Linnard?s hydrogen on demand system without electricity !

[IronHead]

Dude !  good luck.
we will be here when you get back

[ResinRat2]

Hi Chris,

Welcome back buddy. Sorry you had "legal" issues but hopefully they get resolved for you soon.

Just as an update:

The last reactor I built was about a gallon size out of a combination clear 3" PVC and regular Schedule 40 PVC fittings. I loaded it with the tungsten(2%thoriated) I had and it gave off a constant stream of gas, but the rate it came out of the reactor was slow. I believe by having the larger volume that the gas came out in irregular spurts, like seven or eight bubbles at a time, then nothing for a minute, then seven or eight bubbles again, then nothing for a couple of minutes, etc., etc. Gas is not like liquid, it can compress so its pressure in a larger volume came out inconsistantly. You can read the earlier posts and see what a feeble electrical output it had.

Also I want to mention that the electrolyte solution showed evidence of starting to form "junk" at the surface of the solution. My guess is that the PVC began to deteriorate in some way. Even though the clear PVC was guaranteed to me to be able to take up to a 50% concentration of NaOH solution, I think the regular PVC fittings may have begun to deteriorate. I think IronHead mentioned that this would probably happen somewhere on this site, so I am scrapping this reactor and going to the clear acrylic plexiglass type of material that Dr. Griffin mentioned he used to build his reactors.

I will make the reactors small, so headspace is small and gas volume will transfer quickly without longer compression times. I may also buy extra tungsten(2%thoriated) to boost output if needed. My design is simple, small, and box-shaped. I will also be incorporating the aluminum insert rod to regenerate the zinc without power. I plan on having two zinc electrodes very close to each other (but not touching). One will be used normally and connected to the tungsten bundle so the reaction proceeds at the normal rate. The other zinc will have the aluminum rod threaded into its middle to encourage regeneration of the zincates on that electrode. That way the hydrogen reaction never is slowed, and the zinc is constantly regenerated on the other electrode. I will simply switch the connection (copper on one, aluminum on the other) of the zinc electrodes once a day to keep any electrode from depleting.

This will be my long-term test reactor, and it should give a constant output that I will use to run some small device without batteries involved at all. The water will recycle back into the reactor as well. I will post pictures when it is completed

That's my update and future plans. I think, based off the pictures of what Dr. Griffin has been able to accomplish, I have a good feeling about this idea. Dr. Griffin's pictures look like he may actually have already gotten this type of concept to work, so I am sure it will work. It's just a matter of getting the design correct.

I await my plexiglass with great anticipation.

Thanks for your interest everyone.

[ResinRat2]

Are you satisfied with your fuel cell?  You did change to H/O from H/air, right?

Sorry Yikes, I missed this question. I am using the H/air fuel cell. This was simpler and allows me to simplify the reactor design.

[Dingus Mungus]

I'll be back...
and looking for updates!
See you gentlemen then...

[Moab]

You guys have probably seen this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_21KafrwRc

He dosant use electricity to liborate browns gas. but as you can see, He is getting nice volume from what ever his electrolite and metal compound is.

I work on the high voltage aspect and am way out of my environment in this area. But we are all working to achieve the same goal, To use water as a fuel.

@ Resinrat and all.

Nice work mates!   Moab