Electrochemical reaction apparatus

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AN ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A HOUSING FORMING AN ENCLOSED HOLLOW CHAMBER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN AN ION-CONTAINING AND CONDUCTING MEDIUM; (B) A HOLLOW ELONGATED FLEXIBLE METALLIC ANTIFUEL ELECTRODY HAVING OPPOSITE WALLS AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID ANTIFUEL ELECTRODE BEING PERMEABLE TO AN ANTIFUEL ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTANT MATERIAL; (C) A HOLLOW ELONGATED FLEXIBLE METALLIC FUEL ELECTRODE DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING, HAVING OPPOSED WALLS AND ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING SAID FUEL ELECTRODE BEING PERMEABLE TO A FUEL ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTANT MATERIAL; (D) TUBULAR MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH END OF EACH OF SAID HOLLOW ELECTRODES AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR THEREOF FOR SEPARATELY INTRODUCING A GAS INCLUDING A CORRESPONDING FUEL OR ANTIFUEL ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTANT MATERIAL IN ONE TUBULAR MEANS, AND EXHAUSTING ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTANT-DEPLETED FUEL OR ANTIFUEL, RESPECTIVELY, FROM THE INTERIOR OF EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES THROUGH THE OTHER TUBULAR MEANS; (E) MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE OPPOSING WALLS OF EACH OF SAID HOLLOW FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES IN SPACED RELATION; (F) SEPARATE ELECTRODE SPACING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID HOLLOW ELECTRODES IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER; (G) SAID HOLLOW ELECTRODES AND SAID ELECTRODE SPACING MEANS BEING DISPOSED IN LAMINAR SANDWICHED SPIRALFORM RELATION IN SAID ENCLOSED HOLLOW CHAMBER WITH SAID TUBULAR MEANS AT EACH OF THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID HOLLOW ELECTRODES PROTRUDING THEREFROM; AND (H) MEANS FOR EXHAUSTING THE REACTION PRODUCTS FROM SAID ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS.