KR200203926Y1 - Hydration energy generator applicable to plant - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a brown gas generator applicable to the plant, and specifically, (a) an energy generating unit including an electrolyzer, an impurity removal filter, an automatic water supply pump, (b) a rectifier, a transformer, a safety valve, a gas regulator, and A power supply unit including an electrode shift timer is also related to providing a brown gas generator comprising (c) an energy control unit including a gas dryer, a gas mixer, and a gas distributor.

Description

Brown gas generator applicable to plant {HYDRATION ENERGY GENERATOR APPLICABLE TO PLANT}

The present invention relates to a device capable of generating a large amount of brown gas, and more particularly, a filter capable of removing impurities from a mixed gas of oxygen and hydrogen generated in an electrolytic cell, that is, brown gas, and also generating a large amount of gas. A new type of brown equipped with an electrolytic cell equipped with a plurality of upright cylinders to induce the electrode, and an electrode alternating timer that can induce the positive (+) and the negative (-) alternating of the electrolytic cell to extend the life of the device. It relates to a gas generator.

As a heat source used in plants such as boilers and incinerators, fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas are generally used, and air is injected from the outside to burn fuel.

However, fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide as a combustion product, and soot, ash and other impurities are produced as by-products and cause pollution. Therefore, research on alternative energy sources such as hydrogen gas obtained by electrolysis of water is actively underway, and Brown Gas is also considered as one of such alternative energy sources.

Brown gas is a gas obtained by electrolysis of water, and is a mixed gas of exactly 2: 1 content ratio of hydrogen and oxygen. When water is electrolyzed, hydrogen is obtained at the cathode and oxygen is obtained at the anode. Brown gas is collected at once without collecting these gases (Robert Card, Extraordinary Science, 1990, Oct / Nov / Dec. P17). .

Brown gas, unlike ordinary gases, has a unique property that causes an impingement phenomenon during combustion. In other words, it does not exhibit an explosion phenomenon during combustion, but rather a flame gathers inside to form a focal point and vacuum the surroundings. As a result, the combustion of Brown gas yields an ultra-high temperature enough to sublimate tungsten (melting point: 3,410 ° C, boiling point: 5,660 ° C), which has the highest melting point (Yull Brown, Extraordinary Science 1993, Jul / Aug / Sep. pp 19-28; Yull Brown US 4,014,777; Yull Brown US 4,081,656). In addition, since there is no energy loss due to radiant heat since the heating wire is not emitted to the outside, it has excellent energy efficiency and contains oxygen in itself, so that no separate oxygen supply is required during combustion. In addition, since only water (H ₂ O) is produced as a combustion product, there is no pollution problem.

Dr. currently known Based on the Yull Brown theory, a brown gas (hydrogen: oxygen content ratio = 2: 1) generator using a planar electrolytic electrode tube, which is a water electrolysis device, has not been put to practical use. The reason is that the electrolyte component and moisture are present in the product gas without being sufficiently filtered, and the larger reason is that a large amount of gas cannot be generated. Applicant has devised a new type of brown gas generator to improve this problem.

Typically, the electrolysis of water generates hydrogen and oxygen gas. Electrolysis or electrolysis refers to chemical change by passing an electric current through an ion conductor such as an electrolyte solution or a fusion electrolyte.

These electrolytic reactions are characterized by the addition of electrical energy, which can lead to reactions in which free energy increases which cannot normally occur in chemical reactions. In general, an electrolytic reactor is a type in which a pair of electrodes are inserted into an ion conductor and its sock end is connected to a suitable power source. Inside the ion conductor, current is carried along with the movement of ions, but at the interface between the electrode and the solution, charge moves as the electrode reaction proceeds. Oxidation reactions such as metal dissolution and oxygen generation occur at the anode side, and reduction reactions such as metal precipitation and hydrogen generation proceed at the cathode side. (Physical Dictionary p983, Shinil Publishing, 1980)

As described above, the conventional electrolysis device has a problem in that electrolyte and moisture remain as impurities in the generated gas, and a large amount of gas cannot be generated.

In order to solve the above problems of the known technology, the present invention proposed a Brown gas generator composed of a power supply unit, an energy generating unit, and an energy control unit. Specifically, each component will be described as follows.

1 is a schematic view showing the appearance of a large-capacity brown gas generator applicable to the plant.

2 is an overall view and an exploded view showing the structure of the electrolytic cell.

