Originally posted by geo1066
reply to post by getreadyalready
- Now here I must blantantly disagree with you 200%! Your electrolyte is the key ingredient for this recipe to work. It's discussed in every article
I've ever read on my Internet. It can be either acidic or alkaline and the concentrations are different due to the design you use. No matter though
because the electrolyte is still corrosive. Where did you get the idea that aluminum screen works as a cathode? I tell you what, one of the real
popular electrolytes used in these systems is Sodium Hydroxide, commonly known as lye or drain opener. Get a little drain opener and put some aluminum
foil in it. I don't want to, but I must warn you, your supposed cathode is going to be doing some major reacting. Do not smoke and don't have any
open flames about. This reaction is producing Hydrogen gas due to the sodium hydroxide breaking down. Every unit that has been concieved only uses
stainless steel when in contact with the electrolyte.
Please try using somebody else's internet. Yours apparently has alot of misleding information on it.
[edit on 20-10-2009 by geo1066]
Ok, you are correct, and I didn't explain the difference between my catalyst, and an electrolyte used as a catalyst! I have used NaOH with limited
success, I have also tried isopropyl alcohol, and several dissolved minerals such as magnesium, and the internet is full of ideas for this type of
catalyst.
What I haven't found on the internet is something similar to the way a catalytic converter works (platinum mesh) or anything exploiting the polarity
of water molecules (i.e. magnetic field to polarize the water and separate the molecules), I think this is the next big break through that needs to
happen.
reply to post by LightFantastic
This aspect is much more difficult to explain. Of course IC engines have wasted energy in the form of heat, and the convert a certain amount of
energy to the wheels, but the "reserve" aspect is how much extra fuel does it require per horsepower in their power band?
My example is my old 2004 Nissan Titan. It got 14 mpg on the highway empty, and it also got 14 mpg on the highway pulling a 9,000 lb trailer!!
Therefore, in that trucks power band, moving it down the road at 65 mph did not begin to tap into the potential of the engine. Therefore, it is
feasible that I could have hooked up a high powered generator to the engine, without hurting the gas mileage at all. In that case, the generator
could have been used for electrolysis, which would proved added horsepower and fuel into the IC, and I may have seen a significant INCREASE in fuel
economy!
It seems counterintuitive, because I am adding a load to the engine in order to hydrolysize water into its components which are then combined again to
produce the energy. You would think that the efficiency conversions at each step would zap energy from the system, but since the truck is capable of
covering that added load without using extra fuel, then we see a benefit!!
[edit on 21-10-2009 by getreadyalready]
