Commercial hydrogen gas production by electrolysis of water while being subjected to microwave energy

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rial, glass or other non-energy absorbing containers

COMMERCIAL HYDROGEN GAS PRODUCTION holding the water to be electrolyzed. Microwave en BY ELECTROLYSIS OF WATER WHILE BEING ergy at a frequency of 915 Mh (allocated for industrial SUBJECTED TO MCROWAVE ENERGY use by governmental authority) is considered to be

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

particularly effective in my method. Suitable amounts of salt may be added to the water of the electrolyte to

The fact that water can be decomposed into its hy produce the conductive negative ions. Gas passage drogen and oxygen elements by electrolysis has been conduits surrounding the electrolytic poles with their known for many decades. Heretofore, however, com 10 lower ends immersed in the electrolyte, will collect the mercial process has been so costly as to be impractical electrolytically released gasses for flow into respective for the production of these gasses for widespread com gas collecting tanks. The gas so collected in the tanks mercial use. At the same time, because of the dwrin may then be liquified by compression for convenient dling supply and the increasing cost of convential commercial use. It will be understood that my method sources of energy, such as fossil fuels and natural gas, 15 for the commercial production of hydrogen gas also alternative sources of energy for fueling automotive results in the production in commercial quantities (ap vehicles, for example, are currently being actively proximately the amount by volume) of oxygen gas. sought. The use of liquified hydrogen gas as such an Therefore, the hydrogen and oxygen gasses can be alternative fuel has a distinct advantage in that it is electrolytically produced in a portable microwave reso substantially non-polluting. Up until now, however, the 20 nant chamber apparatus that can be installed in a vehicle cost of commercially producing hydrogen gas by elec for directly supplying hydrogen and oxygen for com trolysis has been prohibitive. bustion in the combustion chambers of the vehicle en It is, accordingly, the principal object of this inven glne.

tion to provide an improved method and means for the electrolysis of water which so enhances the electrolytic 25 byWhile means

I have described herein only the basic mehtod of which hydrogen and oxygen gas can be process as to enable production of hydrogen gas so produced commercially by electrolysis in a microwave economically as to be practicable on a heretofore un resonant cavity or chamber, it is to be understood that known commercial scale.

A more particular object of my invention is to pro the method described and claimed herein is presented as vide an electroysis method of the above nature wherein illustrative, only and not in a limiting sense. The inven the electrolytic fluid container is disposed within a reso 30 tion, in brief, comprises all the methods and embodi nant cavity or chamber fed by microwave energy, ments coming within the scope and spirit in the follow whereby such intense agitation of the electrolyte mole ingWhat claims.

is claimed as new and for which it is desired to cules is effected as tremendously increases electron secure Letters Patent is:

vibration between the electrical poles, as a consequence of which hydrogen gas, as well as oxygen, will be given 35 1. The method of commercially producing hydrogen off at high rates and in such large quantitities as hereto and oxygen gases electrolytically from an aqueous elec fore not achievable. trolyte which comprises, placing an electrolytic cell Other objects, features and advantages of the inven within a resonant chamber, then feeding resonating tion will be apparent from the following discription. microwave energy to said resonant chamber for sub

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40 jecting the molecules of the electrolyte to vibration at

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the microwave energy frequency, and then collecting the hydrogen and oxygen gasses released at the two

In accordance with the invention, microwave energy poles of the electrolytic cell.

produced by a microwave generator will be fed to a 45 2. The method as defined in claim 1 wherein said resonant cavity of such size as will contain one or more resonating frequency is 915 Mh.

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