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(12) Brevet: (11) CA 2992694
(54) Titre français: APPAREILLAGE DE PRODUCTION D'HYDROGENE PAR DECOMPOSITION ELECTROLYTIQUE COMPORTANT UN SYSTEME D'OSCILLATION FONCTIONNANT AU GAZ
(54) Titre anglais: APPARATUS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY ELECTROLYTIC-DECOMPOSITION WITH GAS-OPERATED OSCILLATION SYSTEM
Statut: Réputé périmé
Données bibliographiques
(51) Classification internationale des brevets (CIB):
  • C25B 9/65 (2021.01)
  • C25B 9/19 (2021.01)
  • C25B 15/023 (2021.01)
  • C25B 1/02 (2006.01)
  • C25B 1/04 (2021.01)
  • C25B 15/02 (2021.01)
  • C25B 15/08 (2006.01)
  • C25B 9/00 (2006.01)
  • C25B 1/04 (2006.01)
  • C25B 15/02 (2006.01)
(72) Inventeurs :
  • JOEL, KEVIN (Canada)
(73) Titulaires :
  • JOEL, KEVIN (Canada)
(71) Demandeurs :
  • JOEL, KEVIN (Canada)
(74) Agent:
(74) Co-agent:
(45) Délivré: 2018-07-24
(22) Date de dépôt: 2018-02-09
(41) Mise à la disponibilité du public: 2018-04-23
Requête d'examen: 2018-02-09
Licence disponible: S.O.
(25) Langue des documents déposés: Anglais

Traité de coopération en matière de brevets (PCT): Non

(30) Données de priorité de la demande: S.O.

Abrégés

Abrégé français

Dans la présente invention, il existe un appareil pour décomposer un réactif approprié à létat liquide en un produit final dhydrogène gazeux au moyen dune opération délectrolyse. En conséquence, lappareil contient des composants standards pour lélectrolyse qui comprennent ici une membrane séparatrice à membrane perméable à lhydrogène en deux compartiments, un compartiment anodique et un compartiment cathodique. En plus de ces composants normalisés, lappareil présente trous dans la surface inférieure du compartiment anodique. Chaque trou dorifice supporte un composant de raccord de tuyau ayant un mécanisme de boîtier relié à celui-ci. Le mécanisme de glissement glisse le long de lextérieur de la conduite sous la poussée dun système de pistons/vérins fonctionnant au gaz comprimé. Grâce à laction de glissement, le réactif liquide contenu dans lembout de tuyauterie par un mécanisme de boîtier subit des pulsations se développant ainsi jusquà un état dactivation moléculaire. Lappareil effectue lélectrolyse pendant les états réactifs dactivation active.


Abrégé anglais

In the present invention there is an apparatus for decomposing a suitable reactant in liquid-state into ultimately a product of hydrogen-gas by means of electrolysis operation. Accordingly, the apparatus contains standard components for electrolysis which here includes a hydrogen-permeable membrane separating unit-interior into two compartments an anode-compartment and a cathode-compartment Further to those standardized-components, apparatus of present-invention features four corner port-holes in bottom surface of anode-compartment. Each port-hole supports a pipe-stub component having a casing mechanism joined thereto. The casing mechanism slides along pipe-stub exterior under driving-power of a compressed-gas operated system of piston/cylinders. Through sliding-action, the liquid-reactant contained within pipe-stub by casing mechanism undergoes pulsations thereby developing to a state of molecular energization. Apparatus performs electrolysis during reactant states of active energization.

