Patent Document

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    Application Ser. No. 14/544,986 Filed Mar. 13, 2015 
         [0002]    Application Ser. No. 14/544,986 Filed May 27, 2015 
       FEDERALLY SPONSORED 
       [0003]    Not Applicable 
       NAMES OF PARTIES TO JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT 
       [0004]    Not Applicable 
       COMPACT DISC OR TEXT FILE (EFS-WEB) 
       [0005]    Not Applicable 
       STATEMENT OF PRIOR DISCLOSURES 
       [0006]    Not Applicable 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0007]    1.) Field of Invention 
         [0008]    Hydrogen generator 
         [0009]    2.) Description of Related Art
       A) U.S. Pat. No. 899,403A; Date August 1975, Cook, Jr., Edward H.   B) U.S. Pat. No. 9,217,203, Date December 2015, Gotheil-Yelle, Scott   C) Published Ref.: “21 Years of Creative Work” by George Manojlovich, copyrighted 1977, pages 42-48 (Copy enclosed)       
 
       BRIEF SUMMARY 
       [0013]    The Recycling Hydrogen Generator is a safety compliant, flexible combination of filters and compartments for removing sodium and chlorine from the electrolysis process of generating hydrogen from water by remixing or recycling the NaOH+HCl residue into NaCl+H 2 O for reuse, allowing for the safe generation of hydrogen for individual automobile and home use as a source of electricity. 
         [0014]    The flexibility is extended by anodes and cathodes with larger surface area or by the connection of multiple insulated anodes to each other and multiple insulated cathodes connected to each other, which control the rate of hydrogen production, but which requires an attached hydrogen storage tank with a pressure sensor, rheostat and cut-off switch to cut off the electricity causing the electrolysis. 
         [0015]    The addition of a breakable window between compartments allows for the instant remix of NaOH accident. 
         [0016]    The Recycling Hydrogen Generator combines and thereby improves upon various common knowledge technologies which have been patented or discovered while working with the chlor-alkali process. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0017]      FIG. 1 : depicts the recycling hydrogen generator. Internal Side View of chlorine gas filtration system 
           [0018]      FIG. 2 : depicts the recycling hydrogen generator Internal Side View of expanded surface anode and cathode in expanded compartment comprised of compartments labeled C- 1 , C- 2  and C- 3 . 
           [0019]      FIG. 3 : depicts the recycling hydrogen generator Top View of the expanded surface anode and cathode 
           [0020]      FIG. 4 : depicts the recycling hydrogen generator Internal Side View of further expanded surface area comprising electrically connected, insulated wire mesh cylinders, where anodes are vented at one level and cathodes at a higher level. 
           [0021]      FIG. 5 : depicts the recycling hydrogen generator Internal End View of alternating wire mesh anodes and cathodes with venting system. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0022]    In  FIG. 1  Internal Side View of chlorine gas filtration system shows the division of the approximately 12″×8″×12″ sturdy, acid-resistant, plastic housing into five compartments labeled C# 1 -C# 5 . The Figure (it) shows in C# 1  the anode used for electrolysis, a vent or digitally controlled, re-sealable opening in the upper side for the addition of more salt water, and a re-sealable tube adjacent to the anode for the extraction of chlorine gas into compartment C# 4 . Compartment C# 1  is divided from compartment C# 2  by a broken line representing the PEM (permeable ion-exchange membrane) or ion-selective membrane which allows hydrogen and oxygen atoms to pass through it (after electrolysis has split the NaCl molecules) but not the chlorine or sodium atoms or H 2 O molecules. A vent on the bottom of C# 1  extends across the bottom of C# 2 , to allow the liquid remaining in both compartments, after electrolysis, to fall by gravity into compartment C# 3 . A breakable window on the left side of C# 1  extends to the lower left side of C# 3  so that in case of accident, water will mix with the chlorine gas immediately before any can enter the outside atmosphere due to damage to the outside housing or box, forming HCl, such as found in a normal car battery, which is much less dangerous than chlorine gas.  FIG. 1  shows that compartment C# 2  contains a cathode at the top with an adjacent closeable tube for the removal of hydrogen to a storage tank, and a vent for the addition of clean distilled water It shows that C# 3  contains a vent on the lower left side for chlorine gas to be pumped from C# 4  into the bottom of the solution in C# 3  where the water or weak HCl serves as an additional filter (Filter  2 ) for the chlorine gases pumped into C# 3 , some of which will float to the surface, where a second vent above the solution level on the right side pumps any remaining chlorine gases created by disproportionality during electrolysis through a tube to the bottom of C# 5  and a re-sealable vent on the bottom side which connects to the discharge or re-cycling tube for the liquid in C# 3 .  FIG. 1  shows that compartment C# 4  contains chlorine gas. It connects to the re-sealable chlorine gas tube adjacent to the anode in C# 1 . A vent on the bottom right internal wall allows the chlorine gas to be siphon pumped into the solution in C# 3  to become HCl, and the breakable safety window that extends across the sides of both C# 1  and C# 3 . Finally  FIG. 1  shows that compartment C# 5  has a vent and a tube from C# 3  (above the solution level) to the bottom of C# 5  where any remaining oxygen and chlorine gases can be filtered through a NaOH filter (Filter  3 ) and then a BaO 2  filter (Filter  4 ) before being released from the generator so that only oxygen is a byproduct entering the atmosphere. In  FIGS. 2 and 3 , compartments C# 4  and C# 5  remain the same (although if C# 3  also remains the same, the filtration system is improved), but the central combined compartment has the addition of a very large surface zinc or zinc-plated or gold-plated (or half zinc-plated and half gold plated) titanium or steel anode where zinc draws chlorine to it to form zinc-chloride, a solid which can be removed during maintenance cleaning while gold draws oxygen and an equal size and shape rare metal or rare metal plated (preferably palladium which draws hydrogen) cathode. The zinc anode forms another filter (Filter  5 ) for removing chlorine gases, transforming them into less dangerous zinc-chloride.  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5  show an even larger surface anode and cathode system for a faster rate of hydrogen production comprising cylindrical or rectangular, zinc or gold plated wire mesh tubes as anodes and palladium-plated wire mesh tube cathodes, which are electrically connected anode to anode and cathode to cathode, but each individually insulated by a plastic wall sealed to the top of the combined housing compartment but not touching the bottom of said combined housing compartment, where NaOH collects as a heavier molecule than hydrogen, oxygen or chlorine gas. There is a vent attached to the internal side wall of the said combined housing compartment to add fresh water. C# 3 , C# 4  and C# 5  remain the same, but a vent above each anode opens into a tube connected to C# 4 ; while a vent above each cathode opens into a separate tube on a higher level for removal of hydrogen to a hydrogen storage tank. The said anodes and cathodes are spaced alternatively with anodes on one side of the said combined compartment and cathodes on the other so as to have access to the collection tube or vent level designated for them. 
         [0023]    These variations in compartment size and anode and cathode size in  FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5  cause varying rates of hydrogen production and they all require an external hydrogen storage tank attached to the other end of the hydrogen collector tube from the cathode equipped with a pressure sensor, rheostat, and electrical cut-off switch to stop hydrogen production when the tank is full. They also require an external vibration system to remix the NaOH+HCl into NaCl+H 2 O; as well as to remove the hydrogen from the palladium cathode (Filter  6 ) and the chlor from the zinc anode (Filter  5 ) unless these processes are controlled manually.

Technology Category: 8