Patent ID: 7645368

Claim:
A method, comprising: applying a difference in electrical potential to an anode and a cathode, the anode and cathode are each in an ion-exchange membrane sealed by a barrier that inhibits passage of an electrolyte and at least partially immersed in the electrolyte contained in a fluid reservoir of an electroosmotic pump; collecting gases generated at least in part by electrolytic decomposition of the electrolyte within a space defined by the ion-exchange membranes that seal the anode and cathode; channeling the generated gases through conduits from the space defined by the sealed ion-exchange membranes through the barrier to a gas recombiner located outside of the fluid reservoir independent of the orientation of reservoir and under pressure of the generated gases; recombining the collected gases to produce a liquid by the gas recombiner, the gas recombiner including a catalyst and an osmotic membrane; and introducing the produced liquid into the fluid reservoir through an osmotic membrane.