Patent ID: 8764953
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: C01B,C25B,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A system for simultaneously dissociating reactant gases being CO 2 and H 2 O by electrolysis, the system comprising: a reactor comprising a membrane having first and second opposite surfaces, operative as respectively an anode and a cathode, a first gas inlet configured and operable to enable providing CO 2 at the second surface of said membrane and a second gas inlet configured and operable to enable providing H 2 O at said first surface of said membrane, said membrane being operative as a gas separator to dissociate the reactant gases, an electric generator configured and operable for utilizing energy derived from solar radiation and generating an electric potential sufficient to dissociate the reactant gases, and a heater configured and operable to utilize thermal energy derived from solar radiation for pre-heating the reactant gases prior to dissociation, the dissociation of the reactant gases to product compounds being carried out by separating O − ions from CO and separating H + ions from OH − ions, by conducting oxygen ions from the cathode to the anode side simultaneously with conducting of H + ions from the anode to the cathode side.