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Hydrogen Generator
Joi Scientific, Inc.
NB Power Licenses Mystery Tech
Press Release
US10047445 -- HYDROGEN GENERATION
SYSTEM
US2019085476 -- RING-REFLECTOR
HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM
US10214820 -- Energy Extraction
System And Methods
AU2015362607 -- HYDROGEN
GENERATION SYSTEM
US2017130350 -- Signal Generation
System For A Hydrogen Generation System
US9347142 -- FEEDBACK CIRCUIT FOR A
HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM
US9340886 -- Positive reactive
circuit for a hydrogen generation system
US9340885 -- Negative reactive
circuit for a hydrogen generation system
https://www.joiscientific.com/overview/
Joi
Scientific, Inc.
Joi
Scientific, Inc.
Kennedy Space Center
Space Life Sciences Lab
505 Odyssey Way, Suite #103
Merritt Island, Florida 32953
209-787-3564 (209-PURE JOI)
info@joiscientific.com
... No
Emissions.
Unlike traditional hydrogen production processes that emit 5
kilograms of greenhouse gases for every 1 kilogram of hydrogen
produced, Hydrogen 2.0 production processes can generate
hydrogen without the use of chemicals or electrolysis. There’s
no new greenhouse gases, no emissions, no particulates, no heavy
metals, and no negative environmental impact.
The consumption of hydrogen fuel returns only water back into
the atmosphere...
Cost
Competitive.
Hydrogen 2.0 is designed to be produced in abundance on a
cost-competitive basis. Since Hydrogen 2.0 is made from nature’s
most abundant resources, it won’t require expensive exploration
or drilling and is available 24/7.
The benefits of Hydrogen 2.0 can be shared worldwide without the
need for the highly expensive infrastructure required for the
transportation and distribution of traditional hydrogen, making
it ideal for developing economies. ..
https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/nb-power-mystery-tech-for-hydrogen-grid
March 14, 2019
NB
Power Licenses Mystery Tech to Build a Hydrogen-Powered
Electricity Grid
The
Canadian utility has invested millions to use Joi
Scientific’s hydrogen process.
Jason
Deign
Canadian utility New Brunswick Power has invested millions of
dollars to license a mysterious hydrogen production technology
being developed by the Florida-based company Joi Scientific.
The two companies last month said the deal would help NB Power
develop the world’s first hydrogen-powered distributed
electricity grid.
But the deployment of hydrogen production stations on the NB
Power grid is dependent on Joi Scientific being able to scale up
its technology, which is still in the laboratory phase.
Executives at NB Power and Joi Scientific refused to disclose
the value of the deal, but did not dispute a published figure of
CAD $13 million (USD $9.8 million).
The partnership was slammed by Canadian Green Party leader David
Coon, who told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) that
NB Power did not have a mandate “to be acting like an angel
investor in someone’s project in Florida.”
The technology espoused by Joi Scientific “remains a mystery,”
he said.
Coon declined to comment further for GTM. But CBC confirmed that
searches by scientists at the University of Moncton in New
Brunswick had failed to turn up papers relating to the process.
The heads of Joi Scientific and NB Power remained tight-lipped
over the details.
“We’re specifically not talking about how the technology works
because there is additional work we are doing,” said Traver
Kennedy, Joi Scientific’s CEO and the former chief strategist at
Citrix Systems, a technology company.
Gaëtan Thomas, NB Power’s president and CEO, revealed the
technology involved “a nanopulse-driven signal that basically
allows [us] to get hydrogen out of saltwater. It’s almost
mind-boggling how it works.”
Joi Scientific, which in 2016 raised almost $5 million from
investors including GoPro backer Dean Woodman, has six U.S.
patents, Kennedy said, and would be publishing scientific papers
on the process “perhaps as early as next year.”
Modular
hydrogen production
The company describes its technology as a modular hydrogen
production unit or system that could provide fuel to drive
engines or fuel cells. The units would be housed in containers
resembling server racks, said Kennedy.