Figure 3 is a schematic process flow diagram showing the process arrangement and flow of the generator.

4 is a view briefly showing a circuit of an electrode shift timer used in the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has proposed a Brown gas generator and will be described as follows with reference to the drawings for each major part constituting the device.

Figure 1 shows the appearance of the Brown gas generator of the present invention, Figure 3 schematically shows the internal structure of the device, that is, the energy generator, the power supply and the energy control unit. The names of the components corresponding to each reference and their functions are as shown in Table 1 below and the respective figures.

First, the energy generation unit includes an electrolytic cell 4, an impurity removal filter 19 and a feed water pump 20.

Each component of the electrolytic cell is as shown in Figure 2, specifically, a plurality of inner cylinders (320a-320e) inside the outer cylinder 320 is fixed to the upper and lower fixing plates (310a, 310b) made of an insulator, the inner cylinder The central rod 330 located at the center is also fixed to the upper and lower fixing plates 310a and 310b in the same manner as the upright cylinders 320a to 320e. At this time, the inner cylinder (320a-320e) is to function as an electrode, preferably produced by nickel plating on the surface of the mild steel plate by an electroless method, it may have a variety of shapes, such as cylinder, square cylinder or polygonal cylinder. Preferably, the inner cylinder is made of upright cylinders 320a-320e as shown in FIG. 2, and the outer cylinder is more suitable for the outermost cylinder body 320 made of a cylindrical shape as shown in FIG. 2.

The electrolyte is filled with an electrolyte having a specific gravity of 1.25 prepared by mixing water and an electrolyte, preferably potassium hydroxide (KOH). The center rod 330, the upright cylinders 320a-320e, and the outermost cylinder body 320 are connected to the upper and lower fixing plates 310a and 310b of the insulating material, so that the electrolyte is filled between each other or between components. Therefore, when a current is applied to the center rod 330 and the outermost cylinder 320, the upright cylinders 320a-320e are alternately set to the positive electrode (+) and the negative electrode (-). For example, the inner surface of the upright cylinders 320a to 320e is a positive electrode, and the outer surface thereof is a negative electrode. At this time, if the polarity of the applied voltage is changed at regular time intervals using the electrode shift timer 350, each upright cylinder has the opposite polarity electrode characteristics.

As a result of alternating induction current in a number of upright cylinders as described above, a large number of positive and negative power sources are operated at the same time, so that a large amount of oxygen and hydrogen are generated in a short time to generate brown gas.

In addition, since the oxidation occurs only in the nickel plated steel plate, which is the positive electrode (+) during the electrolysis reaction, in the present invention, if the polarity of the applied voltage is changed at regular intervals with an electrode alternating timer, the inside of the upright cylinder, which is the positive electrode, can be converted into the negative electrode. The lifespans of the upright cylinders 320a-320e and the central rod 330 are doubled.

Meanwhile, in order to prevent a phenomenon in which oxygen generated during electrolysis reacts with the metal and causes oxidation corrosion to block the gas supply pipe, the impurity removal filter 19 may be configured such that the metallic impurities are not included in the water supplied to the electrolytic cell 4. It is preferable to attach in the electrolytic cell 4.

In addition, the filter 19 filters various impurities generated in the electrolytic cell 4 to prevent the gas supply pipe from clogging and collects the electrolyte solution in the electrolytic cell to regenerate 90% or more of potassium hydroxide (KOH) as an electrolyte. Can be.

In addition, the energy generating unit includes a feed water pump 20 to automatically supply water to the electrolytic cell (4).

In FIG. 3, the power supply system includes a power supply 1, a circuit breaker 16, a transformer 2, and a DC rectifier 3 and has various functions as follows.

First, make the AC power at proper power so that stable DC power can be supplied to the generator. That is, the electric power is supplied to the generator after passing through the DC rectifier 3 through the transformer 2, through the circuit breaker 16, which is one of the main components of the power supply, and then again through the current controller.

Second, when the internal pressure of the electrolytic cell 4 is above a certain pressure, for example, 3 kgf / cm ² , the power supply connected to the electrolytic cell 4 is cut off, and the internal pressure of the electrolytic cell 4 is below a certain pressure, for example, 2 kgf / When it falls to cm ² , supply power again.

Third, by controlling the current or increasing the amount of current, it controls the pressure check sensor of the Brown gas generator, the level control sensor of the electrolyzer, the temperature measuring switch, the cooling fan, the gas pressure regulator and the discharge pressure gauge. In addition, the safety valve 5 and the gas regulator 8 for adjusting the internal pressure of the electrolytic cell 4, and the electrode shift timer 350 shown in FIG. 2 are elements constituting the power supply.

