When a hydrocarbon fuel is introduced into the system, the catalyst surface of the membrane splits hydrogen gas molecules into protons and electrons. A fuel cell stack is comprised of numerous individual cells stacked together to provide the required power. The Gyrotron BLP's Energy Technology utilizes the BlackLight Process as an energy source and the Gyrotron as the electric energy conversion device. We refer to this proof of principle device simply as, the Gyrotron. Under certain conditions the BlackLight Process creates a plasma powered by a highly energetic chemical reaction.
Proprietary catalysts are present in the reactor.
The catalyst and hydrogen interact forming lower energy hydrogen, energetic electrons and cations, and ultraviolet light. The electrons from the plasma go through a gyrotron where microwaves are generated. The BLP Gyrotron will be designed to extract energy from the plasma and convert it directly to electricity. The BLP Gyrotron has many advantages. Hydrogen fuel is abundant, since it can be obtained in the BlackLight Process by diverting only a fraction of the energy to split water into its elemental constituents of hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis.