Patent ID: 8007654

Claim:
A method comprising: producing a reaction product from water being in contact with an anode in an anode chamber and water being in contact with a cathode in a cathode chamber of a functional generator, the anode and cathode being separated by a membrane that permits one-way transport across the membrane of selected ions generated by the cathode or anode, the reaction product comprising an anolyte produced by the anode and a catholyte produced by the cathode; combining all of the anolyte produced by the anode and all of the catholyte produced by the cathode along a flow path from the functional generator, without valving, to produce a combined anolyte and catholyte liquid without intermediately storing either the anolyte or the catholyte and without feeding back any of the anolyte or the catholyte to the anode chamber or the cathode chamber; and periodically alternating relative polarities of the anode and cathode for equal time periods at each polarity to produce a ratio of essentially one part anolyte to one part catholyte in the combined anolyte and catholyte liquid along the flow path.