Auto-electrolytic hydrogen generator
US5968325A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16N11/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An auto-electrolyte hydrogen generating reactor having a plurality of cells. The cells are stacked in series in an electronically non-conductive housing. Each cell is separate from its neighbour by electronically conductive bipolar walls. Each cell comprises an anode with a metal whose standard oxidation potential is above that of hydrogen in the same electrolyte. There is a solid electrolyte and a cathode. The cathode is an inert electronic conductor with a surface in contact with a solid electrolyte. The surface is electrochemically catalytic for the formation of hydrogen.
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