Patent ID: 7323148
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B01D,B01J,C01B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A hydrogen gas generator comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a member comprising at least one set of flat plates which separates said housing into a fuel holding chamber and a hydrogen chamber, wherein each of the at least one set of flat plates comprises a hydrophilic plate, a catalyst plate, and a hydrophobic plate, said plate set being laminated together, and said hydrophilic plate having a first surface facing the fuel holding chamber and said hydrophobic plate having a second surface facing the hydrogen chamber, said hydrophilic plate having at least one first pore formed therein which communicates with said first surface and said catalyst plate, said catalyst plate having at least one second pore formed therein which communicates with said hydrophilic plate and said hydrophobic plate; (c) a fuel solution in said fuel holding chamber; (d) said catalyst plate having a catalyst disposed on the surface which promotes the generation of hydrogen upon contact with said fuel solution; and (e) said fuel holding chamber being structured to permit fuel solution movement to said first surface such that said fuel solution passes into said first pore thereby contacting the catalyst on said catalyst plate to generate hydrogen which passes into said hydrogen chamber.