Let's start with a look at the basic electrolysis cell. It will
work just fine in a stand alone capacity as will all of the components
that I will present here. I didn't start out to create some kind of over
unity device. I just wanted to see if water could be made into a viable
fuel. I tried to design the best individual components that I could and
if they do all happen to be able to work in a "loop" system then so much
the better.
One last thing that I should note before I begin is that
all of the devices that I have designed make use of both the H2 and O2
gasses. Someone will want to argue safety here but don't bother. I feel
that with a little bit of engineering all could be made just as safe as
sitting on 20 gallons of gasoline is today. I wanted to design the most
efficient systems possible and I feel that to do so you need to use the
O2.
I am not saying that these concepts can't be improved
upon. I'm sure that they can. As a matter of fact, I hope that someone
actually does create them. I feel that I have put together a very good
framework from which someone could finish them.
Here is the Electrolysis cell:
I drew this myself on Microsoft Paint so no apologies for quality. You
get what you pay for and you're getting this free <lol>.
Let's take a basic overview first. You can see that the
system consists of a two chambered cell. I would suggest making the
cell out of a non-conducting material (like PVC Plastic). There is a central
wall which separates the unit into two halves. As long as your water level
is above the lowest part of the wall you can keep the two gasses that are
produced within it separate.
The electrodes are fitted into the bottom of the unit
through two holes. They should be made out of a material which is a good
conductor and which does not react too much with water (rust). Copper might
be an easily available choice. Gold would be better ;-)
If you notice the tops of the electrodes are brought to
a sharp point. This is because I noticed during my initial experiments
that such areas (pointed ones) produce the really nice, steady, streams
of gas. I imagine that this is due to the fact that the magnetic lines
of force are concentrated at these points.
Second, please note the little circles at the top and
bottom of the cell and how they are connected by lines. These represent
coils of wire wound around the cell so that an electromagnetic field is
induced. The strength of this field can be adjusted by the amount of electricity
you put through it and by the number of "windings" in your coil. This is
supposed to be a cut-away view from the side.
Notice the openings at the top of the cell. These are
for the gasses created by the cell to be drawn off and used or stored.
At this point several things could be added, depending on how you want
the system to work. For example we could put a pressure controlled valve
in to open up whenever a certain internal pressure was reached or whenever
the pressure in the
line leading away fell to a certain point. In other words, make it
into a supply or demand governed system. We could also rig it so that there
is a switch that cuts the power to the electrodes once a certain maximum
pressure is reached and turns it back on once a certain minimum pressure
is reached.
If you wanted to use it on an ongoing basis you also need
to put in a water inlet (gravity fed would be fine) regulated by a float
switch. A drain plug on the bottom wouldn't be a bad idea either.
The box P on the right side of the drawing represents
your power supply. It doesn't matter here what it is, where it's from or
what fuel you use to generate it. The line from box P to box T is an electrical
transmission line. Box T represents whatever kind of transformer/controls
you need to put on to regulate your electricity into the best form i.e.:
voltage + or - and amperage + or -.
From box T you notice that we split the line into two.
One feeds the electrolysis cell and the other runs through the electromagnetic
coil which surrounds the cell. I did this because we assume that we might
want to synchronize the regulation of the field strength as opposed to
the amount of current running through the cell. We want to do this because
as one increases the amount in one, the amount required in the other decreases.
Some important factors come into play here and must be
considered before we go any further. If you look at the other end of the
unit you will see that the transmission line exits both the cell and the
coil and comes together again at box J. This represents a simple junction
box which may or may not be required or an additional device such as another
transformer may be required here.
The next thing to consider will be that we really aren't
losing/using very much electricity in this device at all. How so? Because
we have made it all work in line as part of the transmission line. Imagine
if you will that this is a commercial power plant. The power source is
putting out 100,000 volts and we are putting the separator unit in line
on our main transmission line to our first substation. The only electricity
that we lose here is what is normally lost to resistance in the wires and
in the water. We are not
grounding the system out at any point here and whatever electricity
is left over after passing through this (which should be quite a bit) will
then continue on down our transmission line to be used wherever it is needed!
Notice that the line feeding the electrodes enters at
the first one and exits at the other one directly into the transmission
line. So we are sending that 100,000 volts through this. If we follow the
basic law then we need to pass 100,000 volts of electricity through this
to generate enough gasses to produce the equivalent of 100,000 volts of
electricity when they are burned together.
Think about that. Water, with a good electrolyte, is a
very GOOD conductor of electricity. Better than the wires hooked up to
the electrodes in all probability. So we won't be losing any more of our
charge through the cell than we would in a piece of wire of the same length
would we? All you have to worry about is the resistance losses. Oh yes
and also the losses in radiant heat that will occur due to the winding
of the coil. There is another bonus. You could probably utilize that radiant
energy to heat
the water in your cell to the previously mentioned, desired temperature
of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit to obtain maximum susceptibility to separation
in the water. Maybe you could also include a thermostat controlled electric
fan at one end of the unit. That way if the unit gets too hot it will kick
on and blow air through the coil until the water temperature drops back
to
where you want it to be.
Remember also that the stronger you make your surrounding
coil (more turns) the less of your energy that you need to send through
the cell itself. That way you can cut the losses there even more if it
seems indicated. Another thing to consider would be to eliminate the current
going through the cell entirely and instead just put a piece of stainless
steel rod through the unit with an electrode on each end of it. The field
you see will automatically orient itself into N and S poles and will transmit
this orientation to the steel and you should be able to cause separation
in this manner and still recover the gasses individually at the proper
poles of the magnet.
We will consider further additions and modifications to
this basic unit as we progress with looking at various devices which are
designed to make use of this fuel.