The production process is not based on electrolysis and has no
negative environmental impact, according to Joi Scientific’s
website. Also, unlike electrolysis, the process uses seawater
instead of pure water, Kennedy said.
Nor does it involve a surface reaction, he revealed. “We’ve been
able to make our system smaller and smaller and yet increase the
production of hydrogen,” he commented.
Thomas said he hoped that at scale the process would be able to
produce hydrogen at a cost competitive with fossil fuels. He
cited an all-in levelized cost of between 5 cents and 8 cents
per kilowatt-hour (4 cents to 6 cents USD).
Both companies insisted NB Power had carried out exhaustive due
diligence on Joi Scientific’s hydrogen concept. The license
signing followed two years of scalability testing on the
process, said Kennedy.
A
calculated risk
As part of the agreement, NB Power is working alongside Joi
Scientific’s team at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to
build a scaled-up prototype for field trials on the utility’s
grid, possibly within a year.
Commercialization of small hydrogen production units might take
one or two years, said Thomas at NB Power. Ultimately, Joi
Scientific helps to scale the process up to plants with a
capacity of 100 megawatts. Thomas said this could take three to
five years.
NB Power is hoping to use the technology to decarbonize its
generation portfolio. A key goal is to use hydrogen to replace
coal at NB Power’s 467-megawatt Belledune plant, which accounts
for about 20 percent of the company’s carbon footprint.
Hydrogen could also help NB Power to improve grid resilience,
Kennedy said.
By locating up to 30 hydrogen production stations ranging from
500 kilowatts to 2 megawatts around the electricity network, the
utility would be able to guard against blackouts caused by
transmission line failures, he said.
Finally, NB Power could act as an agent for the technology
across North America. Thomas said taking out the license with
Joi Scientific was “a calculated risk.”
Faced with resorting to new hydro or nuclear to replace coal,
“It’s a relatively modest investment compared to the options we
have in our hands,” he said. “It could actually keep rates lower
and create new revenue. There’s a lot of upside here.”
NB Power is the second company to ink a license agreement with
Joi Scientific. The first, announced last September, was with
MarineMax, the world’s largest boat and yacht retailer, for
on-board power systems.
https://www.nbpower.com/media/1489057/nb-power-and-joi-scientific_02222019_final.pdf
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Joi
Scientific and New Brunswick Power to Develop World’s First
Hydrogen-Powered Distributed Electricity Grid
New Brunswick could see up to 30 distributed Hydrogen 2.0
production stations deployed for zero-carbon baseload generation
HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM
US10047445
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent
Application No. 62/091,702, entitled “Polyphonic Methods and
Related Apparatus and Arrangements” and filed on 15 Dec. 2014,
the entire contents of which is herein incorporated by
reference.
This application is a Continuation-in-Part (CIP) of U.S. Utility
patent application Ser. No. 14/616,851, entitled “Energy
Extraction System and Methods” and filed on 09 Feb. 2015, the
entire contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
TECHNICAL
FIELD
This disclosure relates to hydrogen generation systems and, more
particularly, to hydrogen generation systems that use hydrolysis
to generate hydrogen from feedstock.
BACKGROUND
Currently, the majority of the energy consumed by the developed
world has its origins in fossil fuels. Unfortunately, there are
many well-documented problems associated with over-reliance upon
energy generated from fossil fuels, such as: pollution and
climate change caused by the emission of greenhouse gases: the
finite nature of fossil fuels and the dwindling reserves of such
carbon-based energy sources; and the concentration of control of
petroleum-based energy supplies by various volatile countries
and OPEC.
Accordingly, there is a need for alternative sources of energy.
One such alternative energy source includes hydrogen generation
systems that produce hydrogen via hydrolysis. Ideally, such
hydrogen generation systems would be capable of producing
hydrogen gas without the presence of oxygen, wherein such
hydrogen may be used for industrial, commercial and residential
purposes.