Revendications

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THIS APPLICATION CLAIMS THE FOLLOWING:
1. An apparatus for the electrolytic decomposition of a medium which under
Standard
Atmospheric Temperature Pressure is liquid such that one reaction product is
one of...
Monatomic Hydrogen(H), Diatomic Hydrogen(H2); same apparatus comprising at
least
the following elements...
A) An electrolysis-unit wherein a hydrogen permeable membrane divides unit
into a
'compartment-one' and a 'compartment-two'
B) One hydrogen-gas tank connected atop compartment-two
C) A source of electrolysing-power external to unit
D) One anode-electrode in compartment-one and one cathode-electrode in
compartment-two,
same two electrodes each in connection with said source of electrolysing-power
E) One liquid-inlet located atop compartment-one
F) A ledge which circumscribes the exterior of unit such that by means of same
ledge the unit
may mount upon a stand compatible with same ledge
G) Four port-holes through the bottom of compartment-one
H) Female-threading for each of same four port-holes
I) A pipe-stub component open at each end; equipped with a ledge
circumscribing one end and
male-threading at end opposite ledge, threaded into each of apparatus four
port-holes
J) A casing-component open at each end, equipped with a ledge running inside
the
circumference of top-end; installed such that ledge underside sits upon the
surface of pipe-stub ledge
and ledge upper-side opposes the bottom of compartment-one
K) A fitting-component featuring a deformable ledge around perimeter of one
side, and a
coupling-port at the centre of opposite side; installed such that ledge
deforms into the bottom-end of
casing-component
L) A seal installed to prevent water-leakage between the exterior of pipe-stub
and casing-
component ledge
A PAIR OF GAS-CIRCUITS, EACH CIRCUIT CONTAINING...
M) One gas-compressor with two outlet-ports
N) One spring-retraction piston/cylinder component connected to each of said
gas-compressor
two outlet-ports by means of a pressure-sensitive inlet at cylinder Bottom
Dead Centre

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O) One position-sensor in each piston/cylinder which activates cylinder
exhaust-port upon a
threshold compression-percentage of spring and one position-sensor which de-
activates exhaust-port
when piston evacuates working-fluid by means of same exhaust-port
P) A hole passing through external-end of each piston/cylinder rod, such that
same hole align
with a hole through said fitting-component coupling-port; connected to
coupling-port by a fastener
inserted through said holes in alignment
Q) One flow-control valve in between each piston/cylinder inlet-port and
outlet for gas-
compressor, thus enabling regulation of piston/cylinder operating-speed.
2. The apparatus of CLAIM ONE comprising additionally...
A) An exhaust-tank installed such that inlet connects to piston/cylinder
exhaust-port
B) A supply-tank equipped with two pressure-sensitive inlets; installed such
that outlet connect
to inlet-line on said gas-compressor and;
C) Each exhaust-tank by means of outlet connect to one said supply-tank
pressure-sensitive inlet
D) A flow-path from said connection between exhaust-tank outlet and supply-
tank inlet running
to exhaust-port on said flow-control valve component
E) Instrumentation for opening and closing exhaust-line of said flow-control
valve and regulating
same valve according to a programmed operational-sequence.
3. The apparatus of CLAIM TWO wherein...
Said Supply-Tank Deliver Carbon-Dioxide to said Gas-Compressor Thereto
Connected.
4. The apparatus of CLAIM THREE wherein said liquid-medium reactant is water
and comprising
further...
One Oxygen-Gas Tank Connected atop Compartment-One.


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5. The apparatus of CLAIM THREE wherein said liquid-medium reactant is an
alcohol and comprising
further...
A) At least one vacuum-pump installed atop compartment-one such that pump-
inlet enters
same compartment
B) Instrumentation at compartment-one interior, installed to halt operation of
said vacuum-
pump upon same compartment dropping to a threshold air-pressure reading;
In order to regulate compartment-one oxygen molarity such that alcoholic-
decomposition by
electrolysis may proceed within same compartment.
6. The apparatus of CLAIM TWO wherein...
Said Electrolysis-Unit comprise a Rectangular Construction Design.
7. The apparatus of CLAIM TWO wherein...
Said Electrolysis-Unit comprise a Square Construction Design.
8. The apparatus of CLAIM SIX and of CLAIM SEVEN wherein...
Each corner at the bottom of compartment-one features one of said four port-
holes through
bottom thereof.

