APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROGEN GENERATION AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME
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Abstract
A system for the generation of hydrogen at a remote location using energy input to the system at a different, central location, comprises a source of high intensity electromagnetic radiation at the central location, a network of optical cables having a least an input end and an output end, the input end being connected to the electromagnetic radiation from the source, a hydrogen generation apparatus located at the remote location and having an input terminal for receiving light emitted from the other end of the network, the apparatus being adapted in use to split water into hydrogen and oxygen when a catalyst within the apparatus is exposed to radiation from the source supplied by the optical cable network, and a storage chamber for storing the hydrogen produced by the hydrogen generation apparatus.
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45 Claims
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27. A system for the generation of hydrogen at a remote location using energy input to the system at a different, central location, comprising:
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a source of high intensity electromagnetic radiation at the central location; a network of optical cables having a least an input end and an output end, the input end being connected to the electromagnetic radiation from the source, a hydrogen generation apparatus located at the remote location and having an input terminal for receiving light emitted from the other end of the network, the apparatus being adapted in use to split water into hydrogen and oxygen when a catalyst within the apparatus is exposed to radiation from the source supplied by the optical cable network, and a storage chamber for storing the hydrogen produced by the hydrogen generation apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of supplying hydrogen to a dwelling or commercial property for use in the hydrogen economy comprising:
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providing a system for the generation of hydrogen at a remote location using energy input to the system at a different, central location; generating electromagnetic radiation, such as light, at a central location; transporting the radiation across a network of optical cables having a least an input end and an output end, the input end being connected to the source of radiation, causing the radiation transported across the network to impinge upon a hydrogen generation apparatus located at the remote location and having an input terminal for receiving radiation emitted from the other end of the network, the apparatus being adapted in use to split water into hydrogen and oxygen when a catalyst within the apparatus is exposed to the radiation from the source supplied by the cable network. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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