Has anybody ever considered destabilizing water and at the same introducing electricity to break the bonds between hydrogen and oxygen?
at my Factory, i produce vast quantities of fuel for sale to the government. the technology is old, and i merged 3 types of technology to perform this. in a "suitcase" system, i use less than 3 watts of total consumed power for emergency fueling, and generate enough fuel to drive the vehicle 75 miles.
there are aproximately 250 operational and driving Hydrogen vehicles in the area, all within an eight hour drive from each other.
Note: to the Webmaster Christopher Moore, i say this. you are on the right track. are you are extremely close to what i have accomplished 4 years ago. i invited 3 of the local college professors to my residence, they brought cameras, video recording equimpent, and watched a "energyless" demonstration of hydrogen fuel production using a "cold Catalyst" process and then following that, was a medium sized sports car, running on hydrogen, at full engine speed which was attainable at speeds greater than ever acheived on gasoline, the tachometer i used and a digital backup along with a snap-on MT2000 scantool in live data display all three verified a 4 stroke engine running at full power with a steady 10K RPMS, yes that is 10,000 that is again ten-thousand rotations per minute. i then shut off the engine. and showed them how to do the entire thing. the best thing was that professor #1 was an automotive technology and repair instructor, and professor #2 was an alternate fuel professor. Oh! and by the way, when the engine acheived a steady 10K RPM's the throttle plate was completely closed and the Idle Air Control (IAC) Valve was closed and UNPLUGGED from the computer. professor #3 was in complete denial, and questioned me very harshly as to why I would be doing Graduate Study work, for kicks and entertainment. 4 months later i got incorporated and licensed following that, i got investors and now i have a factory. anyway i have viewed the process in which Mr. Christopher T. Moore has published, and he is on the brink of stuff that i started playing with 10 years ago. and by the way, i am 23 years old. i cannot tell you how my process on "cold Catalyst" is built or works, but i can tell you that the temperature of the water that i drop it into lowers as the hydrogen comes boiling over the top. i can tell you that the "catalyst" is SOLID, it is a common material, and using it leaves a "by-product" that is very heavy, has a specific gravity of 1.83 at full solution in water as sells for aproximately $1.00 per pound. the catalyst is used over and recycled. the materials list i cannot disclose due to a "gag order" however i can tell you that $8 worth of materials at a hardware store at RETAIL price will yeild aproximately 100 cubic feet of hydrogen (the going rate for retail hydrogen is $1 per Cubic foot at 2500 PSI) and 20 pounds of "by-product" that sells for retail of $1 per pound. so for $8.00 invested at the hardware store, you can come out with $120 if you sell everything you make. profitble? OH YEAH!!!
anyway, in the lab i am constructing a larger unit for INDIRECT electrolysis so that a static charge between the plates in an unsupervised situation with the device running unmonitored would not blow itself up. the indirect method works just like the direct method of electrolysis, with one difference: NO DIRECT CONTACT between the power input and the water. the little unit works enough to power my F350 with a 444 high compression hydrogen engine just fine. however i want to start a self contained unit that can power larger stuff. Oh! and my F350 Crew-Cab Pickup, started out with 450,000+ miles on it when i bought it, i overhauled the engine, rebuilt the tranny, and changed the ratio in the rear end from a set of 5.56 gears to a set of 3.08 gears (ratio) and jumped the mileage from 6 with a top speed of red line at 55 MPH, to a top speed of 104 MPH at redline with a C6 ford transmission (not overdrive and is automatic) the powerplant started as a 444 Navistar (7.3) Not turbo, Not Direct inject diesel. it is now a hydrogen engine and whrn running on diesel averages 27 MPG, and when running on hydrogen i average the (nearest calculated; gallons of diesel cubic feet of hydrogen gas converted from liquid, then split) closest i can tell is about 74 MPG. the truck is 2 wheel drive, 26 feet long (12 foot flatbed, dually, 4 door power everything [XLT Lariat Package]) and the ignition system is a spark type for the hydrogen, the ignition trigger system bolts on in tandem with the injector pump (Fairbanks Morse Magneto [hard to come by]).
Christopher Moore, i commend you on your ability to strategize on the safety issue, the "bubbler" idea is ingenius, however it does not work in the arctic climates. the best thing you need is an engine with electric start, and go buy a "Cat" battery. they run (in alaska anyway) about $135 to $170 they have a cranking capacity of a minimum 2000 amps and for serious starting i went for the 3000 amp battery. just remember, watch thew watt meter. VOLTS X AMPS =Watts, you now know the price of hydrogen, if the watts you are consuming exceed the value of the hydrogen produced, you need to find a better way. to answer some of your questions posted on your site:
DC Pulses used for hydrogen production? Yeah...think of this: ok your electrode plates (anode and cathode) are submerged in an elecrolyte (which i have quickly steered away from due to better ways) and when a charge greater than the charge contained within the solution is applied, hydrogen gas and oxygen gas will form on the plates. what kind of conductor is oxygen? not a good one. so until there is sufficient gas to rise and "liberate" from the solution, the gas forms a resistive barrier between your plates and the electrolyte. so DC Pulses, yup, think of it like a hammer, when you hit something with a hammer, it "shakes" "vibrates" once, now keep hitting it like a drum, and the gas will not stick. the same applies to the pulses, it is used to "shake" the gasses off the plates and make a faster producing flow of gasses from the solution.
i also commend you on the use of plates of "like" materials. this is the brink part. the "like" or similar materials will not set up a charge. this is entirely a good thing. remember that basic batteries are constructed with an electrolyte, and 2 DISSIMILAR METALS. "2 dissimilar metals placed into an electrolyte will set up an electric charge, the charge being based on the valences of the metals and the ability of the electrolyte to carry the load of the charge." the "brink" part is this: you have 2 similar metals. with this comes the possibilities of using a "shaker" to keep things moving, and the byproduct of similar metals is that the "charge of the Electrolyte" stays at close to nothing. this is good because a strong electrolyte with no charge will easily accept a charge and thereby produce the desired gasses easily.
I use a destabilizer to "energize" the water. i mean this: if you can get the water to PHYSICALLY vibrate on the molecular scale, then the electrolysis process will require less than a volt and less than an amp to produce faster than a larger more powerful unit on the market using what i consider "old" technology. you can view this "cutting edge" antique at Http://www.stuartenergy.com
i have been regularly corresponding with President Bush, Lisa Murkowski, the "Governator," and a few other companies. i tell you one thing that shocked the hell out of me is when i wrote a letter to President Bush, expecting it to land in some HUGE room full of letters to never ever be opened, and 3 days later, not joking, 3 days later, had a reply in my hand, and not an e-mail, but an ORIGINAL Hardcopy. it was authentic too. all correspondance written and sent out of the White House, via postal means, has a water mark on it, and it is about 4 inches across, right in the middle of the paper. the watermark is the eagle that is found on the Pre-1998 American Quarters. anyways seeing that mark is nothing new to me anymore, but when i show it to people, they think it is a really cool thing. anyway i have to go, it is 2:30 AM my time and i have a boat to catch. i am going fishing, I'll be out on the ocean with my bride, catching Halibut, and anything else we can get other than a cold.