TABLE 1

Name and function of each component attached to the outer panel of the generator shown in FIG.

sign Name function 101 Cell plug Open when electrolyte is injected 102 Safety relief v / v Operates when the pressure in the device reaches 3.15kgf / cm ² to release gas to the outside 103 Bubble tank stopper (v / b plug) Open when water is injected into the bubble bath 104 Main pressure gauge Display pressure of generated gas in the device (1bar = 1.02kgf / cm ² , 1psi = 0.07kgf / cm ² ) 105 Regulated pressure gauge (regulated p.gauge) Display the pressure of gas discharged to the outside 106 Output nipple Connect here when using a flashback arrestor or small vapor bottle or when connecting a hose 107 Gas control regulator Gas discharge amount and operating pressure 108 Main power switch Power supply switch 109 Cell level indicator lamp Indicates the level in the electrolytic cell 110 Bubble tank level indicator lamp (v / b level indicator lamp) Indicates the level in the bubble tank 111 Cell high temp.lamp Electrolyzer protection device that turns on lamp and stops gas production when electrolyzer temperature is higher than set temperature (90 ℃) 112 Transformer overheat lamp (t / f high temp.lamp) Transformer protection device that turns on the lamp and stops gas production when the transformer temperature rises above the set temperature (110 ℃) 113 P. high lamp If the gas pressure in the instrument rises above the set pressure (2.45 kgf / cm ² ), the lamp will light and gas production will be interrupted. 114 Power on lamp Lamp indicating that the device has power 115 Fuse for overcurrent protection When overcurrent flows, the filament melts and blocks the current. 116 Start switch Gas Production Start Switch 117 Bubble tank drain valve Used to drain bubble tank water or sediment 118 Cell drain valve Used to drain the electrolyte or sediment in the electrolytic cell 119 Water supply lamp (auto-fill sys.lamp) Indication of operation of feed water pump 120 Water supply valve (auto-fill sys.inner v / v) Directly connected line valve to feed water pump 121 Pilot lamp Lit when gas production process is in operation

The electrode shift timer 350 according to the present invention is for converting an upright cylinder which was a positive electrode to a negative electrode by changing the polarity of an applied voltage at regular intervals, and does not specifically limit its type, and is a commercially available product according to the principle of a general timer circuit. I use it. A circuit of a general electrode shift timer used in the present invention is briefly shown in FIG. By the timer operation, the lifespan of the center rod 330, the outermost cylinder 320, and the upright cylinders 320a-320e in the electrolytic cell 4 can be doubled.

On the other hand, the energy control system (energy control system) which is another component in the Brown gas generator of the present invention includes a gas dryer, a gas mixer, a gas distributor and the like.

When the gas pressure in the upper part of the electrolyzer 4 is above a certain value (3kgf / cm ² ), the gas is controlled to be released through the safety valve 5, and a water level sensor and a temperature sensor are attached to the outside of the electrolyzer 4.

In addition, the demister 6, which is a gas filter for filtering and separating water vapor and potassium hydroxide contained in the brown gas generated in the electrolytic cell 4, is connected. Subsequently, while maintaining the blowing pressure of the brown gas at a constant value, preferably 2kgf / cm ² , and connected to the flashback prevention container (7) that will block the flame in case of flash back phenomenon when using the gas, and The gas regulator 8 which controls the quantity of gas which blows off was attached.

In addition, a gas mixer 12 for further mixing and stabilizing the generated brown gas to improve the purity and quality of the brown gas and a gas check valve 13 for safe operation are further installed. The finished gas is supplied through the tip 15.

In another preferred embodiment, a plurality of Brown gas generators are connected to supply a large amount of energy required for the plant at once, and the gas collector 14 is passed through a gas distributor 14 through a flashback prevention layer using a gas collector, and then a plurality of tips (15). Can also be supplied via

The energy control unit of the present invention may include a dryer 11 to remove the moisture mixed in the brown gas generated in the energy generating unit to generate high purity brown gas.

Hereinafter, the structure and operation principle of the preferred Brown gas generator according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The power is turned on to start the gas production process. An electrolytic solution prepared by adding water and an electrolyte, preferably potassium hydroxide, is filled into the electrolytic cell 4 and a current is supplied to the electrolytic cell. When a current is applied to the central rod 330 and the outermost cylinder 320, the positive electrode (+) and the negative electrode (-) are alternately induced on both sides of the upright cylinders 320a-320e.