For example, when greater than 99% pure, hydrogen may be used in
generator cooling, steel production, glass production, and
semiconductor and photovoltaic cell production. When less than
99% pure, hydrogen may be used in various industries, such as
the aerospace industry, the animal feed industry, the automotive
industry, the baking industry, the chemical industry, the
ethanol industry, the food processing industry, the dairy
industry, the meat industry, the manufacturing industry, the
medical industry, the hospitality industry, the laundry/uniform
industry, the marine and offshore industry, the military and
defense industry, the mining industry, the oil and gas industry,
the paper/corrugating industry, the pharmaceutical industry, the
rubber industry, the steel and metals industry, the tobacco
industry, the transportation industry, the wire and cable
industry, and the education industry.
Unfortunately, there are a number of significant hurdles that
prevent the widespread use of hydrogen in commercial,
industrial, and residential applications. These hurdles include
cost, efficiency, and safety. First and foremost, creating
hydrogen gas in a traditional manner is inefficient and costly,
or even environmentally harmful when produced via reformation
(i.e., the primary commercial method). Secondly, hydrogen's very
low mass and energy density makes it challenging to get enough
mass of hydrogen gas safely in one place to be of practical
value to a user. The result is that hydrogen has been
prohibitively expensive to produce, compress, cryogenically
cool, maintain (at pressure and temperature), contain (due to
its very small molecule structure), and transport. Accordingly,
pressure, temperature, flammability, explosiveness, and low
ignition energy requirement are all significant safety issues
concerning the widespread use of hydrogen.
SUMMARY OF
DISCLOSURE
In one implementation, a hydrogen generation system includes a
signal generation system configured to generate a driver signal.
The driver signal is a pulsed DC signal. A signal processing
system is configured to process the driver signal and generate a
chamber excitation signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is
configured to receive the chamber excitation signal and generate
hydrogen from a feedstock contained within the hydrogen
generation chamber. The hydrogen generation chamber includes: at
least one hollow cylindrical anode configured to contain the
feedstock and at least one cathode positioned within the at
least one hollow cylindrical anode. The signal processing system
includes: a positive reactive circuit coupled to the anode of
the hydrogen generation chamber, a negative reactive circuit
coupled to the cathode of the hydrogen generation chamber, and a
feedback circuit that is configured to couple the cathode of the
hydrogen generation chamber to the anode of the hydrogen
generation chamber.
One or more of the following features may be included. The
signal generation system may include: a pulsed DC source
configured to generate a pulsed DC source signal, a
mono-directional blocking circuit configured to receive the
pulsed DC source signal and generate the driver signal, and a
filter circuit configured to filter the driver signal and remove
AC components. The positive reactive circuit may include an
inductive component and a capacitive component. The inductive
component may be in parallel with the capacitive component. The
capacitive component may be sized based, at least in part, upon
one or more physical characteristics of the hydrogen generation
chamber. The capacitive component may be sized based, at least
in part, upon one or more physical characteristics of the
feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation chamber. The
negative reactive circuit may include an inductive component and
a capacitive component. The inductive component may be in
parallel with the capacitive component. The capacitive component
may be sized based, at least in part, upon one or more physical
characteristics of the hydrogen generation chamber. The
capacitive component may be sized based, at least in part, upon
one or more physical characteristics of the feedstock contained
within the hydrogen generation chamber. The feedback circuit may
include a capacitive component. The capacitive component may be
sized based, at least in part, upon one or more physical
characteristics of the hydrogen generation chamber. The
capacitive component may be sized based, at least in part, upon
one or more physical characteristics of the feedstock contained
within the hydrogen generation chamber. The capacitive component
may include two discrete capacitors. A first of the discrete
capacitors may be coupled to the anode of the hydrogen
generation chamber. A second of the discrete capacitors may be
coupled to the cathode of the hydrogen generation chamber. The
feedback circuit may include an asymmetrically conductive
component. The asymmetrically conductive component may be
positioned between the two discrete capacitors. The at least one
cathode may be positioned along a longitudinal centerline of the
at least one hollow cylindrical anode. The at least one cathode
may be constructed, at least in part, of tungsten. The at least
one hollow cylindrical anode may be constructed, at least in
part, of graphite. The at least one hollow cylindrical anode may
have an inside diameter that is 2,400% to 2,600% of an outside
diameter of the at least one cathode positioned within the
cylindrical anode. The at least one hollow cylindrical anode may
have an inner diameter of 25.0 millimeters and the at least one
cathode positioned within the hollow cylindrical anode may have
an outside diameter of 1.0millimeter. The at least one cathode
positioned within the at least one hollow cylindrical anode may
have a longitudinal length that is 190% to 210% of the inside
diameter of the at least one hollow cylindrical anode. The at
least one cathode positioned within the at least one hollow
cylindrical anode may have a longitudinal length of 50.0
millimeters.
