Patent ID: 9574492
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: C25B,F02B,F02D,F02M,G07C,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method of controlling production of hydrogen gas within a hydrogen supplemental system for supplying hydrogen to an internal combustion engine comprising: detecting, by an onboard diagnostic interface in communication with a vehicle or engine onboard diagnostic terminal, operation of the internal combustion engine and a RPM level of the internal combustion engine; supplying, by a power supply, electrical power in the form of a voltage to an electrolyzer upon detecting that the internal combustion engine is in operation and based on the detected RPM level, wherein the electrolyzer is mounted within a housing unit; supplying, from a nonelectrolyte water tank mounted inside the housing unit, nonelectrolyte water to the electrolyzer; producing, by the electrolyzer when supplied with the electrical power, hydrogen gas based on the detected RPM level, supplying the nonelectrolyte water via a water container disposed within the housing unit above the nonelectrolye water tank, wherein the electrolyzer is disposed external of the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the oxygen gas produced by the electrolyzer travels back through the supply line and is vented to an atmosphere; wherein the electrolyzer comprises: a plurality of layers, said layers being non-liquid and each layer being in adjacent contact with another one of said layers, wherein the plurality of layers includes at least two external layers and an internal layer which is disposed in adjacent contact between the external layers, wherein a first external layer is connected to a positive terminal of the power supply and as such applies the positive side of the voltage to a first side of the internal layer, and a second external layer is connected to a negative terminal of the power supply and as such applies the negative side of the voltage to a second side of the internal layer, said first and second sides being on opposite sides of the internal layer, and wherein when the voltage is applied across the first external layer, the internal layer and the second external layer, the electrolyzer separates the nonelectrolyte water into the oxygen gas which is output on the first side of the internal layer and the hydrogen gas which is output on the second side of the internal layer.