Patent ID: 8864974

Claim:
A hydrogen generator comprising: an enclosure to contain an aqueous electrolyte; an anode and a cathode in the enclosure and electrical connections to the anode and cathode for passing an electrical current through the electrolyte in the enclosure to cause an electrolysis reaction to take place to decompose the electrolyte and produce hydrogen gas; a series of spaced plates contained within an enclosure and defining between them cells, between the anode and the cathode, a plate forming a first wall of each cell consisting of a relatively more noble material selected from the group consisting of a noble metal, a noble semi-metal, or a noble composite and a plate forming a second wall of that cell consisting of a relatively less noble material selected from the group consisting of a noble metal, a noble semi-metal, or a noble composite such that a concurrent galvanic reaction will take place between the plates simultaneously with said electrolysis reaction to further produce hydrogen gas, the cells being liquidtight from each other, said cells comprising electrolyte flow ports for electrolyte flow through said cells, said electrolyte flow ports being of sufficient length that electron flow between cells will occur predominantly through said spaced plates defining between them said cells; and a gas outlet for feeding out hydrogen gas from the enclosure; wherein the first wall faces the second wall across a first gap and the second wall faces a different first wall of an adjacent cell across a second gap.