US 11,885,270 B2
Energy utilization system
Michael D. Mercer, Edmond, OK (US); and Ronald R. Mercer, Edmond, OK (US)
Filed by Michael D. Mercer, Edmond, OK (US); and Ronald R. Mercer, Edmond, OK (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,899.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/247,022, filed on Sep. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086470 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F02D 19/06 (2006.01); F17C 5/00 (2006.01); F02D 19/08 (2006.01); F17C 3/00 (2006.01); F02D 29/06 (2006.01)
CPC F02D 19/0665 (2013.01) [F02D 19/0644 (2013.01); F02D 19/085 (2013.01); F02D 29/06 (2013.01); F17C 3/005 (2013.01); F17C 5/007 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a combustion mechanism configured to enact a combustion process to convert input fuel to energy in a form that can be used by a downstream consumer;
a storage module comprising a storage controller circuit configured to establish a first ratio of total volumes of hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) obtained from an electrolysis process to be stored in respective pressurized storage vessels of a fuel storage pod adjacent the combustion mechanism, the first ratio selected by the storage controller circuit in relation to a predicted demand of the combustion mechanism for a first mixture of the H2 and the O2 in proportions corresponding to the first ratio; and
a blend module connected to the fuel storage pod, the blend module comprising a blend controller circuit configured to adjust the first ratio to a different, second ratio in response to an imminent demand of the combustion mechanism, the blend module outputting a flow of the input fuel to the combustion mechanism at a different, second mixture of the H2 and the O2 from the fuel storage pod in proportions corresponding to the second ratio selected in relation to at least one combustion process parameter.