Ronald Classen's H2O Motor Project

[rlm555339]

Dave,

The alloy Aluma-ti is made by Inland Steel.  The particular item I used for the electrodes is a couple of Torctite heat clamps I purchased at my local Napa store.  (patent #4,312,526).  It has totally non-magnetic qualities so take a magnet with you to be sure you are looking at the right stuff.  I bought the 16" long, 3 inch wide ones)  That would probably be the easiest way to get a hold of some.  Look in the muffler / hot pipe clamps section of the store.

On another website it has been described a thus:  Aluma-Ti is a vacuum-degassed, interstitial-free steel containing columbium and titanium  As far as I can tell, the alloy is fairly new.  There is another form of it called Aluma-fuse which is for higher heat situations.

[rlm555339]

kane,

Yes I have messed around with the bingofuel.  I had such trouble keeping the arc going that I never did get to gather any data on current vs production.  Those carbon rods have a critical distance to maintain from each other in order to keep the arc.  To far apart, and it stops.  To close, and it just shorts out.  I suppose there is a way if one were to devise a computer controlled (amperage controlled) feed system but I have not gone there yet. 

If I can't figure out a way to increase my production of fuel, this project is going to go nowhere so I'm open to any options.  18 liters a minute............wonder how much power (current) that took? 

[KSW]

just some more info:

"A Must for Hydrogen

In order to do work on a piston, the fuel-air mixture needs to burn at a speed faster than the piston is moving. Low hydrogen flame speed is a disadvantage shared with most other gaseous fuels. For comparison, a gasoline-air mixture has a flame front speed that ranges typically from 70 up to 170 feet/second in IC engines, while an ideal hydrogen-air mixture has a flame front speed of about 8 feet/second. An average vehicle engine rotating at 2,000 rpm (33 revolutions per second) produces piston linear speed of 45 feet/second in the middle-stroke, which is already 5 times faster than the hydrogen flame front speed ! The fact that a hydrogen-air mixture has a flame front speed of about 1/10  that of a gasoline-air mixture, contributes to explain why hydrogen engines only run at reduced power and low rpm under load. However, the photo-detonation mode is extremely rapid and totally removes this limitation. This is why the detonation mode (not compatible with piston, but with the Quasiturbine) is critical for the future of the hydrogen engine."

http://www.quasiturbine.com/ETheoryDetonationEngine.htm

just trying to collect as much information as possible

[TechStuf]

An incarnation of Robert Kruppa's Firestorm plasma spark plug would be interesting to play with.....Fracturing H20 at or near a cylinder of correct volume and geometry would avoid the expense of high pressure storage, while maximizing torque at lower engine rpm's.

Peace,

TS

[h2o2go]

Ron
Thanks for the info on Alumi-Ti.? I looked it up and found a description calling it "Aluminized steel".? I can not tell from all the $2.00 words if there is aluminum in what you are using or not. Just FYI if there is Al in your electrodes and you decide to try some electrolyte (especially NaOH) you might want to read the results of my experiments on my Web Page titled Hydrogen from Aluminum.
http://home.comcast.net/~apdynamics/APD.htm
If there is Al present you will get an amazing amount of H2 for a short time, then you will need new electrodes.

Dave