FRACTURE CELL APPARATUS

摘要

Fracture cell apparatus including a capacitive fracture cell (20) comprising a container (21) having walls (21a, 21b) made of non-electrically conducting material for containing a liquid dielectric (26), and spaced apart electrode means (22, 23) positioned outside the container (21) with the liquid dielectric (26) between the electrode means, and means (1-8a, 8b) for applying positive and negative voltage pulses to each of the electrode means (22, 23). In use, whenever one of a positive voltage pulse and a negative voltage pulse is applied to one of the two electrode means, the other of a positive voltage pulse and a negative voltage pulse is applied to the other of the two electrode means, thereby creating an alternating electric field across the liquid dielectric to cause fracture of the liquid dielectric (26). The invention also relates to a method of generating gas, preferably the decomposition of water into gaseous hydrogen and oxygen.