Patent ID: 7045042

Claim:
A water electrolysis apparatus utilizing an arrangement of vertical planar anodes and cathodes immersed in an electrolyte solution in a tank, in combination with an electrical leads system providing current to said anodes and cathodes, wherein said apparatus is provided means for overhead collecting of gaseous hydrogen and oxygen produced initially as bubbles formed respectively at said cathodes and anodes, wherein also provided are means for imposition of magnetic fields to enhance circulation of said electrolyte solution, wherein also provided are vertically oriented generally planar partititons separating hydrogen bubbles-containing regions of said electrolyte solution from oxygen bubbles-containing regions of said electrolyte solution, wherein included in immersed portions of said partitions are means for electrostatic attraction of negatively charged bubbles of hydrogen toward one face of each of said partitions and for attraction of positively charged bubbles of oxygen toward the opposite face of each partition, and wherein said electrostatic bubbles-attracting means are constituted by sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene or alternatively suitable equivalent materials made into electrets.