PORTABLE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM

摘要

A portable hydrogen and oxygen supply system produces gaseous hydrogen and gaseous oxygen from water. It separates the gasses and vents them into two separate chambers. The supply system creates water disassociation through an array of concentric hexagonal hydrogen collector tubes, anode rods and a cathode matrix, all of which are submersed in water. The anode rods and cathode matrix are supplied DC electrical current. The water separates (disassociates) as atomic hydrogen is drawn to the negatively charged anode rods and the atomic oxygen is drawn to the positively charged cathode matrix. The hydrogen, on its path to the anode, passes through the walls of the hydrogen collector tubes to be collected in the first chamber. The oxygen is unable to pass through the walls of the tubes, and remains outside the tubes to be collected in the second chamber.

主权项

1. A hydrogen and oxygen supply system, which comprises:
a reactor, the reactor defining an internal cavity for containing water and for causing the water to disassociate into hydrogen gas and oxygen gas; a first port in fluid communication with the internal cavity of the reactor for venting therethrough the disassociated hydrogen gas; and a second port in fluid communication with the internal cavity of the reactor for venting therethrough the disassociated oxygen gas; wherein the reactor includes: a redox chamber, the redox chamber having an outer wall, the outer wall at least partially defining interiorly thereof an interior space, and a first chamber for collecting disassociated oxygen gas, the second port being in fluid communication with the first chamber; a hydrogen trap, the hydrogen trap being mounted on the redox chamber, the hydrogen trap at least partially defining a second chamber for collecting disassociated hydrogen gas, the first port being in fluid communication with the second chamber; a cathode matrix, the cathode matrix being situated within the interior space of the redox chamber, the cathode matrix including a plurality of upstanding cathode tubes, each cathode tube having an axial length and defining a bore extending axially therein, each cathode tube having a side wall and an open top axial end; means for providing a first voltage potential on the cathode matrix, the first voltage potential providing means being in electrical communication with the cathode matrix and the plurality of upstanding cathode tubes thereof; a plurality of anodes, each anode being in the form of an elongated member; means for providing a second voltage potential on the anodes, the second voltage potential providing means being in electrical communication with the anodes, the second voltage potential being different in magnitude from that of the first voltage potential; a plurality of hydrogen collector tubes, each hydrogen collector tube having an axial length and defining a bore extending axially therein, each hydrogen collector tube having a side wall and an open top axial end, each anode being received by the bore of a respective hydrogen collector tube and being spaced therewithin so as not to contact the side wall of the respective hydrogen collector tube in which the anode is received, each hydrogen collector tube being received by the bore of a respective cathode tube of the cathode matrix and being spaced therewithin so as not to contact the side wall of the respective cathode tube in which the hydrogen collector tube is received; and a separator element disposed between the redox chamber and the hydrogen trap, the separator element separating the first chamber of the redox chamber from the second chamber of the hydrogen trap so that the first chamber is not in gaseous communication with the second chamber; wherein the axial length of each of the hydrogen collector tubes is greater than the axial length of each of the cathode tubes of the cathode matrix; wherein the open top axial end of each hydrogen collector tube extends to the hydrogen trap such that the bore of each hydrogen collector tube is in gaseous communication with the second chamber of the hydrogen trap; and wherein the open top axial end of each cathode tube of the cathode matrix extends upwardly in the redox chamber such that the space within the bore of each cathode tube defined between the side wall of the cathode tube and the side wall of the hydrogen collector tube received thereby is in gaseous communication with the first chamber of the redox chamber.