I am new to this list, but have been interested in the
subject of free or alternative energy for quite some time.
Now I am starting to try to get more involved. Just so you know,
I am not in this to make a buck (well, it would be nice to
not have to pay for gas, electricity, etc, or maybe have the
power companies pay me for home produced power, but I digress).
I feel this knowledge should be free for anyone to use. To
get this info out to the most people for comments, etc, I
thought it best to post to both the Keelynet list and
the JLN Labs group.
Anyway, I found some info that I personally have not seen
any references to on any of the free energy sites.
Is anyone was aware of what looks to me like an interesting
patent by a Francisco Pacheco, No. US 5089107 issued in 1992.
It appears to be a self powered hydrogen generator, using
a combination of salt-water electrolyte, with electrodes of
intermixed magnesium and aluminum and stainless steel.
Supposedly, when the electrodes are attached to a resistive
load in order to draw current from what is effectively
a salt water battery, hydrogen is also given off.
The guy supposedly developed this process back in the 1940's
in South America, according to a story I found in a book
about suppressed inventions recently. I have not found any
references to any of this work on any of the "free energy"
sites I have looked at. He had one or 2 earlier patents
along the same lines, notably US3892653 in 1975 which has
an interesting abstract also.
This seems to make sense to me, since I have read accounts
recently of both using electricity to separate hydrogen from
salt-water, and have read accounts of being able to create
batteries using salt-water as the electrolyte. I wouldn't
say that it would be a completely "free" source of energy
though, as the chemical reactions would cause changes in
the plates, etc. The author has tried to take this into account
by detailing recycling steps which could be taken to salvage
the used materials. The following is the abstract from the
patent (which is available in full at any of the online patent
servers):
Patent No. US 5,089,107
Title: Bi-Polar Auto Electrolytic Hydrogen Generator
Abstract:
An autoelectrolytic hydrogen generator system constituted by one
or a plurality of similar cells wherein a galvanic arrangement of
magnesium and aluminum plates of sacrificial elements as anode;
stainless steel as cathode and sea water as electrolyte, by its
very nature is made to develop a voltage when connected in short
circuit causing a current to flow within the system and hydrogen
production of hydrogen in situ and on demand by the electrolytic
action at one pole, the cathode, and additional hydrogen by the
electrochemical reaction at the other pole, the anode. Surplus
electric energy of the system applied to an optional electrolyzer
will also be made to produce additional hydrogen at its two
sacrificial aluminum electrodes.
The earlier one:
Patent No. US 3,892,653
Title: Hydrogen Generator
Abstract:
A hydrogen generator constituted by a voltaic cell having a
reactive magnesium electrode and a non-reactive electrode
immersed in a salt-water electrolytic bath, a load being
connected between the electrodes to cause a current flow
in the cell resulting in an electrochemical reaction in
which the magnesium is decomposed to produce hydrogen and
in electrolysis in which the water is decomposed to produce
hydrogen. In order to minimize polarization and other factors
which diminish the production of hydrogen, the solution is
circulated through an external flow loop having a pump
interposed therein to draw the electrolyte from the bottom
of the bath and to return it to the top thereof, the pump
being powered by voltage derived from the cell.
Bob Schader
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