Description

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APPARATUS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY ELECTROLYITC-DECOMPOSITION WITH GAS-
OPERATED OSCILLATION SYSTEM
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to the field of apparatus designed to yield a
hydrogen-gas by-
product through the operation of electrolysis. It is not limited to the use of
a water-electrolysis reaction,
although it is limited to electrolysis apparatus wherein the reactant is
A) Liquid at room-temperature
B) Liquid over course of electrolysis operation
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
Nothing is perhaps better documented by the prior-art than an electrolysis-
apparatus designed
to recover a product of hydrogen-gas from a liquid-medium reactant, which is
in many but not all cases,
water. Since introduction of such technology, numerous variations and
modifications have developed.
Generally, these developments endeavor to improve the overall operating
efficiency of the system. At
its simplest form, water supplied at room temperature into an electrolysis-
apparatus at atmospheric
pressure gradually separates into oxygen-gas at the anode-component and
hydrogen-gas at the
cathode-component, under the power of an electrolysis-current, each collected
into respective tanks.
An electrolysis-apparatus of this form cannot commercialize hydrogen-
production due to the
operating-cost from electrical-input power. Many subsequent apparatus designs
accordingly attempt to
overcome this problem. Some of the most common include high-temperature
electrolysis, high-
pressure electrolysis and photovoltaic-electrolysis.
In high-temperature electrolysis, industrial waste-heat is often utilized.
This recovered thermal-
energy transforms input-water into steam, the steam then supplied into
electrolysis apparatus within a
standard pressure-range. Designs as such operate economically, but with the
limitation of a
dependence upon externally supplied power to vaporize the water. Such
apparatus may not be suitable
for reactants other than water.
In high-pressure electrolysis, a pumping-component supplies water under
pressure to the
electrolysis apparatus. This yields hydrogen-gas product at a greater pressure-
level, such that same
need not undergo further compression for subsequent shipping or
transportation. Canadian patent-
application 2 143 448 discloses an apparatus operating on a principle as such.
Although these apparatus
consume less power during operation than the 'classic' design, operational
expense is still a limitation.
Liquids more reactive than water may not be suitable reactants in apparatus as
such, furthermore.
ln photovoltaic-electrolysis, solar radiation powers the electrolyser-
component. Designs as such
are relatively economical. However, these apparatus are limited in
voltage/current output by the
intensity of incoming solar radiation.
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Canadian patent-application 2 590 796 discloses a pulsation electrolysis
apparatus. This
apparatus stimulates the reactant through application of high-voltage
pulsations, the frequency of
which can be regulated through a control-system. Such apparatus may accelerate
the electrolytic-
reaction at the expense of a higher operating voltage. The present invention
oscillates the liquid-
reactant at a frequency which varies in phases.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention is a basic, membrane electrolysis-apparatus, featuring
an oscillation-
system integrated thereinto. Oscillation-system by means of a compressed-gas
driven piston, delivers
vibratory-pulses to apparatus liquid-reactant through a pipe-stub component.
The oscillation-frequency
alternates between low and high, with electrolysis synchronized for the phases
of high-frequency.
In apparatus of present invention, the oscillation-system remains in constant
operation while
electrolysis is itself periodic, subject rather to timed intervals.
Accordingly, it is the object of present
invention to optimize electrolysis-operation through regulation of
electrolyser-current for high-
frequency states of liquid pulsation achieved via complimentary power-input
from the oscillation-
system.
In the oscillation-system the rapid reciprocation of a piston-component, by
means of a piping
mechanism adjoined to apparatus liquid-compartment, propagates pulsations in
the liquid that spread
through its volume. Over the entire operational course oscillation-system
sustains the liquid reactant in
a state of pulsation. Molecules in the pulsating liquid acquire kinetic-energy
from their state of motion.
This kinetic-energy acts as a reactant in the electrolysis operation, with the
aim of economizing same.
While oscillation-system consumes power from compressor operation, same
operation is periodic in
nature. Accordingly, the present invention provides an electrolysis-apparatus
designed to maintain a
relatively low cost of operation. Further to this, apparatus may implement
such that electrolyser utilize
battery-power, while compressor-operation consume solar-power thereby
achieving a balance between
