Patent ID: 6817320
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: C25B,F02B,F02M,Y02E,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A hydrogen generating system for use in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle for increasing the efficiency of the engine and decreasing emissions from the engine, the hydrogen generating system comprising:a plurality of modules, each module containing an electrolysis cell for generating hydrogen and oxygen gases by electrolysis of an aqueous solution; a power regulator for providing regulated electrical power to the electrolysis cell, the power regulator generating an AC component; an outlet flow means for introducing the generated gases from the cells into the intake manifold system of the internal combustion engine; a monitoring means for monitoring the operating conditions of the hydrogen generating system; a control means in communication with the monitoring means and adapted to control the operation of the hydrogen generating system in response to the monitoring means; and wherein the AC component of the power regulators are phase locked with a selected module acting as the master module and a selected others of the modules acting as slave modules.