GB2053966A - Storing electrical energy by electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen and oxygen - Google Patents
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- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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Abstract
Electricity generated from natural energy in the form of wave power, tidal rise and fall, river flow, wind and solar, or surplus man made electricity is storable by the KHz operation. Resulting hydrogen and oxygen may be used as fuel for a gas turbine or rocket motor to drive an alternator to produce electricity as required. This system is stated to be more efficient and less costly to build than an electrical battery system or a water pumped storage scheme.
Description
SPECIFICATION
Energy storage by electrolysis of water making hydrogen and oxygen
A patent is required for the making and storage of hydrogen and oxygen by the electrolysis of water method using natural energy, such as, Tidal and Wave from the sea, River, Wind and Solar.
Also the storage of surplus energy from conventional power stations.
Tidal Energy
To harness the energy from the tide it is necessary to build a sea wall across a bay or loch.
See Drawing 2/7.
The wall has apertures along the base.
In these apertures are propellers which drive
A.C. or D.C. generators.
The apertures may be 'opened' or 'shut' by valves or gates.
At low tide level the apertures are 'shut' allowing the sea to build up a head of water against the wall until High Tide is reached. The water on the bay or loch side remaining at the low tide level.
At high tide the valves or gates are 'opened' allowing the potential energy to be released into kinetic energy through the propellers until the water on the bay or loch side has reached the seaboard side level.
The valves or gates are then 'shut' and remain 'shut' until the low tide level has been reached.
The sea wall holds the head of potential energy on the loch or bay side.
When low tide has been reached the valves or gates are 'opened' allowing the potential to be released into kinetic energy through the propellers until the water on the bay or loch side of the sea wall has reached the seaboard side level.
The propellers drive alternating current (A.C.) or direct current (D.C.) generators.
The A.C. or D.C. generators provide electrical power for the Electrolysis of water.
The electrolysis of water is carried out by allowing the electrical power to flow through water in a 'U' tube or two columns of water joined at the base by a tank.
The water will split into two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen are stored in separate tanks.
The hydrogen and oxygen is used, when required, to fuel gas turbines or rocket motors which drive AC or DC generators to supply electrical power to a distribution system. See drawing 1/7.
Wave Power
To harness the energy from waves it is necessary to build a sea wall across a bay or loch with apertures at various levels between low tide and high tide. See drawing 3/7.
As the sea rises from low tide to high tide the waves will undulate through the apertures up the sea wall, and again from high tide to low tide.
This action will drive the propellers in the
apertures.
The propellers will drive the AC or DC generators.
The Ac or DC generators will supply Electricai Power for the Electrolysis of water.
The electrolysis of water is carried out by allowing the electrical power to flow through water in a 'U' tube or two columns of water joined at the base by a tank.
The water will split into two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen are stored in separate tanks.
The hydrogen and oxygen is used, when required, to fuel Gas Turbines which drive AC or
DC generators to supply electrical power to a distribution system. See drawing 1/7.
River Power
To harness the energy from a river or stream it is necessary to build a weir or dam with apertures at the base.
In these apertures are propellers which drive
AC or DC generators.
The flow of the river will build a head of water on the upstream side of the dam or weir. See drawing 4/7.
This head of potential energy will pass through the apertures into kinetic energy driving the AC or
DC generators which provide electrical power for the electrolysis of water.
The electrolysis of water is carried out by allowing the electrical power to flow through water in a 'U' tube or two columns of water joined at the base by a tank.
The water will split into two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen are stored in separate tanks.
The hydrogen and oxygen is used, when required, to fuel gas turbines or rocket motors which drive AC or DC generators to supply electrical power to a distribution system. See drawing 1/7. \ Wind Power
Energy from the wind is harnessed by a horizontal or vertical spindled propeller. See drawing 5/7.
The propeller is driven in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction by the power of the wind.
The propeller drives an AC or DC generator which supplies electrical power for the electrolysis of water.
The electrolysis of water is carried out by allowing the electrical power to flow through water in a 'U' tube or two columns of water joined at the base by a tank.
The water will split into two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen is used when required to fuel gas turbines or rocket motors which drive AC or DC generators to supply electrical power to a distribution system.
Solar Power
To harness solar energy it is necessary to build a bank of solar panels or focusing ienses to retain the solar heat. See drawing 6/7.
The heat is used to raise the temperature of water and turn it into steam.
The steam will drive a turbine which will drive an AC or DC generator which will provide electrical power for the electrolysis of water.
