IP Library Granted Patent US 10,883,181
Granted Patent B2
US 10,883,181 · App. 15/765,650 · Granted Jan 5, 2021

Hydrogen generator

Inventors: Hiroyuki Takanami (Yokohama, JP); Yusaku Nasu (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENVIRONMENTAL & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
C25B1/10C25B9/08C25B15/02C25B15/08Y02E60/36
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Patent No.
US 10,883,181
App. No.
15/765,650
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a hydrogen generator which is provided with: an electrolytic cell; an anion exchange membrane which divides the electrolytic cell into a cathode chamber and an anode chamber; a cathode chamber water supply part which supplies water to the cathode chamber; an anode chamber water supply part which supplies water to the anode chamber; a cathode that is provided on the cathode chamber-side surface of the anion exchange membrane; an anode that is provided on the anode chamber-side surface of the anion exchange membrane; a cathode feeder that is arranged within the cathode chamber and feeds power to the cathode; an anode feeder that is arranged within the anode chamber and feeds power to the anode; and an active oxygen reduction material that is arranged within the anode chamber and reduces active oxygen generated within the anode chamber.

Claims (21)

1. A hydrogen generator comprising:

an electrolytic cell;

a hydrogen tank;

an oxygen tank;

an anion exchange membrane that divides the electrolytic cell into a cathode chamber and an anode chamber;

a cathode chamber water supply part that supplies a first water to the cathode chamber by circulating between the hydrogen tank and the cathode chamber;

an anode chamber water supply part that supplies a second water that is a water in a different system from that of the first water to the anode chamber by circulating between the oxygen tank and the anode chamber;

a cathode that is provided on a cathode chamber-side surface of the anion exchange membrane;

an anode that is provided on an anode chamber-side surface of the anion exchange membrane;

a cathode feeder that is arranged within the cathode chamber and feeds power to the cathode;

an anode feeder that is arranged within the anode chamber and feeds power to the anode;

an active oxygen reduction material that reduces active oxygen generated within the anode chamber by hydroxide ions that move from the cathode chamber to the anode chamber passing through the anion exchange membrane; and

a pressure adjusting part that makes an internal pressure of the cathode chamber equal to or higher than an internal pressure of the anode chamber,

wherein the first water is maintained completely separate from the second water.

2. The hydrogen generator according to claim 1 ,

wherein the active oxygen reduction material has a catalyst that promotes autolysis of the active oxygen.

3. The hydrogen generator according to claim 2 ,

wherein the anode feeder has conductivity and wires arranged so as to fill an internal space of the anode chamber, and

wherein the catalyst is arranged at an outer surface of each of the wires.

4. The hydrogen generator according to claim 2 ,

wherein the active oxygen reduction material is supplied from a catalyst supply part that adds the catalyst to the water supplied from the anode chamber water supply part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2018
From: TAKANAMI, HIROYUKI; NASU, YUSAKU
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENVIRONMENTAL & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045426/0932 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-206216 · Oct 20, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180305828A1 · Oct 25, 2018
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