Patent ID: 6569298
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B60L,C02F,C25B,H01M,Y02A,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
An apparatus for the generation of electrical energy and the production of hydrogen, comprising:a first system fluidly coupled to a water source and electrically coupled to an electrical energy source that receives water and electrical energy to produce deionized water; and a second system operable in either a fuel generation mode or a power generation mode, the second system being fluidly coupled to the first system to receive deionized water and being electrically coupled to the electrical energy source to receive electrical energy to generate hydrogen and oxygen when the system is operating in the fuel generation mode, the hydrogen being received by a fluidly coupled hydrogen storage system, and the second system receiving hydrogen from the hydrogen storage system and an oxidizer from an oxidizer source that is fluidly coupled to the second system and combining the hydrogen and the oxidizer to generate electrical energy when the system is operating in the power generation mode, the first system substantially abutting the second system to form a single unitary assembly.