Patent ID: 9683298
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: C25B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for producing oxygen and hydrogen gas from a liquid alkaline electrolytic solution during a process of electrolysis comprising: providing an electrolysing apparatus having first and second spaced apart and parallel foraminous electrodes, immersed in an inlet chamber, which surrounds the first and second electrodes and which has at least one inlet and two outlets; passing an electrolytic solution into the inlet so as to immerse the electrodes in the electrolytic solution; and applying a voltage to the apparatus across the electrodes which are immersed in the electrolytic solution to electrolyze the solution between the electrodes so that oxygen gas forms on the first electrode and hydrogen gas forms on the second electrode, wherein the electrolytic solution between the electrodes diverges into first and second outlet streams such that the first outlet stream passes through the first electrode thereby removing the oxygen gas from the first electrode as the first outlet stream passes into the first outlet, and such that the second outlet stream passes through the second electrode thereby removing the hydrogen gas from the second electrode as the second outlet stream passes into the second outlet; wherein the first and second electrodes are provided in relative close proximity to one another in a range of between 1 mm and 6 mm.