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  High electric field electrolysis cellUSPTO Application #: 20070017801Title: High electric field electrolysis cell Abstract: A High Electric Field Electrolysis (HEFE) cell is provided for electrolyzing water to transform it into Free Radical Solution (FRS) water for cleaning, deodorizing, and sterilizing. The HEFE cell is comprised of a pair of flat electrodes attached (or coated) onto a flat proton ion exchange membrane enclosed in a corresponding structure that accommodates the electrodes and the proton ion exchange membrane. The structure is comprised of at least one inlet channel for receiving purified water and two outlet channels for output of electrolyzed FRS water and hydrogen rich water. The HEFE cell further provides a mechanism for recycling of hydrogen rich water for re-use or electric power generation. The quantity and the quality of FRS water production is controlled with an external control circuit that automatically monitors and maintains appropriate parameter values for the production of FRS water. (end of abstract) Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP - Santa Monica, CA, US Inventors: Kenji Fukui, Kazunari Naya USPTO Applicaton #: 20070017801 - Class: 204230200 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Chemistry: Electrical And Wave Energy, Apparatus, Electrolytic, With Current, Voltage, Or Power Control Means The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070017801. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] This invention relates to a device and method for electrolyzing water, and more particularly to a High Electric Field Electrolysis (HEFE) cell. In addition, this invention also relates to a device and method for generating electricity using Free Radical Solution water produced by HEFE cells. BACKGROUND ART [0002] Electrolysis of water is the technical name for using electricity to split water into its constituent elements, hydrogen and oxygen. The splitting of water is accomplished by passing an electric current through water. The electricity enters the water at the cathode, a negatively charged terminal, passes through the water and exists via the anode, the positively charged terminal. The hydrogen is collected at the cathode and the oxygen is collected at the anode. In an electrolytic cell, the anode is the positive electrode and the cathode the negative (opposite is true for the galvanic cells). The current on the anode is considered a positive current, and that on the cathode is considered negative according to international convention. However, in Electro-analytic chemistry the anodic current is often considered negative, while the cathode current positive. [0003] Electrolysis produces very pure hydrogen for use in the electronics, pharmaceutical and food industries by oxidizing water at the anode according to the following relationship 2H.sub.2O=>O2+4H.sup.++4e.sup.- And reducing water at the cathode according to the following relationship 4H.sub.2O+4e.sup.-=>2H.sub.2+4OH.sup.-. Hence, decomposition of water is a redox process, that is, oxidation reaction occurs at one electrode and reduction reaction at the other. [0004] There are several different types of electrolysis cells in use today that may be used to electrolyze water, including for example Mercury cells, Diaphragm cells, and Membrane cells. In a membrane cell electrolysis, an ion-exchange membrane separates the anode and the cathode compartments. An ion is an electrically charged chemical particle (atoms, molecules or molecule fragment); negatively charged ions are known as "anions" and those with positive charge "cations". The ion exchange membrane is generally a bi-layer membrane placed between the anode and the cathode. It is a plastic sheet formed from ion-exchange resin. An ion-exchange resin is a polymeric resin that contains electrically charged fragments ("fixed ions") permanently attached to the polymer backbone, electrical neutrality is achieved by attached mobile "counter-ions" in the solution phase the resin is immersed into. Therefore, the utility of such membranes is based on their property that they are permeable preferentially only to either positive ions (cation-exchange membrane) or to negative ions (anion-exchange membrane). A practical use of such resin is the removal of unwanted ions from a solution by replacing them with other ions. For example, a cation exchange resin containing fixed negative charges with attached mobile sodium ions can be used to remove "hardness" from water if the calcium and magnesium ions are more strongly attracted to the resin and therefore will replace the sodium ions. Eventually all the sodium ions will go into solution and the ion-exchange process terminates. The resin can be regenerated by soaking in a high concentration sodium salt solution. Such process can also be used to remove unwanted ions from polluted water streams. [0005] All prior art electrolysis cells have insufficiently sized cylindrical ion exchange membranes with improper electrode positioning. The sizes of the cells are not adequate for increased production of electrolyzed water. In addition, due to their unique physical characteristics, it is difficult to control water flow around ion exchange membranes and electrodes of prior art electrolysis cells. Furthermore, drain water generated at cation (+) side is in general equal to or at least quarter as much as the ozone water generated at the anion (-) side. The prior art electrolysis cells also produce unwanted ozone gas. DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION [0006] The present invention seeks to provide a High Electric Field Electrolysis cell for electrolyzing water to transform it into Free Radical Solution (FRS) water for cleaning, deodorizing, and sterilizing. [0007] The present invention further seeks to provide a High Electric Field Electrolysis cell for electrolyzing water to produce FRS water for use for generation of electric energy. [0008] In addition, the present invention seeks to provide a High Electric Field Electrolysis cell whose dimensions and output volume of FRS water may readily be varied. [0009] In keeping with the principles of the present invention, unique High Electric Field Electrolysis (HEFE) cell is presented that overcomes the short falls of the prior art electrolysis cells. The HEFE cell of the present invention is comprised of a pair of flat electrodes attached (or coated) onto a flat proton ion exchange membrane enclosed in a corresponding cell structure that accommodates the electrodes and the proton ion exchange membrane. The electrolysis cell structure is comprised of at least one inlet channel for receiving purified water and two outlet channels for output of electrolyzed FRS water and hydrogen rich water. The High Electric Field Electrolysis cell of the present invention further provides a mechanism for recycling of hydrogen rich water for re-use or electric power generation. [0010] These and other objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of preferred non-limiting embodiments, taken together with the drawings and the claims that follow. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS [0011] It is to be understood that the drawings are to be used for the purposes of illustration only and not as a definition of the limits of the invention. [0012] Referring to the drawings in which like reference numbers present corresponding parts throughout: [0013] FIG. 1 is a typical schematic illustration of a High Electric Field Electrolysis cell, in accordance with the present invention; [0014] FIG. 2 illustrates the detailed layered structure of an electrode in relations to other components within the High Electric Field Electrolysis cell illustrated in FIG. 1; [0015] FIG. 3 illustrates one embodiment for degassing of hydrogen rich water, in accordance with the present invention; [0016] FIG. 4 illustrates another embodiment for degassing of hydrogen rich water, in accordance with the present invention; [0017] FIG. 5 illustrates the principles used to generate electricity using the High Electric Field Electrolysis cell, in accordance with the present invention; [0018] FIG. 6 is schematic diagram of a control circuit for supply of power to High Electric Field Electrolysis cell, in accordance with the present invention. [0019] FIG. 7 illustrates a typical embodiment for connecting multiple cells in series, in accordance with the present invention. [0020] FIG. 8 illustrates a typical layered structure of multiple cells in one unit, in accordance with the present invention. Continue reading... Full patent description for High electric field electrolysis cell Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this High electric field electrolysis cell patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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