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System and method for electrolysis and heating of water

  • US 5,616,219 A
  • Filed: 06/13/1995
  • Issued: 04/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for electrolysis and heating of a liquid electrolyte within an electrolytic cell comprising:

  • said electrolytic cell including a non-conductive housing and an inlet and an outlet;

    a first conductive foraminous grid positioned within said housing adjacent to said inlet;

    a second conductive foraminous grid positioned within said housing spaced from said first conductive grid and adjacent to said outlet;

    a plurality of conductive beads each having a conductive metallic surface which will combine with hydrogen or an isotope of hydrogen to form a metallic hydride, said conductive beads in electrical communication with said first conductive grid end electrically isolated from said second grid;

    means for pumping said liquid electrolyte into said electrolytic cell through said inlet, said electrolyte having a conductive salt in solution with water;

    means for heating said liquid electrolyte external to said electrolytic cell as said liquid electrolyte flows through said system;

    an electric power source operably connected to said first and second gridswherein each said conductive bead includes;

    a conductive metal flash coating of uniform thickness formed by chemical combination with a cation exchange surface of a spherical cross-linked polymer microbead from a metal cation which has been chemically reduced with hydrazine;

    a nickel layer of uniform thickness formed atop said flash coating;

    a metallic hydride forming layer of uniform thickness formed atop said nickel layer;

    a metallic support layer of uniform thickness formed atop said metallic hydride forming layer.

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