Heat Generation Method and Device Using Ionic Vacancies Generated by Electrochemical Reaction

Abstract

The present invention provides: a heat generation method that makes the first use of the ionic vacancies that are a by-product of an electrochemical reaction and have conventionally been left unreacted; and a device for implementing the same. The present invention pertains to: a heat generation method characterized by comprising colliding, in an electrochemical reaction that proceeds in an electrolysis cell, ionic vacancies having a positive charge generated at an anode and ionic vacancies having a negative charge generated at a cathode; and a heat generation device characterized by being equipped with an electrolysis cell provided with an anode and a cathode and an electrolyte solution accommodated within the electrolysis cell, and by generating heat by colliding ionic vacancies of opposite signs generated by causing the electrochemical reaction to proceed in the electrolysis cell via the anode and the cathode.

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         12 . A method of heat production comprising:
 a step of making collisions between an ionic vacancy with positive charge created at an anode and an ionic vacancy with negative charge created at a cathode in an electrochemical reaction which proceeds within an electrolysis cell having an electrolytic solution, an anode and a cathode; and   a step of recovering said heat generated by said collisions between said ionic vacancy with positive charge and said ionic vacancy with negative charge.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , further comprising a step of enhancing the collision frequency between said ionic vacancy with positive charge and said ionic vacancy with negative charge. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 13 , wherein said step of enhance the collision frequency comprises driving electrolytic solutions forcibly streaming. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein said step of enhance the collision frequency comprises making electrolytic solutions stream by electromagnetic force arising from applied voltage. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein said electromagnetic force arises by a device generating a magnetic field installed in said electrolytic cell. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 14 , wherein said step of enhance the collision frequency comprises making electrolytic solutions stream by applying dynamic pressures.