Modular gaseous electrolysis apparatus with actively-cooled header module, co-disposed heat exchanger module and gas manifold modules therefor

US10465302B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Marathon Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ernest Charles Alcaraz · Vienna, US
• Monte S. Chawla · University Park, US
• Randolph R. Davis · Fairfax, US
• Dorin A. Jannotta · Jacksonville, US
• Austin Lowrey, III · Lancaster, US
• Thomas F. McGraw · Springfield, US
• Frederick Sandel · Fairfax Station, US
• Donald J. Waltman · Pasadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 2017
• Grant date: Nov 5, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E30/10
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An improved, gaseous electrolysis apparatus can include a cooled header for electric connections or couplings, an exemplary co-disposed, coaxial heat exchanger around the reaction chamber to extract heat from the reaction chamber and exemplary rugged gas source and collection manifold(s) to support fixed and/or mobile applications in an embodiment. The system can include a heated anode and co-disposed cylindrical cathode within the reaction chamber and an improved electronic control circuit in an embodiment.