Method of producing electricity and chemicals

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM TWO REACTANTS WHILE OBTAINING USEFUL ELECTRICAL POWDER DURING THE REACTION, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: PROVIDING A FUEL CELL COMPRISING A FUEL ELECTRODE, AN OXIDANT ELECTRODE AND AN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH; SUPPLYING ONE OF SAID REACTANTS AS A FUEL TO SAID FUEL ELECTRODE AND THE SECOND OF SAID REACTANTS AND AN OXIDANT TO SAID OXIDANT ELECTRODE, AND WITHDRAWING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM SAID CELL THEREBY FORMING ELECTROCHEMICALLY SAID ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUND AS A PRODUCT OF REACTION IN SAID ELECTROLTYE; AND RECOVERING SID ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUND FROM SAID ELECTROLYTE; SAID FUEL AND OXIDANT REACTANTS BEING SELECTED FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS; (A) A FUEL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS AND ALCOHOLS AND AN OXIDANT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXYGEN AND CHLORINE, AND (B) HYDROGEN FUEL AND AS AN OXIDANT A REDUCIBLE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF QUINONIC, N-HALOGEN AND AROMATIC NITRO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAID FUEL ELECTRODE COMPRISING ACTIVATED POROUS CARBON AT LEAST ONE THE ACTIVE SURFACE THEREOF AND A CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PLATINUM, RHODIUM, IRIDIUM, PALLADIUM, RUTHENIUM AND MIXTURES THEREOF, AND SAID OXIDANT ELECTRODE COMPRISING ACTIVATED POROUS CARBON AT LEAST ONE THE ACTIVE SURFACE THEREOF AND A SPINEL CATALYST.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FROM TWO REACTANTS WHILE OBTAINING USEFUL ELECTRICAL POWDER DURING THE REACTION, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES: PROVIDING A FUEL CELL COMPRISING A FUEL ELECTRODE, AN OXIDANT ELECTRODE AND AN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE IN ELECTROCHEMICAL RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH; SUPPLYING ONE OF SAID REACTANTS AS A FUEL TO SAID FUEL ELECTRODE AND THE SECOND OF SAID REACTANTS AND AN OXIDANT TO SAID OXIDANT ELECTRODE, AND WITHDRAWING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM SAID CELL THEREBY FORMING ELECTROCHEMICALLY SAID ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUND AS A PRODUCT OF REACTION IN SAID ELECTROLTYE; AND RECOVERING SID ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPOUND FROM SAID ELECTROLYTE; SAID FUEL AND OXIDANT REACTANTS BEING SELECTED FROM ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS; (A) A FUEL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS AND ALCOHOLS AND AN OXIDANT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXYGEN AND CHLORINE, AND (B) HYDROGEN FUEL AND AS AN OXIDANT A REDUCIBLE COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF QUINONIC, N-HALOGEN AND AROMATIC NITRO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAID FUEL ELECTRODE COMPRISING ACTIVATED POROUS CARBON AT LEAST ONE THE ACTIVE SURFACE THEREOF AND A CATALYST SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF PLATINUM, RHODIUM, IRIDIUM, PALLADIUM, RUTHENIUM AND MIXTURES THEREOF, AND SAID OXIDANT ELECTRODE COMPRISING ACTIVATED POROUS CARBON AT LEAST ONE THE ACTIVE SURFACE THEREOF AND A SPINEL CATALYST.