In another implementation, a hydrogen generation system includes
a signal generation system configured to generate a driver
signal. The signal generation system includes: a pulsed DC
source configured to generate a pulsed DC source signal, a
mono-directional blocking circuit configured to receive the
pulsed DC source signal and generate a driver signal, and a
filter circuit configured to filter the driver signal and remove
AC components. A signal processing system is configured to
process the driver signal and generate a chamber excitation
signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is configured to receive
the chamber excitation signal and generate hydrogen from a
feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation chamber. The
hydrogen generation chamber includes: at least one hollow
cylindrical anode configured to contain the feedstock, and at
least one cathode positioned within the at least one hollow
cylindrical anode. The signal processing system includes: a
positive reactive circuit coupled to the anode of the hydrogen
generation chamber and including an inductive component and a
capacitive component, a negative reactive circuit coupled to the
cathode of the hydrogen generation chamber and including an
inductive component and a capacitive component, and a feedback
circuit that is configured to couple the cathode of the hydrogen
generation chamber to the anode of the hydrogen generation
chamber.
One or more of the following features may be included. The
feedback circuit may include a capacitive component. The
capacitive component may be sized based, at least in part, upon
one or more physical characteristics of the hydrogen generation
chamber. The capacitive component may be sized based, at least
in part, upon one or more physical characteristics of the
feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation chamber. The
at least one hollow cylindrical anode may have an inside
diameter that is 2,400% to 2,600% of an outside diameter of the
at least one cathode positioned within the cylindrical anode.
The at least one hollow cylindrical anode may have an inner
diameter of 25.0 millimeters and the at least one cathode
positioned within the hollow cylindrical anode may have an
outside diameter of 1.0 millimeter. The at least one cathode
positioned within the at least one hollow cylindrical anode may
have a longitudinal length that is 190% to 210% of the inside
diameter of the at least one hollow cylindrical anode. The at
least one cathode positioned within the at least one hollow
cylindrical anode may have a longitudinal length of 50.0
millimeters.
In another implementation, a hydrogen generation system includes
a signal generation system configured to generate a driver
signal. The signal generation system includes: a pulsed DC
source configured to generate a pulsed DC source signal, a
mono-directional blocking circuit configured to receive the
pulsed DC source signal and generate a driver signal, and a
filter circuit configured to filter the driver signal and remove
AC components. A signal processing system is configured to
process the driver signal and generate a chamber excitation
signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is configured to receive
the chamber excitation signal and generate hydrogen from a
feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation chamber. The
hydrogen generation chamber includes: at least one hollow
cylindrical anode configured to contain the feedstock, and at
least one cathode positioned within the at least one hollow
cylindrical anode. The signal processing system includes: a
positive reactive circuit coupled to the anode of the hydrogen
generation chamber and including an inductive component and a
capacitive component, a negative reactive circuit coupled to the
cathode of the hydrogen generation chamber and including an
inductive component and a capacitive component, and a feedback
circuit that is configured to couple the cathode of the hydrogen
generation chamber to the anode of the hydrogen generation
chamber. The at least one hollow cylindrical anode has an inside
diameter that is 2,400% to 2,600% of an outside diameter of the
at least one cathode positioned within the cylindrical anode.
