Gas production method using water as the source
A system and method are provided in at least one embodiment to process water to produce gas that can be separated into at least two gas flows using a water treatment system having a disk-pack rotating in it to cause out gassing from the water. In a further embodiment, the method and system use the gas released from the water to produce substantially fresh water from the processed salt water.
1. A method for producing gas from water comprising:
creating a vortex in a vortex module of a water dissociation system;
rotating a disk-pack turbine in a disk-pack module of the water dissociation system to draw in water from the vortex into an expansion chamber formed in the disk-pack turbine;
channeling the water between spaces that exist between disks of the disk-pack turbine to travel from the expansion chamber to a periphery of the disk-pack turbine; and
collecting gas that is out-gassed from the water as the water is discharged from the water dissociation system, and
wherein the disk-pack module is in a water tank with a hood over a top of the water tank, the hood having a gas collection outlet; and
the disk-pack turbine is rotated by a motor external to the water tank.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the water disassociation system performs the creating and the channeling when the disk-pack turbine is rotating.
3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising adjusting a speed of rotation of the disk-pack turbine while the disk-pack turbine is rotating.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
routing the gas from the hood to a separation system; and
separating at least hydrogen from the gas with the separation system.
5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising pumping water from the water tank with a centrifugal pump before returning the water to the water tank for processing the water for another time.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising at predetermined times removing water from the water tank.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined times are when a sensor detects a level of at least one of hydrogen and oxygen in the gas being collected is below a predetermined concentration threshold.
8. A method for producing hydrogen from water comprising:
rotating a disk-pack turbine in a disk-pack module of a water dissociation system;
spinning water to create a vortex in a vortex module of the water dissociation system;
discharging the water from the vortex module into an expansion chamber formed in the disk-pack turbine of the disk-pack module;
channeling the water between spaces that exist between disks of the disk-pack turbine to travel from the expansion chamber to a periphery of the disk-pack turbine; and
collecting with a hood, gas that is out-gassed from the water as the water is discharged from the water disassociation system, wherein the collected gas includes any hydrogen out-gassed.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the hood covers a water tank in which the disk-pack module is located, and
the disk-pack turbine is rotated by a motor external to the water tank.
10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising periodically removing water from the water tank.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the periodically removing occurs when a sensor detects a level of hydrogen being collected is below a predetermined concentration threshold.
12. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising adjusting a speed of rotation of the disk-pack turbine during rotation of the disk-pack turbine.
13. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:
routing the gas from the hood to a separation system; and
separating at least hydrogen from the gas with the separation system.
14. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising pumping water from a water tank with a centrifugal pump before returning the water to the water tank for further processing the water by spinning, discharging, and channeling; and
wherein the disk-pack turbine is present in the water tank.
15. The method according to claim 8 , pumping a second portion of the water from the water tank with a centrifugal pump before returning the second portion of water to the water tank to pass through the disk-pack turbine.
16. A method for producing hydrogen from water in a water tank covered with a hood, the method comprising:
rotating a disk-pack turbine in a water dissociation system to draw water through a vortex into an expansion chamber formed in the disk-pack turbine and to channel the drawn-in water between spaces that exist between disks of the disk-pack turbine to travel from the expansion chamber to a periphery of the disk-pack turbine;
collecting with the hood, gas that is out-gassed from the water as the water is discharged from the water disassociation system, wherein the collected gas includes any hydrogen that is out-gassed; and
removing a portion of the water from the water tank.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the removing the portion of the water occurs when a sensor detects a level of hydrogen being collected is below a predetermined concentration threshold.
18. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising adjusting a speed of rotation of the rotating disk-pack turbine.
19. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
routing the gas from the hood to a separation system; and
separating at least hydrogen from the gas with the separation system.