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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Jochen Herold, Weismain, DE;

Martin Kautz, Erlangen, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/12 (2006.01); C25B 9/00 (2006.01); C25B 15/02 (2006.01); C25B 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/12 (2013.01); C25B 9/00 (2013.01); C25B 15/02 (2013.01); C25B 15/08 (2013.01); Y02E 60/366 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating and electrolytic system may include an electrolyzer for generating hydrogen and oxygen as product gas. Hydrogen and oxygen produced during the electrolytic process are discharged from the electrolyzer. As a result, the efficiency of the electrolytic system is improved, at least one of the product gases in the expansion turbine is expanded, and a generator is driven by the expansion turbine.


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