Accordingly, a plurality of positive and negative power sources are generated at the same time, and a large amount of mixed gas of oxygen and hydrogen, that is, brown gas is generated.

The electrode shift timer 350 operates to alternate the electrodes at regular time intervals so that the anode and the cathode are alternately induced to double the lifespan of the upright cylinders 320a-320e and the central rod.

After the reaction, the electrolyte solution is maintained for about 3 hours in the stopped state so that the impurities contained in the electrolyte precipitate. Thereafter, the electrolyte drain valve 360 attached to the impurity removal filter 19 is opened to collect only the electrolyte solution containing the decayed impurities, and check the electrolytic cell level indicator lamp 109 to replenish the insufficient amount of the electrolyte solution.

In addition, the air-cooled cooling fan 17 is connected to a power source (AC 220V), and the feed water pump 20 (15 kgf / cm ² ) is connected to an electrolytic cell so that the water level of this pump is a constant threshold value, preferably 3 kgf / When it is lowered below ² cm, it can automatically supply the required amount of water.

According to the present invention, a plurality of upright cylinders are installed in an electrolytic cell to generate alternating induction current. Accordingly, a large amount of oxygen and hydrogen are generated in a short time by generating a plurality of anode and cathode power sources, thereby generating Brown gas.

In addition, the electrode shift timer attached to the Brown gas generator is alternately induced to the anode (+) / cathode (-) to the center rod 330 and the upright cylinders (320a-320e) at regular intervals, preferably 6 hours. This allows the life of the device to be doubled by alternating oxidation reactions on both sides of the device.

In addition, the impurity generated in the electrolytic cell 4 is filtered using an impurity removal filter 19 to prevent the gas supply pipe from clogging, and the electrolytic solution in the electrolytic cell is collected to recover 90% or more of the already used electrolyte solution by 90% or more. It can be used to replenish the electrolyte amount only the remaining insufficient amount has an advantageous economic advantage.

Therefore, the Brown gas generator according to the present invention can solve the problems of the prior art and can be applied to the plant more efficiently.

Claims (8)

A plurality of upright cylinders 320a-320e mounted inside the outermost cylinder 320 are fixed to the upper and lower fixing plates 310a, 310b of the cylinder 320, and have a central rod at the innermost center of the upright cylinder. Brown gas generator, characterized in that it comprises an energy generating unit having an electrolyzer (4) of the type provided. The method of claim 1, Brown gas generator further comprises a power supply for supplying power to the electrolytic cell (4), and also an energy control unit for transferring the brown gas generated in the electrolytic cell (4) to the outside. The method of claim 1, (a) an energy generating unit including the electrolyzer 4, the impurity removal filter 19 and the feed water pump 20, (b) a power supply comprising a safety valve 5, a gas regulator 8 and an electrode shift timer 350 for regulating the internal pressure of the electrolytic cell 4, and (c) Brown gas generator, characterized in that consisting of an energy control unit comprising a gas dryer (11), a gas mixer (12) and a gas distributor (14). The method of claim 3, wherein The impurity removal filter 19 of the energy generating unit filters various impurities generated in the electrolytic cell 4 to prevent the gas supply pipe from clogging, and also collects the electrolyte solution in the modular electrolytic cell 4 to collect potassium hydroxide (KOH) as an electrolyte. Brown gas generator, characterized in that the function to regenerate more than 90%). The method of claim 3, wherein The gas dryer (11) of the energy control unit is a brown gas generator, characterized in that to provide a high purity brown gas by removing the moisture mixed in the brown gas generated in the energy generator. The method of claim 3, wherein Gas mixer (12) of the energy control unit Brown gas generator, characterized in that to improve the quality level of brown gas by mixing and stabilize the generated brown gas. The method of claim 3, wherein The gas distributor 14 of the energy control unit Brown gas generator, characterized in that to provide a large amount of the generated brown gas to the application device, such as a boiler, incinerator, dryer. The method of claim 3, wherein The electrode alternating timer 350 of the power supply unit alternately induces positive (+) / cathode (-) to the center rod 330 and the inner cylinders 320a-320e at regular time intervals so as to alternate on both sides of the device. Brown gas generator, characterized in that to extend the life of the device by doubling the oxidation reaction occurs.