Direct production of electrical energy from liquid fuels

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS FOR THE DIRECT PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM METHANOL IN A FUEL CELL COMPRISING AN ANODE AND A CATHODE FOR THE ADSORPTION AND DEADSORPTION AS IONS OF FUEL AND OXYGEN, RESPECTIVELY, LEAVING SUCH ELECTRODES ELECTRICALLY CHARGED, AN AQUEOUS SULFURIC ACID ELECTROLYTE PROVIDING IONIC CONDUCTANCE BETWEEN SAID ANODE AND SAID CATHODE, CONDUIT MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AN OXYGEN GAS INTO DUAL CONTACT WITH SAID CATHODE AND SAID ELECTROLYTE, CONDUIT MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID METHANOL INTO SOLUTION WITH SAID ELECTROLYTE AND INTO DUAL CONTACT WITH SAID ANODE AND SAID ELECTROLYTE, CONDUCTING MEANS ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONTACT OF SAID ANODE AND SAID CATHODE WITH AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT EXTERNAL TO SAID ELECTROLYTE, RECOVERING ELECTRICAL ENERGY GENERATED IN SAID CELL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES MAINTAINING THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID ACID IN SAID ELECTROLYTE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.2 TO 0.8 MOLE PER LITER AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 74* TO ABOUT 300*F. AND THE CONCENTRATION OF SAID METHANOL IN SAID ELECTROLYTE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 0.3 TO 1.6 MOLES PER LITER.