System for the electrolytic production of hydrogen as a fuel for an internal combustion engine

Abstract

A system for producing hydrogen gas fuel used in powering an internal combustion engine of a vehicle comprising a hydrogen reactor which includes at least one set of electrode plates comprising a plurality of neutral, positively charged and negatively charged plates disposed in a predetermined sequence or position relative to one another to define a predetermined stacked array submerged within water maintained in the hydrogen reactor. Metal particles disbursed within the water are forced through the plurality of electrode plates and structured to define an additional collection surface area, along with said plurality of electrode plates, on which hydrogen gas may be collected to facilitate increased production thereof.

1 . A system for producing hydrogen gas used in powering an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, said system comprising:
 a hydrogen reactor comprising a chamber and at least one set of electrode plates arranged in a predetermined stacked array within said chamber,   said one set of electrode plates comprising a plurality of neutral, positively charged and negatively charged plates disposed in a predetermined spaced position relative to one another to define said predetermined stacked array,   at least one jet disposed and structured to direct a flow of water, under pressure, between and along a length of said electrode plates within said chamber,   a quantity of metal particles mixed with said water for increasing a collection surface area of generated gases, said metal particles and said water concurrently directed by said at least one jet between and along the length of said one set of electrode plates,   said hydrogen reactor structured to produce hydrogen gas through electrolytic decomposition of the water electrolyte, and   said plurality of neutral, positively and negatively charged plates cooperatively disposed and structured with said plurality of metal particles to facilitate increased production of hydrogen gas.   
   
   
       2 . A system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein said water includes potassium hydroxide. 
   
   
       3 . A system as recited in  claim 1  wherein said hydrogen reactor comprises a plurality of sets of plates, each of said sets of plates comprising a plurality of neutral, positively charged and negatively charged plates disposed in spaced and predetermined position relative to one another to define said predetermined stacked array. 
   
   
       4 . A system as recited in  claim 3  further comprising a plurality of jets, each of which is disposed and structured to direct a mixture of the water electrolyte and metal particles between and along a length of said plurality of neutral, positively charged and negatively charged plates of a different one of said plurality of sets of plates. 
   
   
       5 . A system as recited in  claim 4  further comprising a quantity of water maintained within said chamber being of sufficient quantity to totally submerge said plurality of sets of electrode plates. 
   
   
       6 . A system as recited in  claim 4  wherein said mixture of water issuing from each of said jets is under sufficient pressure to sweep gas bubbles formed on said plurality of electrode plates of each of said set of electrode plates. 
   
   
       7 . A system as recited in  claim 6  wherein gas formed on said metal particles is substantially separated therefrom upon exiting the water maintained within said chamber. 
   
   
       8 . A system as recited in  claim 7  further comprising a gas delivery assembly disposed in interconnecting, fluid communication between said chamber of said hydrogen reactor and an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine. 
   
   
       9 . A system as recited in  claim 8  wherein said gas delivery assembly includes a first gas outlet and a second gas outlet both disposed in gas delivering relation with the intake manifold. 
   
   
       10 . A system as recited in  claim 9  wherein said first gas outlet is disposed to delivery gas from said hydrogen reactor to said intake manifold downstream of an intake valve associated with said intake manifold. 
   
   
       11 . A system as recited in  claim 10  wherein said second gas outlet is disposed to deliver gas from said hydrogen reactor to said intake manifold upstream of the intake valve associated with the intake manifold. 
   
   
       12 . A system as recited in  claim 8  wherein said gas delivery assembly further comprises a particle separation assembly disposed along a path of travel between the chamber of the hydrogen reactor and the intake manifold, said particle separation assembly structured to remove water from gases entering the intake manifold. 
   
   
       13 . A system as recited in  claim 12  wherein said gas delivery assembly disposed along said path of travel of said gases and structured to regulate gas flow into the intake manifold dependent, at least in part, upon vacuum levels within the intake manifold. 
   
   
       14 . A system as recited in  claim 1  further comprising main control assembly and the source of electrical energy, said main control assembly structured to regulate electrical current flow to said electrode plates arranged in a predetermined stacked array within said chamber of said hydrogen reactor. 
   
   
       15 . A system according to  claim 1  in combination with an internal combustion engine and positioned to generate and delivery hydrogen and oxygen gases to an intake manifold of said internal combustion engine.