Electrolytic cell

Abstract

An electrolytic cell comprising, 1) an electrolyte inlet reservoir, 2) an oxygen outlet chamber and 3) a reaction space therebetween which houses an electrode array. When water is introduced into the reaction chamber the water acts as both an induction coil core (with the surrounding cathodes as the induction coil) and a condenser (capacitor) dielectric to enable the formation of a unitary inductance-capacitance; which effectively is a capacitor and an inductor in parallel. With the application of the appropriate frequency the subject apparatus acts as a parallel resonant tank circuit storing energy in the magnetic field of the coil and in the electric field of the capacitor.

1 . An electrolytic cell, comprising:
 a. an elongated housing having a first closed end, a second closed end, and a peripheral side wall, said first closed end, said second closed end, and said peripheral side wall defining a housing space;   b. a first insulative panel and a second insulative panel disposed within said housing and dividing said housing space into an inlet reservoir, an outlet chamber and a reaction space between said inlet reservoir and said outlet chamber;   c. an anodic rod centrally disposed within said reaction space, said anodic having a longitudinal axis, a first end mounted to said first insulative panel, and a second end disposed through said second insulative panel and in communication with said outlet chamber; said second end being in electrical contact with a power source;   d. a plurality of cathodic rods incrementally spaced around said anodic rod and parallel to said longitudinal axis, each of said plurality of cathodic rods having a first end mounted to said second insulative panel, and a second end disposed through said first insulative panel and in communication with said inlet reservoir, each of said second ends being grounded;   e. a fluid inlet in communication with said inlet reservoir;   f. a portal between said inlet reservoir and said reaction chamber and proximate the bottom of said peripheral wall to permit the passage of fluid therebetween;   g. a gas outlet disposed through the top of said peripheral wall and in communication with said reaction chamber;   
       whereby an electrolytic fluid capable of generating free oxygen and hydrogen ions as a result of an electrolytic reaction is interposed within said housing space in sufficient volume to cover said anodic rod and said plurality of cathodic rods, and a current is supplied to said anodic rod which, in consort with said cathodic rods and electrolytic fluid produces a chemical reaction resulting in the production of free oxygen and hydrogen ions. 
     
     
         2 . An electrolytic cell, comprising:
 a. an elongated housing having a first closed end, a second closed end, and a peripheral side wall, said first closed end, said second closed end, and said peripheral side wall defining a housing space;   b. a first insulative panel and a second insulative panel disposed within said housing and dividing said housing space into an inlet reservoir, an outlet chamber and a reaction space between said inlet reservoir and said outlet chamber;   c. an anodic rod centrally disposed within said reaction space, said anodic having a longitudinal axis, a first end mounted to said first insulative panel, and a second end disposed through said second insulative panel and in communication with said outlet chamber; said second end being in electrical contact with a power source;   d. a plurality of cathodic rods incrementally spaced around said anodic rod and parallel to said longitudinal axis, each of said plurality of cathodic rods having a first end mounted to said second insulative panel, and a second end disposed through said first insulative panel and in communication with said inlet reservoir, each of said second ends being grounded;   e. a non-porous sheath separating said anodic rod from said plurality of cathodic rods, said sheath having a first end mounted to said first insulative panel and a second end mounted to said second insulative panel, said sheath dividing said reaction chamber into an oxygen generating chamber within said sheath and a hydrogen generating chamber outside said sheath;   f. a fluid inlet in communication with said inlet reservoir;   g. a portal between said inlet reservoir and said reaction chamber and proximate the bottom of said peripheral wall to permit the passage of fluid therebetween;   h. an inlet foramen through said first insulative panel between said inlet reservoir and said oxygen generating chamber and proximate the bottom of said sheath to permit the passage of fluid therebetween;   i. a hydrogen outlet disposed through the top of said peripheral wall and in communication with said hydrogen generating chamber;   j. an evacuation foramen through said second insulative panel between said oxygen generating chamber and said outlet chamber and proximate the top of said sheath to permit the passage of fluid therebetween; and   k. an oxygen outlet disposed through the top of said peripheral wall and in communication with said outlet chamber;   
       whereby an electrolytic fluid capable of generating free oxygen and hydrogen ions as a result of an electrolytic reaction is interposed within said housing space in sufficient volume to cover said anodic rod and said plurality of cathodic rods, and a current is supplied to said anodic rod which, in consort with said cathodic rods and electrolytic fluid produces a chemical reaction resulting in the production of free oxygen within said oxygen generating chamber and hydrogen ions within said hydrogen generating chamber, said free oxygen forming diatomic oxygen gas which passes through said evacuation foramen into said evacuation chamber and out said oxygen outlet, and said hydrogen ions forming diatomic hydrogen gas which is liberated through said hydrogen outlet.