performance and cost in the hydrogen-product decomposition-reactions.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
Concerning the three figures cross-referenced herein; FIGURE ONE provides a
cross-sectional
view of the apparatus in a version for water-electrolysis. FIGURE ONE does not
depict all the
components located under apparatus.
FIGURE TWO depicts all the components located under compartment-one of
apparatus, in a
cutaway view, as well as the particular configuration of same components.
FIGURE THREE represents a version of the apparatus for alcohol-electrolysis in
cutaway view.
The figures employ orthographic projection.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF CLAIMED SUBJECT MATTER:
Application subject-matter comprises a unit for the electrolysis of water, or
alternately certain
hydrocarbon alcohols, modified to operate in synchronization with an
oscillation system incorporated
thereto. This modified apparatus performs the same function as a standard unit
for water-electrolysis
but in an operation regulated for greater overall efficiency. Fundamental to
the modified apparatus is a
standard unit for water-electrolysis taken to contain the following
components:
1. ONE UNIT DIVIDED INTO TWO EQAL COMPARTMENTS BY A HYDROGEN-PERMEABLE
MEMBRANE (FIGURE ONE--ONE)
2. ONE HYDROGEN-GAS TANK (FIGURE ONE--TWO) CONNECTED TO TOP OF
COMPARTMENT-TWO (FIGURE ONE--THREE)
3. ONE OXYGEN-GAS TANK (FIGURE ONE--FOUR) CONNECTED TO TOP OF
COMPARTMENT-ONE (FIGURE ONE--FIVE)
4. A POWER-SOURCE AT UNIT EXTERIOR (FIGURE ONE--SIX)
5. ONE CATHODE-ELECTRODE (FIGURE ONE--SEVEN) IN COMPARTMENT-TWO
CONNECTED TO POWER-SOURCE
6. ONE ANODE-ELECTRODE (FIGURE ONE--EIGHT) IN COMPARTMENT-ONE CONNECTED
TO POWER-SOURCE
7. ONE SEALABLE WATER-INLET (FIGURE ONE--NINE) AT TOP OF COMPARTMENT-ONE
Further to the standard-unit outlined the apparatus features a support-ledge
(FIGURE ONE--
TEN) around the unit central-exterior. Excluding support-ledge all features of
apparatus pertain to the
designated 'compartment-one' of standard-unit. Compartment-one as per the
modified apparatus
features four port-holes; one such port-hole (FIGURE ONE--ELEVEN) in each
corner of compartment
bottom. Port-holes further feature female-thread cutting.
There is a pipe-stub component (FIGURE ONE--TWELVE). Pipe-stub features male-
threading at
one end, and opposite from threaded-end a mount-ledge (FIGURE ONE--THIRTEEN)
which circumscribes
the exterior. There is a casing component (FIGURE ONE--FOURTEEN). Casing
describes a piece
characterized by two open ends, wherein the opening for one such open end runs
through a ledge
(FIGURE ONE--FIFTEEN) around same end. Further to casing ends, the opening at
ledge-end features a
diameter fractionally exceeding diameter of the pipe-stub. However, the
opening opposite from ledge-
end features a diameter greater than pipe-stub mount-ledge diameter. There is
a ring-type seal placed
at casing ledge-end such that seal (FIGURE ONE--SIXTEEN) stretches over and
under the ledge.
Installation of pipe-stub is such that each port-hole features one pipe-stub
threaded-end
thereto connected, same end inserting through:
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1. CASING END OPPOSITE LEDGE-END
2. CASING LEDGE-END
3. PORT-HOLE MATING THREADS
Accordingly, upon correct installation, one casing-piece should by means of
ledge rest against
mount-ledge of each threaded pipe-stub, the weight thereof supported by same.
There is a fitting-piece
(FIGURE ONE--SEVENTEEN), which comprises a flat surface encircled around the
upper-side by a
deformable ridge, and having a coupling-port (FIGURE ONE--EIGHTEEN) at the
centre of lower-side.
Diameter of fitting-piece lies between the casing-piece inner-diameter and
outer-diameter. The ridge
orients in parallel with the flat-surface axis, and runs along the
circumference. The coupling-port
extends in parallel to same axis, and features two holes, which may or may not
be threaded, aligned to
each other diametrically. Installation of fitting-piece is such that by means
of deformable ridge same
piece 'snap' inserts into the accessible opening on all four casings.
There is a compressed-gas-circuit (CGC) incorporated into the apparatus. The
CGC is a pair of
two identical but separate gas-circuits. Each circuit of the CGC is
accordingly comprised:
1. ONE CARBON-DIOXIDE GAS SUPPLY-TANK
2. ONE DUAL-OUTLET COMPRESSOR UNIT
3. TWO FLOW-CONTROL VALVES
4. TWO SPRING-RETRACTON PISTON/CYLINDERS
5. TWO EXHAUST-TANKS
The carbon-dioxide gas supply-tank (FIGURE TWO--NINETEEN) stores carbon-
dioxide at a
pressure in the range of fifty to one-hundred PSI. With regard to the
configuration of circuitry
components; the compressor-unit (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY) comprises a suitable
pressure-capacity gas-
compressor and an internal pressure-tank. The compressor-inlet (FIGURE TWO--
TWENTY-ONE) connects
with supply-tank outlet (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY-TWO). The compressor-outlet
connects with internal
pressure-tank inlet. Pressure-tank installs such that each of two outlets
thereof connect by means of