The at least one cathode positioned within the at least one
hollow cylindrical anode has a longitudinal length that is 190%
to 210% of the inside diameter of the at least one hollow
cylindrical anode.
One or more of the following features may be included. The
positive reactive circuit may be configured as a band-stop
filter. The negative reactive circuit may be configured as a
band-stop filter.
RING-REFLECTOR
HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM
US2019085476
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A system for
extracting hydrogen from seawater includes a hollow chamber
defined by a cylindrical wall, a cylindrical member within the
chamber, a mechanism for recirculating conductive fluid through
the chamber, a power supply connected via reactive circuits to
the chamber wall to form an anode and to the cylindrical member
to form a cathode and providing an input pulse DC voltage during
a duty cycle on portion and an off cycle chamber return load
circuit connected to the reactive circuits, and an off cycle
chamber return load circuit connected to the positive and
negative reactive circuits wherein the reactive circuits and the
off cycle chamber return load circuit: process voltages
returning from the chamber during an off portion of the duty
cycle, the returning voltages resulting from an electro-chemical
reaction in the chamber without surface reaction on the
cylindrical member, and return the processed voltage to the
chamber, wherein the chamber releases hydrogen gas.
Energy
Extraction System And Methods
US10214820
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A hydrogen generation
system includes a pulsed drive signal generator to generate a
pulsed drive signal, a hydrogen generation chamber to receive
the pulsed drive signal and generate hydrogen from a feedstock
material contained therein based on the pulsed drive signal and
a controllable reactive circuit coupled between the pulsed drive
signal generator and the hydrogen generation chamber. A hydrogen
detection device is coupled to the hydrogen generation chamber
to detect the generated hydrogen. A controller controls the
controllable reactive circuit based on detection of the
generated hydrogen.
HYDROGEN
GENERATION SYSTEM.
A hydrogen generation
system includes a signal generation system configured to
generate a driver signal. A signal processing system is
configured to process the driver signal and generate a chamber
excitation signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is configured
to receive the chamber excitation signal and generate hydrogen
from a feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation
chamber.
Signal
Generation System For A Hydrogen Generation System
US2017130350
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A hydrogen generation
method includes generating a driver signal wherein the driver
signal is a pulsed DC signal, processing the driver signal to
generate a chamber excitation signal and applying the chamber
excitation signal to a hydrogen generation chamber to generate
hydrogen from a feedstock contained within the chamber wherein
the hydrogen generation chamber includes at least one hollow
cylindrical anode configured to contain the feedstock, and at
least one cathode positioned within the at least one hollow
cylindrical anode.
FEEDBACK
CIRCUIT FOR A HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM
US9347142
[ PDF ]
A hydrogen generation
system includes a signal generation system configured to
generate a driver signal. A signal processing system is
configured to process the driver signal and generate a chamber
excitation signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is configured
to receive the chamber excitation signal and generate hydrogen
from a feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation
chamber. The signal processing system includes a feedback
circuit that is configured to couple a cathode of the hydrogen
generation chamber to an anode of the hydrogen generation
chamber.
Positive
reactive circuit for a hydrogen generation system
US9340886
[ PDF ]
A hydrogen generation
system includes a signal generation system configured to
generate a driver signal. A signal processing system is
configured to process the driver signal and generate a chamber
excitation signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is configured
to receive the chamber excitation signal and generate hydrogen
from a feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation
chamber. The signal processing system includes a positive
reactive circuit coupled to an anode of the hydrogen generation
chamber.
Negative
reactive circuit for a hydrogen generation system
US9340885
[ PDF ]
A hydrogen generation
system includes a signal generation system configured to
generate a driver signal. A signal processing system is
configured to process the driver signal and generate a chamber
excitation signal. A hydrogen generation chamber is configured
to receive the chamber excitation signal and generate hydrogen
from a feedstock contained within the hydrogen generation
chamber. The signal processing system includes a negative
reactive circuit coupled to a cathode of the hydrogen generation
chamber.