The invention relates to a reactor which comprises a plurality of mutually parallel plates arranged spaced apart from each other, and adapted to be attached to a current source such that at least one of the plates is a cathode plate, at least one of the plates is an anode plate and at least one of the plates is a neutral plate and arranged between the cathode plate and the anode plate, and a plurality of frames, each of the frames of the plurality of frames being arranged for circumferentially enclosing a cavity adjacent to at least one the plates, and a conduit for supplying water and electrolyte into said cavities and a conduit for leading the liquid enriched with the produced gas formed in said cavities from the reactor, wherein the reactor further comprises at least one permanent magnet or a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the anode plate and to the neutral plates spaced apart from each other at that side of the anode plate which faces the cathode plate, the north sides of the permanent magnets facing the cathode plate.

The invention relates to a reactor which comprises a plurality of mutually parallel plates arranged spaced apart from each other, and adapted to be attached to a current source such that at least one of the plates is a cathode plate, at least one of the plates is an anode plate and at least one of the plates is a neutral plate and arranged between the cathode plate and the anode plate, and a plurality of frames, each of the frames of the plurality of frames being arranged for circumferentially enclosing a cavity adjacent to at least one the plates, and a conduit for supplying water and electrolyte into said cavities and a conduit for leading the liquid enriched with the produced gas formed in said cavities from the reactor, wherein the reactor further comprises at least one permanent magnet or a plurality of permanent magnets attached to the anode plate and to the neutral plates spaced apart from each other at that side of the anode plate which faces the cathode plate, the north sides of the permanent magnets facing the cathode plate.

An electrochemical hydrogen compression system includes a hydrogen gas compression part that compresses hydrogen by applying a current between an anode and a cathode provided on two surfaces of a proton exchange film, and a supply pipeline that guides hydrogen discharged from a hydrogen supply source to the hydrogen gas compression part. The hydrogen gas compression part has an outlet for discharging unreacted hydrogen. The electrochemical hydrogen compression system further includes a film resistance meter and a voltmeter that acquire information related to a wet state of the proton exchange film, a fourth opening/closing part and a fifth opening/closing part that regulate discharge of hydrogen from the outlet, and a control device that controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part. The control device controls the fourth opening/closing part and the fifth opening/closing part based on at least the wet state of the proton exchange film.

The present disclosure is intended to prevent blockage of a path that allows a fluid to flow to a predetermined position where a pressure of the fluid is applied to a cell unit. An electrochemical compressor according to an embodiment includes first and second members, an elastic body, a fluid chamber, and a fluid path. The elastic body exerts an elastic force in a direction in which the first member and the second member are pushed apart from each other, and thereby presses a stack of electrochemical cells. The fluid chamber has the elastic body disposed therein and receives boosted gas flowing thereinto, the fluid chamber allowing the boosted gas to apply a pressure to push the first member and the second member apart from each other. The fluid path connects the fluid chamber to a flow path into which the boosted gas is discharged from the electrochemical cells.

An electrolyzer system includes an anticorrosive, conductive material including a first oxide having oxygen vacancies and a formula (Ia): MgTi.sub.2O.sub.5-δ (Ia), where δ is any number between 0 and 3 including a fractional part denoting the oxygen vacancies; and a second oxide having a formula (II): Ti.sub.aO.sub.b (II), where 1<=a<=20 and 1<=b<=30, optionally including a fractional part, the first and second oxides of formulas (Ia) and (II) forming a polycrystalline matrix within the electrolyzer system.

Provided is a method for producing fluorine gas, capable of suppressing clogging of pipes and valves with mist. Fluorine gas is produced by a method including electrolyzing an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, measuring the water concentration in a fluid generated in a cathode chamber in the electrolyzing, and sending a fluid generated in the inside of the electrolytic cell in the electrolyzing the electrolyte, from the inside to the outside of the electrolytic cell through a flow path. In the sending, the flow path in which the fluid flows is switched in accordance with the water concentration measured in the measuring the water concentration.

According to one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a combiner for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen gas in a gaseous stream, said combiner comprising: a pipe capable of accommodating the flow of a gaseous stream, wherein the pipe is adapted to transmit the gaseous stream to a catalytically active structure (CAS), the CAS having: contact with the substantial majority of the gaseous stream, a housing, and an inlet, said inlet being connected to the pipe, and an outlet, for the removal of the gaseous stream post recombination, and a second pipe connected to the outlet of the CAS for the transmission of the gaseous stream away from the combiner. A second embodiment of the invention sees the CAS housed within an electrochemical cell directly.

According to one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a combiner for the removal of hydrogen/oxygen gas in a gaseous stream, said combiner comprising: a pipe capable of accommodating the flow of a gaseous stream, wherein the pipe is adapted to transmit the gaseous stream to a catalytically active structure (CAS), the CAS having: contact with the substantial majority of the gaseous stream, a housing, and an inlet, said inlet being connected to the pipe, and an outlet, for the removal of the gaseous stream post recombination, and a second pipe connected to the outlet of the CAS for the transmission of the gaseous stream away from the combiner. A second embodiment of the invention sees the CAS housed within an electrochemical cell directly.

A magnetic buoyancy enhanced electrolysis system includes a water pump, an electrolysis cell, a magnetic phase separator, and a plurality of conduits configured to facilitate fluid communication between the water pump, the electrolysis cell, and the magnetic phase separator. The electrolysis cell includes an electrode and one or more magnets that cause gas bubbles to detach from the electrode to create a two-phase flow of water and the gas bubbles. The phase separator includes one or more magnets that collect the gas bubbles from the two-phase flow.

A wind turbine includes a generator, a base, a nacelle, a tower having a first end mounted to the base and a second end supporting the nacelle, and an electrolytic unit electrically powered by the generator to produce hydrogen from an input fluid, in particular water, wherein the electrolytic unit is electrically coupled to the generator by an electric connection, wherein the electrolytic unit is housed in a housing, wherein the housing includes a pressure-relief section configured to detach from the housing in the event of an explosion inside the housing or when the pressure inside the housing exceeds a predetermined pressure.