Patent ID: 7226677

Claim:
A fuel cell arrangement, comprising: a) an elongated inner chamber having inner walls constituted of a material transmissive to ultraviolet (UV) light and extending along a longitudinal axis between an inlet and an outlet spaced apart along the axis; b) a pump for feeding oxygen under pressure into the inlet of the inner chamber for passage towards the outlet of the inner chamber; c) an outer chamber through which the inner chamber entirely extends, the outer chamber having outer walls spaced from and surrounding the inner walls in a circumferential direction about the axis, the outer walls being constituted of a material reflective to the UV light; d) a quantity of mercury in the outer chamber; e) an ozone generator for converting the oxygen inside the inner chamber into ozone for passage to the outlet of the inner chamber, by electrifying the mercury to generate the UV light that reflects off the outer walls of the outer chamber and passes through all the inner walls of the inner chamber; and f) a fuel cell connected to the outlet of the inner chamber for receiving the ozone as an oxidant.