valve to the two compressor-unit outlets from the interior. Each flow-control
valve (FIGURE TWO--
TWENTY-THREE) connects externally to a compressor-unit outlet and then
connects to an inlet at
Bottom Dead Centre of one piston-cylinder. Compressor-unit lies directly
between the two
piston/cylinders.
Each piston/cylinder component comprises a cylinder (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY-FOUR)
equipped
with:
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1. ONE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE INLET (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY-FIVE) AT BOTTOM DEAD
CENTRE
2. ONE EXHAUST-PORT (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY-SIX)
3. TWO POSITION-SENSORS (SENSOR-ONE AND SENSOR-TWO)
4. A ROD (FIGURE TVVO--TWENTY-SEVEN) RUNNING THROUGH TOP DEAD CENTRE COUPLED
TO
A PISTON-MEMBER (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY-EIGHT) AT INTERNAL ROD-END
5. A COMPRESSION-SPRING (FIGURE TWO--TWENTY-NINE) MOUNTED TO CYLINDER TOP-
INTERIOR SURFACE
Further to outlined cylinder components, installation of sensor-one (FIGURE
TWO--THIRTY) is
such that same sense piston upon a spring-compression equal to twenty-five
percent. Sensor-two
(FIGURE TWO--THIRTY-ONE) installs above the exhaust-port. Each cylinder
exhaust-port connects to
inlet of one exhaust-tank (FIGURE TWO--THIRTY-TWO). Each exhaust-tank outlet
connects to one gas
supply-tank inlet. Each flow-control valve exhaust-port connects to line
(FIGURE TWO--THIRTY-THREE)
between one exhaust-tank outlet and supply-tank inlet.
Each piston/cylinder rod features a hole through external rod end. Rod-
diameter equals less
than diameter for casing fitting-piece coupling-port. External rod-end inserts
into same coupling-port,
and then by means of either screw-fastening or a nut-bolt pair (FIGURE TWO--
THIRTY-FOUR) connects to
coupling-port. Accordingly, the four CGC piston/cylinders link to the four
pipe-stub casing-assemblies of
four apparatus port-holes.
The function of the apparatus herein outlined is to decompose a fixed water-
supply in
compartment-one into hydrogen-gas(H2) and oxygen-gas(02) respectively, and to
do so consuming less
electricity than if the reaction proceeded in the absence of same apparatus.
Apparatus generates
cyclical oscillations which stimulate the water-molecules in compartment-one,
exposing molecules to
electrolysis-current only when in a state of constant pulsation thereby
regulating power expenditure.
To this end, operation comprises these stages:
1. LOADING WATER INTO COMPARTMENT-ONE
2. PHASE-ONE
3. PHASE-TWO
4. PHASE-THREE
5. PHASE-FOUR
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By means of the apparatus support-ledge, a stand supports the full weight of
apparatus such
that same is above ground-surface during installation and operation. In the
first stage, there is a level-
indicator inside of compartment-one. This indicator is located somewhere below
the top of same
compartment, depending upon apparatus operating-capacity. By means of
compartment-one water-
inlet, one supplies water to compartment-one until water reaches the level-
indicator. Thereupon, the
water-inlet seals, which may be as simple as tightening a cap. Properly
installed, the casing components
must seal off each pipe-stub, thereby preventing any water leakage at all
therefrom.
In phase-one there is an operational-sequence from which the latter three
phases merely
deviate. Phase-one is the 'warm-up' phase. There is no actual electrolysis
during phase-one; rather, the
water molecules undergo energization to create conditions suitable for
electrolysis-current. To this end,
phase-one comprises the sequence as follows:
1. TWENTY-SECOND OPERATION AT LOW-FREQUENCY
2. TWENTY-SECOND OPERATION AT HIGH-FREQUENCY
3. TWENTY-SECOND OPERATION AT LOW-FREQUENCY
4. CYCLICAL REPEAT OF OPERATIONS ONE THROUGH THREE TO A DEFINED NUMBER OF
MINUTES (n)
In low-frequency operation the path between flow-control exhaust-port and
return-line is open.
This routes some input carbon-dioxide gas from piston/cylinders back towards
the supply-tank. In high-
frequency operation the aforementioned path is closed. Therefore, all input
carbon-dioxide gas reaches
each piston/cylinder. Frequency of piston-stroke is higher when all input-gas
reaches the piston than
when only a fixed-perce=ntage of same powers the stroke.
Commencement of operation involves powering of the gas-compressor. Gas-
compressor
creates a vacuum, thereby syphoning carbon-dioxide from the supply-tank by
means of inlet. The
carbon-dioxide undergoes compression whereupon gas-compressor discharges same
to pressure-tank
by means of outlet-port. Gas-compressor discharges carbon-dioxide into the
pressure-tank until the
pressure-tank reaches a threshold internal-pressure. When pressure-tank
reaches threshold-pressure, a
control-instrument in tank relays a signal which shuts-off gas-compressor
operation. Operator may then
push a control-button to proceed with phase-one.
When operator pushes same control-button, the dual outlet-ports of gas-
compressor unit open,
creating a flow-path between the pressure-tank of compressor-unit and both
