by Dutchdivco » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:13 pm
I have the same 'problem' with you that I have with this site; Too much info! (Not that I'm complaining!) I ask you a basic ?, and get the long answer. I start reading the old posts, (many from you) and I just get blown away!
The post may not have been from you, maybe I dreamed it. Can't find it now! The topic was hydrogen by electrolysis, and how making a vacuum in the cells greatly increased production, particularly at levels greater than a car runs. Someone, (if I didn't dream it) said there was a device, not a vacuum pump, as it didn't use electricity, that would increase the vacuum to 30.Cost maybe $25.00.Had a small piston which pulled a larger piston. Oh, well.
Was thinking it would increase the production of vapor, in a bubbler or wick type vapor carb.
After reading the old posts, maybe I'll go with hydrogen, instead. I already have a 3 1/2'x2 1/2' carbon fiber tank. From what I've read, the making of the gas is easy. Compressining it to high pressures would be the challenge.
I also have a NOS acetylene generator;About the size of a 30 gal. H20 heater, it has a hopper in the top you load with 25 lbs. of calcium carbide. The tank in the bottom holds 25 gal. of H2o. As the hopper drops the CC in the water, gas forms. When the pressure reaches a pre-set safe level, the hopper closes. Use gas, pressure drops, hopper opens;i.e.gas on demand. Wondering if I could use it to make hydrogen; Galv. iron or aluminum or whatever in the hopper, drops into solution, produces gas, etc.That way I could still use the Carbon fiber tank for storage, but wouldn't have to worry about high pressure for storage. Later, Jim
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