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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin William Oloman, Vancouver, CA;
Jonathan Wing-Fai Ho, Richmond, CA;
Jielin Song, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2042305 ; 204256 ; 204270 ; 204292 ; 204293 ; 204294 ; 204284 ; 2042 / ;
Abstract
An auto-electrolyte hydrogen generating reactor having a plurality of cells. The cells are stacked in series in an electronically non-conductive housing. Each cell is separate from its neighbour by electronically conductive bipolar walls. Each cell comprises an anode with a metal whose standard oxidation potential is above that of hydrogen in the same electrolyte. There is a solid electrolyte and a cathode. The cathode is an inert electronic conductor with a surface in contact with a solid electrolyte. The surface is electrochemically catalytic for the formation of hydrogen.