Hey !
Ok so to continue my saga with the Chemicalyzer (- NaOH + Water + AL -) ..
I've made another Bubbler, because my first bubbler was all **ed up ..
Here is the setup :
1 Chemicalyzer
1 Bubbler
1 (4) Liter Gas Accumulator
1 Liter of Water
1 pound of AL
15g NaOH Powder
100 ml Drain Cleaner
3.4 HP Briggs & Stratton Lawnmower Engine
- Removed fuel line, put H2 Line instead .
(- There is a tube that connects to the Air Intake, I pluggued the Chemicalyzer there, but now I think it wasn't the best place, but it still received H2 Gas -)
- Gas Tank empty
Ok, the Engine actually Ran with the Chemicalyzer ! .. But I believe that there was some Gas fume left to help the engine start ..
Here are some data and a conclusion..
19:42 Reaction Start Slowly
19:45 Still Slow (- 1 or 2 big bubble / sec -)
19:49 Moderate Reaction, captured 1 Liter of Gas
19:52 (2) Liters of Gas in accumulator
19:56 HEAVY BOILING from Chemicalyzer + Heating of Solution (- Start of sustaining reaction -)
19:57 Trying to Start Engine, Starts at the 1st pull every time, 5 times total, Engine run for about 5 to 10 seconds before consuming 3 liters of Gas in accumulator .. Some backfires ..
NOTE: The accumulator is replenished with the Bubbler and there is the H2 fuel Line at the top of the accumulator .
20:00 Plug Fuel Line directly to the Bubbler to test Real Time operation..
Engine Starts everytime 1st Pull and run 10 seconds then makes very big backfires !!! (- The Reaction is becoming very Heavy, Foaming transfers from Chemicalyzer to Bubbler -) ..
20:02 White smoke from Intake, Exhaust ON FIRE!!! .. The gas is escaping
thru the engine and is sustaining a Fire on the Exhaust.. The Flame is RED .. (?? Fossil-Gas ??) .. Start the engine to estinguish the Flame, Big Backfire..
NOTE: The Red Flame reminds me of the Big 1 meter Flame of expanding gas I had when I ignited my bubbler in the first experiment ..
20:05 Still White smoke from intake, I think it's water vapor coming from the bubbler ...
20:07 Reaction is becoming really Slow and solution really HOT ..
20:10 Add some water then add some NaOH (- Not much, 10 ml -), Reaction restarts immediately and is very very violent...
20:20 Engine starts then stall
20:25 No Start ..
20:30 There is still some Aluminum left in the chemicalyzer, I'll measure the amount tomorrow ..
Conclusion : I think that the engine actually ran successfully out of H2 gas but it depended on how much Gas was produced .. In the middle of the experiment the engine was sustained by gas production for some time .. I think I could add another Chemicalyzer in Serie or more and I believe the engine would run successfully ..
I'll need to consider completely removing the Carburetor and the gas tank and implement a Valve system on my H2 output .
The Gas production is really really Fast! .. I couldn't contain it in the 4 Liters Accumulator much longer, but I couldn't successfully measure the amount of H2 produced because I was too anxious to make the engine run ... Next time .. I'm thinking of a better setup to measure it in real time without having to accumulate gas ..
In comparison, the Electrolyzer I made was weak it produced small amount of gas even at 50 amps ..
By the way, NaOH and Water was consumed in the process.. Isn't NaOH supposed to be a catalyst and not consumed !?!??!?