Apparatus For Generating Electricity & Potable Water

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U.S. Patent : # 6,279,321

Inventor : James R. Forney

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As attorney for the inventor of the innovative Apparatus For Generating Electricity & Potable Water we are currently seeking manufacturing companies to license, purchase patent rights or enter into a royalty agreement for this timely invention.

Objects of the present invention:

The following pictures are meant to display possible physical characteristics of the present invention and are not to be taken in a limiting sense. It is understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention.


LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
10 present invention 30 ingress connection means to storage tank
11 home or building32 egress connection means from storage tank
12 solar cells 34 boiler
13 power grid36 steam egress connection means
14 electrical connection means 38 steam turbine
15 hydrogen line40 condenser
16 DC voltage regulator 42 potable water
18 batteries44 structure
20 electrolytic device 46 cathode
22 electrodes48 anode
24 electrolyte 50 water inlet
26 compressor52 connection means
27 compressor storage tank 54 DC converter
28 storage tank

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FIGURE 1

Figure 1 is an illustrative view of the present invention in use. Shown is a standalone system wherein sunlight is the catalyst energy form used to create electricity which can be used to energize a structure, home and/or building with the surplus electricity being fed into the municipal power grid. In addition said system can produce a quantity of potable water.

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FIGURE 2

Figure 2 is an illustrative view of the components of the present invention and interrelationship therein for generating electricity and potable water. Shown is a system combining several discrete components whereby sunlight is the catalyst energy form used to create electricity which can be used to energize a structure, home and/or building with the surplus electricity being fed into the municiple power grid. In addition said system can produce a quantity of potable water.

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FIGURE 3

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the solar panels, DC converter and bank of batteries of the present invention. The solar panels are comprised of an array of photovoltaic cells which convert rays of the sun to an amount of DC current which is fed into a DC regulator and stored in a bank of batteries for use by various components of the present invention.

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FIGURE 4

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the electrolytic device of the present invention. The electrolytic device has electrical connection means to the plurality of batteries. The electrolytic device consisting of electrodes and an amount of liquid electrolyte, preferably water. The positive pole of the battery is connected to the cathode electrode and the negative pole is connected to the anode electrode which induces the electric current to pass through the liquid electrolyte, water. The current dissociates the water into its collectable gaseous component parts, oxygen and hydrogen. The oxygen is released into the atmospheric air but could be collected for some further process. The hydrogen is collected by a compressor and stored for future use by other components within the system.

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FIGURE 5

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the compressor of the present invention. The compressor having electrical connection means to the batteries and connection means to the electrolytic device collects and compresses the hydrogen gas. A storage tank having ingress connection means with the compressor stores the compressed hydrogen gas for use by additional components of the system.

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FIGURE 6

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the hydrogen storage tank of the present invention. The compressor having electrical connection means to the batteries and connection means to the electrolytic device collects and compresses the hydrogen gas. The storage tank having ingress connection means with the compressor stores the compressed hydrogen gas for use by additional components of the system. Said storage tank, further, has egress control means for supplying a regulated amount of hydrogen gas to a boiler.

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FIGURE 7

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the boiler component of the present invention. The boiler has electrical connection means to the batteries for energizing control devices, such as electronic firing, and thermal control devices. Further having ingress connection means with the hydrogen storage tank and steam egress connection means with a steam turbine. The boiler uses the hydrogen gas as a fuel source to generate steam which is used to generate electricity by the steam turbine.

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FIGURE 8

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the steam driven electric turbine generator. The steam turbine has electrical connection means to the battery components for energizing the necessary circuits of the turbine, as well as, ingress connection means with the boiler which produces the steam which turns the turbine blades. Said steam turbine has egress connection means with a condenser unit wherein the steam which was used to power the turbine is coalesced into water vapor and stored as a source for potable water. The electrical output of the steam turbine can be used as an alternate or primary source of electricity for a structure and can additionally feed any residual electrical output into the municipal power grid.

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FIGURE 9

Figure 9 is diagrammatic view of the components and interrelationship therein.

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