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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
The Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR;
Alain Rosenzweig, Saint Maur des Fosses, FR;
Andrew J. Curello, Hamden, CT (US);
Constance R. Stepan, Oxford, CT (US);
Michael Curello, Cheshire, CT (US);
Paul Spahr, Durham, CT (US);
Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;
The Commissariat a L'energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives, Gif-sur-Yvette, FR;
Abstract
The present application is directed to gas generators comprising a fuel mixture and a catalyst. The catalyst is contained in a self-regulated reactor or buoy, and selectively opens and closes to produce a gas in accordance with the demand for gas. This fuel mixture is generally a solution formed by dissolving a solid fuel component in a liquid fuel component. The mixing preferably occurs before the first use, and more preferably occurs immediately prior to the first use. The inventive gas generators preferably further comprises a starting mechanism that isolates the solid fuel from the liquid fuel or vice versa before the first use. In one embodiment, the starting mechanism further comprises a catalyst shield mechanism that isolates the catalyst in the reactor or buoy from the liquid and/or the solid fuel prior to the first use.