by cnctony » Sat Sep 17, 2005 7:48 am
I am working on a multicell unit for vehicle applications however after all my calculations I am stuck with the problem of creating more energy (BTU's) than I use and the only way I can see this being done is through the use of Solar power, or some type of catalyst. The energy used to creat hydrogen through electrolysis from the Alternator is ludicris as you cannot create more energy buy converting it you only have losses through conversion. You need to create more than what you use thus solar, or the use of a catalyst is the only way I can see a breakthrough happen
In order to effectivly create enough Hydrogen onboard to boost in an auto application you need to generate at least 5% of Hydrogen to gasoline or other fuel to effectively boost the caloric input enough to advance the timing for fuel savings.
Since octane burns at 6000ft/sec and hydrogen burns at 40,000ft/sec you have to advance the timing in order to see an effective increase in mpg. If you do not advance the timng you are wasting 50-75% of the energy from the hydrogen on backpressure and creating more wear on your engine. If you were to say run a lawnmower on pure hydrogen it would not run only backfire, as Chris demonstrates on his website. He needs to advance the timing to top dead center and it will run like a charm.
But I digress.
If you do not use at least 5% and you advance the timing you will not burn all of the gasoline and you will generate more emission and of course will not see an increase in mpg but a decrease.
I have also discovered that a large unit will not produce more hydrogen than a small unit. To some degree yes it will but the formula is
FARADAY'S LAWS OF ELECTROLYSIS:
The amount of chemical change during electrolysis is proportional to the charge passed. The masses of substances liberated or deposited by the same quantity of electric charge are proportional to their chemical equivalents.
Thus a smaller unit will work the same as a large unit and in most cases better. Think lots of small and efficent units not a large monstrosity we are talking about the smallest element Hydrogen.
Hope this helps...
Here are a couple of pictures of my first experiments.
If I can figure out how to post a picture on this site.
Hope this helps
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