piston/cylinders by means
of flow-controls. Compressed carbon-dioxide accordingly enters all four
cylinders by means of pressure-
sensitive inlet. This pushes against piston, thereby compressing the cylinder-
spring. When spring-
compression equals twenty-five percent, sensor-one closes the communicative
compressor-unit outlet
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and then opens cylinder exhaust-port. Accordingly, cylinder-spring expands,
forcing carbon-dioxide
from cylinder into the exhaust-tank thereto connected. When piston reaches
sensor-two, sensor-two
closes the cylinder exhaust-port and then re-opens the communicative
compressor-unit outlet.
When piston-cylinder exhaust-tank reaches a threshold-pressure, which is less
than the pressure
such that a differential flowing from cylinder to exhaust-tank would no longer
exist, exhaust-tank outlet
opens, releasing carbon-dioxide into return-line connected to gas supply-tank
inlet. When the return-
line pressure, which includes bleed-gas by means of flow-control valve,
reaches a high enough level the
gas supply-tank inlet opens and line-gas by means of same circulates back to
supply-tank. When the
gas-compressor unit pressure-tank drops to a second threshold, control-
instrument in tank starts gas-
compressor; gas-compressor, by means of partly replenished supply-tank,
returns the pressure-tank to
first pressure-threshold.
During the outlined sequence of carbon-dioxide CGC circulation, the casing
components slide
along pipe-stub alternately towards and away from compartment-one port-hole in
response to the
reciprocal-action of each piston by means of rod for same. This synchronized
movement of casing
components sets the water-molecules contained by compartment-one into a state
of continuous
oscillation. After twenty-seconds the flow-control exhaust closes, and the
operation proceeds at an
oscillation high-frequency for an additional twenty-seconds. Thereupon, flow-
control exhaust opens,
and operation at low-frequency oscillation continues for twenty-seconds more.
Where 'n is equal to a
period of five-minutes, then this minute-cycle would repeat four times more.
Where n is equal to a
period often-minutes, then cycle would repeat nine more times, etcetera.
As the water-molecules undergo oscillation, the number of molecular collisions
is greater than if
the water remained relatively inactive over an equal time-period. Accordingly,
at the onset of phase-
two the water-molecules posses greater kinetic-energy than when phase-one
began. Phase-two
operationally involves a programmed time-period. In phase-two, the exhaust-
port for flow-control
valves closes and remains in the closed positioned over the full course of
programmed time-period. The
electrolysis circuitry powers-on with phase-two onset and operates over the
phase-two time-frame.
Upon elapse of phase-two time period the flow-control exhaust opens,
electrolysis circuit powers-off,
and phase-three begins. Phase-three involves the same minute-cycle sequence of
phase-one, except its
operational time is equal in number of minutes to phase-two. Phase-four is
simply the subsequent
cycling of phase-two and phase-three; this cycling persists until the hydrogen-
gas tank on compartment-
two reaches an internal-pressure indicating the molar-amount of hydrogen which
the electrolysis-
decomposition yields as a product for the compartment-one water-volume
reactant. Upon reaching this
threshold-pressure, hydrogen-tank instrumentation relays a signal which powers
off the electrolysis
component and then de-activates the CGC system thereby shutting-down
apparatus. The hydrogen-gas
tank receives diatomic-hydrogen when atmospheric-pressure within compartment-
two displaces same
thereinto by means of pressure-sensitive inlet.
Water-volume inside compartment-one of apparatus is measured up to the level-
indicator
thereof. A pressure/volume relationship exists such that regardless of the
apparatus size or capacity,
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consistent performance results may be achieved. In an apparatus wherein each
of four piston/cylinders
operates at 1000 PSI during high-frequency phases, and with a water-volume of
8 cubic-feet, then:
PRESSURE/VOLUME RATIO = (1000 * 4) / 8
= 4000 PSI / 8 CUBIC FEET
= 500 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH OF PRESSURE PER CUBIC-
FOOT OF WATER
Applicant suggests that apparatus use a standard operating ratio of at least
720 PSI/CUBIC-
FOOT. The principal is to maximize the energization of apparatus water-
molecules while minimizing the
power-input to stimulate same energization. Nor is the scope of application
subject-matter restricted to
the version of invention outlined herein, as it is possible to duplicate the
invention in various different
forms. For instance, apparatus piston/cylinders are not restricted to an input
power of carbon-dioxide.
They may operate pneumatically, or with an alternative compressed-gas. A
hydraulic-operation is
technically even possible.
Furthermore, through a minor design-modification subject apparatus may operate

