ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,606, issued on July 28, was assigned to EVOLOH INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Direct DC solar-electrolysis system" was invented by Scott Blanchet (Chelmsford, Mass.), James Gilchrist (Westford, Mass.) and Michael Misiewicz (Windham, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to integrated systems of solar photovoltaic panels and water electrolyzers wherein the electrolyzer stacks are connected directly to the unregulated DC bus of the solar PV system. More specifically, the present invention optimizes electrolyzer cell count when connecting directly to the unregulated DC bus of a photovoltaic system to maximize ann...