The electrolysis of water is carried out by allowing the electrical power to flow through water in a 'U' tube or two columns of water joined at the base by a tank.
The water will split into two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen are stored in separate tanks.
The hydrogen and oxygen is used, when required, to fuel gas turbines or rocket motors which drive AC or DC generators to supply electrical power to a distribution system.
Storage of Man Made Electrical Energy
Storage of surplus energy from conventional power sources such as coal fired power stations, oil fired power stations, nuclear power stations and hydro electric power stations. See drawing 7/7.
It is convenient to run conventional power stations at a set load instead of raising and lowering the output to the demands of the distribution system.
Surplus energy from conventional power stations may be stored by the electrolysis of water.
When the demand of the distribution system is lower than the set conventional power station output, the surplus electrical power is stored by the electrolysis of water method of making hydrogen and oxygen.
When the demand of the distribution system is higher than the set conventional power station output, the hydrogen and oxygen is used to fuel gas turbines or rocket motors driving AC or DC generators to boost the distribution system.
Claims (3)
1. A method of storing electricity by the electrolysis of water which comprises harnessing the natural energy of the sun, wind or water to drive an electrical generator, utilising the electricity produced to electrolyse water, collecting and storing the hydrogen and oxygen evolved during electrolysis and using the stored gases, as and when required, as a fuel.
2. A method according to claim 1 which comprises using the stored gases to fuel a turbine or the like for driving a further electrical generator for generating a supply of electricity.
3. I also claim that the energy stored in
Hydrogen and Oxygen made from Natural or Man
Made energy can be used to fuel a Gas Turbine or
Rocket Motor to drive a Generator to produce electricity.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2 which comprises harnessing the flow of rivers and the like to drive an electrical generator.
4. A method according to claim 1 or 2 which comprises harnessing the wave motion of water to drive an electrical generator.
5. A method according to claim 1 or 2 which comprises harnessing tidal movements to drive the electrical generator.
6. A method according to claim 1 or 2 which comprises harnessing solar energy to drive the electrical generator.
7. A method of storing electricity by the electrolysis of water by using natural sources of energy substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
New claims or amendments to claims filed on 24 March 1980.
Superseded claims 1-3.
New or amended claims: CLAIMS
1. I claim that Natural Energy from Wave
Power, Tidal Rise and Fall, River Flow, Wind and
Solar has not before been stored by changing the energy into the two gases Hydrogen and Oxygen; the natural energy being changed into the two gases by the electrolysis of water method as described in specification.
2. 1 also claim that, surplus man made electrical energy from Coal fired, Oil fired, Nuclear or Hydro
Power Stations has not before been stored by changing the energy into Hydrogen and Oxygen as described in the specification.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB7925110A GB2053966A (en) | 1979-07-19 | 1979-07-19 | Storing electrical energy by electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen and oxygen |
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| GB7925110A GB2053966A (en) | 1979-07-19 | 1979-07-19 | Storing electrical energy by electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen and oxygen |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE3442404A1 (en) * | 1984-11-20 | 1986-05-22 | Michael 6800 Mannheim Prießner | Heating appliance with hydrogen gas generation and storage |
| ES2222765A1 (en) * | 2001-07-13 | 2005-02-01 | Fernando Martel Martel | Mini type hydrocarbon accumulated hydraulic power station for use in dam, has air-hydrogen fuel cells located on foot part of dam for generating electricity, where water is stored in energy storage cell of dam |
| CN110499516A (en) * | 2019-08-26 | 2019-11-26 | 郑州职业技术学院 | The clean energy resource system and its application method of a kind of application of solar energy to coal-burning installation |
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Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE3442404A1 (en) * | 1984-11-20 | 1986-05-22 | Michael 6800 Mannheim Prießner | Heating appliance with hydrogen gas generation and storage |
| ES2222765A1 (en) * | 2001-07-13 | 2005-02-01 | Fernando Martel Martel | Mini type hydrocarbon accumulated hydraulic power station for use in dam, has air-hydrogen fuel cells located on foot part of dam for generating electricity, where water is stored in energy storage cell of dam |
| CN110499516A (en) * | 2019-08-26 | 2019-11-26 | 郑州职业技术学院 | The clean energy resource system and its application method of a kind of application of solar energy to coal-burning installation |
| CN110499516B (en) * | 2019-08-26 | 2021-05-25 | 郑州职业技术学院 | Clean energy system applying solar energy to coal-fired device and using method thereof |
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