US 12,227,859 B2
Methods for enhanced electrolytic loading of hydrogen
Dennis Cravens, Cloudcroft, NM (US)
Assigned to IHJ Holdings Ltd., St. Helier (JE)
Filed by IHJ Holdings Ltd., Jersey (JE)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/681,872.
Application 17/681,872 is a continuation of application No. 17/014,630, filed on Sep. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,268,202.
Application 17/014,630 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/361,825, filed on Mar. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,767,273, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,989, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0298659 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C25B 15/02 (2021.01); C25B 1/02 (2006.01); C25B 9/65 (2021.01); C25B 11/057 (2021.01); C25B 11/061 (2021.01); G21B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC C25B 15/02 (2013.01) [C25B 1/02 (2013.01); C25B 9/65 (2021.01); C25B 11/057 (2021.01); C25B 11/061 (2021.01); G21B 3/002 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrolytic method of loading hydrogen into a cathode comprising:
placing the cathode and an anode in an electrochemical reaction vessel including a solvent;
mixing a DC component and an AC component to produce an electrolytic current comprising a DC biased waveform having an AC waveform superimposed onto a DC waveform; and
applying the electrolytic current to the cathode, wherein a first voltage and a second voltage applied to the cathode relative to the anode that load hydrogen onto the cathode are negative,
wherein the DC component includes cycling between:
the first voltage applied to the cathode for a first period of time; and
the second voltage applied to the cathode for a second period time,
wherein the first voltage is more negative than the second voltage,
wherein the second period of time is shorter than the first period of time,
wherein the AC component is one of sine, square, and pulsed form, and
wherein the peak sum of the voltages supplied by the DC component and AC component is higher than the dissociation voltage of the solvent.