Patent ID: 7615138

Claim:
An electrolysis system comprising: an electrolysis tank; a membrane separating said electrolysis tank into a first region and a second region, wherein said membrane permits ion and electron exchange between said first and second regions, and wherein said membrane restricts hydrogen gas flow and oxygen gas flow between said first and second regions; at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of a first type contained within said electrolysis tank, said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said first type comprised of a first material, wherein each pair of said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said first type includes an anode and a cathode; at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of a second type contained within said electrolysis tank, said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said second type comprised of a second material, wherein said first and second materials are different, and wherein each pair of said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said second type includes an anode and a cathode; at least one pair of high voltage electrodes contained within said electrolysis tank, wherein each pair of said at least one pair of high voltage electrodes includes an anode and a cathode, wherein said anodes of said first and second types of low voltage electrodes and said anodes of said high voltage electrodes are contained within said first region and said cathodes of said first and second types of low voltage electrodes and said cathodes of said high voltage electrodes are contained within said second region, wherein a first separation distance corresponding to the distance between the high voltage electrodes of each pair of said at least one pair of high voltage electrodes is greater than a second separation distance corresponding to the distance between the low voltage electrodes of each pair of said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said first type, and wherein said first separation distance is greater than a third separation distance corresponding to the distance between the low voltage electrodes of each pair of said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said second type; a low voltage source with a first output voltage electrically connected to said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said first type and to said at least one pair of low voltage electrodes of said second type; a high voltage source with a second output voltage electrically connected to said at least one pair of high voltage electrodes, wherein said second output voltage is higher than said first output voltage; and means for simultaneously pulsing both said low voltage source and said high voltage source at a specific frequency and a specific pulse duration.