels are configured to allow a continuous fluid body to come into contact with the conductive surface portions, wherein the capture member allows the capture of one of the formed gases without substantial contamination from the other formed gas, and wherein the membrane is composed entirely of a gas-impermeable and nonconductive material, wherein the nonconductive material prevents the membrane from receiving an induced charge.
A method for containing gas, comprising;
- Electrically charging an electrically conductive surface portion of an inner vessel disposed substantially within an outer vessel to allow the electrolytic formation of a first gas, wherein the inner vessel and the outer vessel each have an open bottom;
- electrically charging an electrically conductive surface portion of the outer vessel to allow the electrolytic formation of a second gas;
- capturing on of the formed gases within a capture membrane, wherein a membrane is disposed within the inner vessel and the outer vessel, and wherein the membrane is composed of entirely of a gas-impermeable and nonconductive material, wherein the nonconductive material prevents the membrane from receiving an induced charge.
A gas collection device, consisting essentially of:
- a bottomless inner vessel having an electrically conductive surface for allowing the electrolytic formation of a first gas;
- a bottomless outer vessel having an electrically conductive surface for allowing the electrolytic formation of a second gas;
- a capture member for capturing one of the formed gases, wherein the inner vessel is disposed substantially within the outer vessel, wherein the outer vessel and the inner vessel are configured to allow continuous fluid bodies to contact the inner and outer vessels;
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- an impermeable and nonconductive membrane, the membrane being disposed between the inner and outer vessels, wherein the outer vessels, wherein the capture member is joined with the membrane and allows the capture of the first gas, wherein the nonconductive material prevents the membrane from receiving an induced charge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.