Improved process for supplying hydrogen from an electrolytic cell and electrolytically optimized cell for hydrogen production

摘要

"IMPROVED PROCESS TO SUPPLY HYDROGEN FROM AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL AND PERFECTED ELECTROLYTIC CELL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN". An improved process for supplying hydrogen from an electrolytic cell having an anolyte solution having an anolyte liquid level; a catholyte solution having a catholytic liquid level; the generation of oxygen at an oxygen pressure above the anolyte level; the generation of hydrogen at a hydrogen pressure above the catholic level; the improvement comprising detecting at least one of the anolyte and catholyte liquid levels as anolyte level data and catholyte level data; feeding of level data into the central processing medium; determination of the pressure differential between the levels from the level data, and pressure adjustment data by the central processing medium; and providing adjustment data to the pressure control medium to maintain the pressure differential within a selected range. The process offers a low cost method for controlling the pressure differential to within 2 cm WC of a setpoint.