wherein an alcohol-medium, particularly ethanol or methanol, substitutes for
water as electrolysis-
reactant. In this modified design, oxygen-gas tank is omitted from compartment-
one. A vacuum-pump
unit (FIGURE THREE--THIRTY-FIVE) installs atop compartment-one, such that pump-
inlet (FIGURE THREE-
-THIRTY-SIX) enters compartment-one by means of top-surface thereof. After
supplying alcohol-
reactant to compartment-one, vacuum-unit operates such that compartment-one
air content evacuates
therefrom through pump-outlet (FIGURE THREE--THIRTY-SEVEN). When an instrument
in compartment-
one measures a threshold-pressure, less than atmospheric-pressure, such that
air-supply in
compartment-one is of inadequate molarity to support combustion, instrument
(FIGURE THREE--THIRTY-
EIGHT) stops pumping-operation. Vacuum-pump outlet thereupon closes with an
airtight-seal, and
apparatus-operation proceeds in the outlined manner. This allows for the
flammable alcohol-reactant
to absorb the heat of electrolysis to the point of decomposition. In order to
regulate operation such
that same decomposition proceed in a monatomic or diatomic hydrogen-yielding
reaction, the
apparatus pressure per volume ratio must be calculated in accordance with
activation-energy for the
targeted reaction. Furthermore, the CGC working-fluid must be in proportion
with the molar-mass of
the alcohol-reactant. Accordingly, the present invention is not restricted to
one specific operational-
process, but rather a general design principle. The claimed subject-matter
hence reflects a broadness as
such.
CA 2992694 2018-05-03

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Accordingly, the present invention is not restricted to one specific
operational-process, but
rather a general design principle. The claimed subject-matter hence reflects a
broadness as such.
CA 2992694 2018-01-22

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