Method for recombining hydrogen and oxygen

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUS METHOD OF THERMALLY RECOMBINING OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN COMPRISING THE STEPS OF A. PASSING A STREAM OF GAS CONTAINING FREE OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN THROUGH A FIRST CHAMBER, B. INITIALLY HEATING THE GAS IN THE FIRST CHAMBER TO A TEMPERA-TURE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD TEMPERATURE FOR THERMAL RECOMBINATION TO INITIATE A THERMAL RECOMBINATION REACTION, C. TRANSFERRING THE GAS FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER INTO A SECOND CHAMBER AND REDIRECTING THE GAS IN A DIERCTION COUNTERCURRENT TO THE GASES COMING INTO THE SECOND CHAMBER, D. EXHAUSTING SOME OF THE REDIRECTED GASES FROM THE SECOND CHAMBER, E. MIXING THE REMAINDER REDIRECTED GASES WITH THE GASES BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER INTO THE SECOND CHAMBER TO HEAT THE TRANSFERRED GASES, F. PROVIDING A TEMPERATURE SENSING MEANS IN THE SECOND CHAMBER FOR SENSING THE TEMPERATURE THEREIN, AND G. SUBSTANTIALLY MAINTAINING A DESIRED TEMPERATURE IN THE SECOND CHAMBER SUCH THAT SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE RECOMBINATION REACTION TAKES PLACE IN THE SECOND CHAMBER, SAID DESIRED TEMPERATURE BEING MAINTAINED BY CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE IN STEP (B) IN RESPONSE TO THE TEMPERATURE SENSED IN THE SECOND CHAMBER.