Apparatus for production of hydrogen gas using wind and wave action
CA 2621244 C · Owner: Burtch, John Christopher · Inventors: Burtch, John Christopher
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A platform apparatus for producing hydrogen gas from water includes a buoyant base configured for floating in a body of water such as on the ocean, a , vertical support member extending upwardly from the base a wind turbine , rotatably coupled to the support member for transforming the kinetic energy of wind into rotational energy, a generator coupled to the wind turbine for transforming the rotational energy generated into DC electricity and an , electrolysis apparatus affixed to the platform for using the electricity to extract hydrogen gas from water by the process of hydrolysis. The electrolysis apparatus preferably comprises an exchange chamber for storing water collected from …
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- Filed September 1, 2006 and granted October 30, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 1, 2026.
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