Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The process utilizes one electrolyzer unit or niultiple !.rnits arran<;er1 in
tandent ~Oerzby
the hvdrogen/oxy,en gases_ produced by the electrolysis ol' %water and a
hydroly
agent, are incorporated, at r.rnder less than one a.tmo sphere of pre.ssure,
~ia a parallel
arran,,ement of feeder tubes into a central oas relay de%ice resulting i.n a
lo%v
mechaniccjllc-induced pressure output. These p,es are then intrOduced throu-;h
one or
rtrore entr'y points into the air intake nrairifcrlii, close to the eno.ine
butterflv, and into the
conibustion chambers of the. enoine As a firel source., su}ticie-nt a.mounts
of hydrogen
and oxy',en t4ases ar-e oenerated to partially provide the necessary ener-gy
reqiiired tor a
conventional internal cornbustion engine to operate efficiently. This tivill
loNver, in a
rec.iprocal ratio propor-tion, the a.mount of aily type of.fossil-based tuel
normallv used,
creatinIg a hybrid etTect_ 'I'lre improvements over conventi.onat hydrogen-
fuelled engines are the total eliniination
+)
for- the need of e:titernally-produced hydrogen stored in iighly-hresstrrized
{3000 PSI
stora-e tanks since the required hydro~er~;'oxvgen gases generated b_y the
electrol~~sis
process, are produced directly on-board the vehicles and only on-denland, as
needed,
when the en-ine is operating. The amaunt of regular firel, adjusted and contr-
olled by the
vehicle's own computer, entering the cornbustion chambers via the injector
valves is thus
reduced and replaced by ttle hydro'genioxygen (yases. A dedica.ted and
independeut DC'
electrical source activates the electrolysis process. The electrical sotrrce
is recharged
independently by the aiter'nator fior all vehiciztar applications. A.n AC
po\wer source is
used for stationary applications. PoAer to the units is connected, either iii
series or in
parallel.. this determined by the scalable size and number of units reciuired
to attain
maXitrrum en-ine efficiency. Electrical variable vr~lta~~e converters control
the appropriate
artrpera_-ge required for rnaxiinum etfectiveness.
The v~'ater supply tor the electrolysis reservoirs is replenished
automatically by a
dehurnidification system takin~ naoistur-e directl}- frc~m the air, or
manuatlv, r h\a.
manually-actikrated pump f`rc>m~a central reser4 oir in order to ma.i.ntain a
maximum peak
ope.ratin, water levei_ %,, itlr le\ els all cc7ntrolleci by ball valves.
The electrolyzer unit is conlposed r,f a plastic casin~, stainless steel
me.tal plates and
hard\Yare, anode and c-athode terminals, plastic connectors, saf~et~,
tiralves, feeder \alves,
atld ball valves, water and an elec.trolvzino, aoent, together ck ith the
necessary Lti-irimo, and
ttrbing to effi?.ctuate ;ga` di;(it-erti to the engine.
