US 11,851,779 B2
Electrolytic cell
Gaston Glock, Velden (AT)
Assigned to GLOCK ÖKOENERGIE GMBH, Griffen (AT)
Appl. No. 17/298,868
Filed by GLOCK ÖKOENERGIE GMBH, Griffen (AT)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/169293, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19158862 (EP), filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0251720 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. C25B 9/63 (2021.01); C25B 9/015 (2021.01); C25B 9/70 (2021.01); C25B 9/17 (2021.01); C25B 1/04 (2021.01); C25B 15/08 (2006.01); C25B 11/02 (2021.01); C25B 9/01 (2021.01)
CPC C25B 9/63 (2021.01) [C25B 1/04 (2013.01); C25B 9/01 (2021.01); C25B 9/015 (2021.01); C25B 9/17 (2021.01); C25B 9/70 (2021.01); C25B 11/02 (2013.01); C25B 15/08 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrolytic cell for electrolytic decomposition of water into gaseous hydrogen and oxygen, comprising:
an electrolytic cell housing in which an amount of electrolyte liquid having a liquid level is disposed, wherein a connection to an electrolyte liquid supply is provided in a bottom region of the electrolytic cell housing;
wherein the electrolytic cell housing is divided by a partition into two partial electrolytic cells;
an open or closed loop control device for regulating the amount of the electrolyte liquid in the electrolytic cell housing;
a cathode disposed in a first electrode housing, the first electrode housing being arranged in one of the partial electrolytic cells;
an anode disposed in a second electrode housing, the second electrode housing being arranged in the other of the partial electrolytic cells;
such that at least the first electrode housing is coupled at its uppermost portion to an inverted gas siphon having an outlet opening within the electrolytic cell housing;
wherein the open or closed loop control device is configured to regulate the amount of electrolyte liquid in the electrolytic cell housing so that the outlet opening of the inverted gas siphon is held completely below the liquid level of the electrolyte liquid; and
wherein the electrolytic cell housing includes separate gas outlets for evolved hydrogen and oxygen gases, and each gas outlet is arranged at a vertical distance above the liquid level of the electrolyte liquid.