Gaseous hydrogen production is based on employment of the water dissociation process, intensified by action of a high water temperature and increase of the minus electric field, as a factor for water dissociation instead of electric current used in electrolysis. The water dissociation method makes it possible to produce concurrently both gaseous hydrogen and electric power in the operating reactor. The main power type used is thermal. (C) 2002 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.