Linnard?s hydrogen on demand system without electricity !

[Tacmatricx]

Hey Dave,

You still alive man? Or has your other half found the research bank account and raided it? 

Itching to hear how it's going!

Cheers,

Chris

[ResinRat2]

Hi Chris,

Fortunately, when I married my wonderful wife I insisted that we have three checking accounts. One for me, one for her, and one joint account. I learned this a long time ago from a buddy of mine who has been happily married for decades and he and his wife DO NOT argue over money.

Into my account goes the money I earn at my job. Into her account goes the money she earns at her job. (Note: this only works if both spouses work); and into the joint account we each put EQUAL amounts of budgeted money to pay all the bills at home (food, water, electricity, gas, taxes, home repairs, children, etc.)

This way I can use what I have left over for what I want (hydrogen research, cars, etc.), no questions asked. She can do the same.(clothes, etc.); and the most important thing of all. We never argue over money. Happily, this system has served my marriage well for over almost two decades. It has also allowed me to conduct my hydrogen research funding without hassles.

Lucky for me. 

Update: I am waiting for my brother to finish the tap welding of the tungsten/carbide electrodes together so they form a long row. Once this is complete I will finish assembling the remaining parts.

Thanks for your interest.

[Chaoticside]

RR -

After reading through the patents and your research documentation, as well as all 68 pages of the thread, I'm finally able to post something!  First I want to add my thanks to the many others that have already done so, not only to you but to everyone else who has helped out along the way!

Now, I'm not a chemist or any kind of useful engineer when it comes to this subject but I'll help out where I can.  Since I'm new to hydrogen based experiments I'm going to start out with a simple electrolysis tank and work my way up to reproducing this experiment... and hopefully have something useful to add to all that you've done!

I did have an idea for a possible addition to your current or future reactor.  I saw (sorry I can't remember who posted it) where you were discussing the sodium carbonate reaction and you had some sketches with a third chamber on the outside next to the zinc for that specific reaction - to add the heat generated to the zinc regeneration side.  Would it be beneficial to instead place that exothermic(?) chamber between the H2 and O2 sides?  If I understood whats happening in this reaction, it's drawing energy (heat) from the ambient air, so theoretically adding more heat would increase the reaction correct?  Seems to me the added heat from the exothermic reaction being in the middle would boost H2 and the zinc regeneration... maybe that would help enough to keep the particulates from forming?  Of course that would also add distance between the electrodes (if that is a factor).  Again - I'm no chemist or anything but just tossing some ideas out... not meaning to criticize your plans or anything.

You'll have to excuse the poor drawing... I've attached a quick sketch of what I mean.

Chaotic (Judd)

PS - mramos, you hit the nail on the head with the server room remark... I too am stuck in that icebox and if I had known what I was getting myself into I may have chosen differently!  I can't even imagine how much fun it must be to go to work and play with chemical reactions all day long!

[Haliburton]

dunk your electrodes in to a aluminum can of Pepsi cola and use aluminum electrodes..  lots and lots of bubbles. then drink it, its a nice boost in the morn.  Pepsi has alot of acid so maybe thats why

[ResinRat2]

Hi Judd,

I know I posted that idea about six weeks ago and I hadn't looked at it since. The distance between the zinc and tungsten/carbide electrodes does influence the rate of the hydrogen production. The closer the electrodes are, the faster the reaction rate. Also, my main thought was to put the extra heat into the zinc chamber only. I wanted to speed only the zinc side to help balance the reaction rate. By putting the exotherm in the center, like your drawing (nice job by the way, very clearly done) it will speed both reactions equally and the heat generated would be more efficiently used. This won't help the zinc side to equal the tungsten/carbide side, but it would speed the hydrogen and oxygen production, so in that sense it would be a good thing. This example illustrates perfectly how there are so many other avenues to investigate that would ultimately improve the unit's performance.

I hadn't thought about this since then but it will be revisited in the future. Your idea is a good one if modified to be on the side of the two chambers so that the zinc and tungsten/carbide electrodes remain close together, or maybe even built directly below the whole unit so it warms the reaction from below. I think you know what I mean. In the meantime, if anyone has any other information on that Potassium Carbonate reaction then please PM me about it. It sounds interesting and I wonder what they actually found out about it.

Thanks Judd for you suggestion, it may be very useful in the future.