Hydrogen producing system and device for improving fuel efficiency and reducing emissions of internal combustion and/or diesel engines

Abstract

Provided herein is an optimizable hydrogen generation system for producing and injecting hydrogen gas as a fuel supplement into the air intake of internal combustion and / or diesel engines. Hydrogen gas (H2) and oxygen gas (O2) are produced with one or more pairs of cells to adjust the amount of hydrogen gas supplied to the engine, while the oxygen gas is vented to the atmosphere.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of US Ser. No. 62 / 782,202, filed Dec. 19, 2018, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField Of The Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to hydrogen generation devices and more particularly, to a portable hydrogen supplemental system that can be used with internal combustion and / or diesel engines of all sizes to reduce emissions and increase fuel efficiency.Background Information[0003]Exhaust emissions are becoming an issue due to environmental concerns. Internal combustion engines are inherently inefficient. In an internal combustion engine, 100% of the fuel that goes into the combustion chamber is not burned during the combustion process for neither gasoline nor diesel engines. The exhaust for all internal combustion engines includes carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a portable hydrogen supplemental system for supplying hydrogen gas to an internal combustion or diesel engine. The system includes a modular approach with cartridges that can be easily connected to the engine. Each cartridge includes an oxygen substrate with a plurality of through-holes, a first diffusion layer, an anode, a membrane, a second diffusion layer, a hydrogen substrate, and a spacer. The system also includes a power supply, a collector for separating water from collected hydrogen gas, a pump for pumping fluid from a tank to the reservoir, and a controller for controlling power directed to the anode and cathode of the system. The technical effects of the invention include a portable and flexible system for supplying hydrogen gas to an engine, efficient hydrogen production from water, and effective separation of water from hydrogen gas.

Problems solved by technology

Exhaust emissions are becoming an issue due to environmental concerns.

Internal combustion engines are inherently inefficient.

Because of the difference in the combustion process of diesel engines, the exhaust from diesel engines also contains a mixture of gases and very small particles that can create a health hazard when not properly controlled.

It should be noted, however, that even though gasoline combustion differs from diesel combustion, particulate matter is also created and is a complex mixture that makes up gasoline exhaust.

Further, the exhaust systems that burn the particulate matter are typically complex and expensive systems.

However, there has never been a system that can be used for all internal combustion and / or diesel engines no matter what the engine size.

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