I have been saving up money (don't tell the wife) to build this very expensive cell I had in mind. After a few years of working on hho cells and thousands of dollars of oopsy's I found that not all carbon or graphite work. You need high grade emd (electrode) graphite the quality steel makers use. This ultra fine pure sintered plates are expensive about 30 bucks each plus shipping. So I saved up got me 50 plates from a seller on ebay and finally got it all constructed. A 50 plate emd graphite cell. Here are some pics excuse the mess in my shop.
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This thing sucks alot of current but I'm willing to spill some beans. I want it to be known I'm building this as a way of running a ice NOT TO BUILD A BOMB! I really don't want to get raided and people see this stuff and think boom for some odd reason. Anyways I hate the idea of overunity I don't believe it exists. Physics shows us this can't be done. However it doesn't say that we can't use a very cheap source of energy to fill that 1 percent we are not getting back out of the engine. Let's say I have to plug my car into my house every week for about an hour and spend another 2 dollars a month on my bill in electricity WHO CARES! to fill that void the system has. For extreme efficiency there are some ways you can get close to over unity but never reach it. You need to recover energy from surrounding heat.
I do this by using this setup and please people give me pointers I'm always looking on how to improve this beast as I'm only getting about 88percent efficiency i presume.
I use a car amplifier it is pwm 4000 watt (about 100 bucks refurb on ebay)
There is my variable frequency from 0Hz to 40kHz voltage is 44volt to 0 and amps well it's a factor of C*V=W So I can't tell you the real time watts as it changes so often.
I have drawn up a pen and paper drawing of this.
In order for the cell to resonate you need a laptop or small computer (free from a friend junker) I am using the Mic port and the headphone ports. I use SIG Jenny a little freeware signal program to generate my frequency and a Lil C+ program I wrote to listen on the Mic port for the changing in resonance in the cell so that it can move the frequency output up or down in SIG Jenny.
Now to move the efficiency way up on the scale. You have to somehow collect surrounding energy inside the cell to increase efficiency of the input electricity. I do this by routing the exhaust pipe into the water of the cell. This gives me extreme heat and there fore alot of wasted energy recovered and believe me heat makes a very visual improvement on hho production. The water is so hot it tries to convert all to steam so I use a small computer radiator to run the hho/steam through and cool the steam just enough that it goes back into the cell as water. After the radiator is a vacuum pump (no need for bubbler it's a waste of time) this vacuum pump was 99 bucks on ebay 3cfm 34Hg of vacuum very powerful it boils the whole cell at only 60 degrees. The output of my cell is about 350 l/hr. I'm looking for some help in improving the efficiency. Any ideas? I'm not using a charge choke coil or anything like that as I found that it just used up energy from my input electricity before it got to the cell without any improvements.
Nice project never seen one using emd graphite before. It looks like you are using copper wire to attach to the plates, have you thought of some other method like stainless steel straps tapping the Graphite plates or clamps using S.S. hardware ? I know this is experimental at this time work in progress. The copper wires depending on the electrolyte your using will corrode the copper quickly causing more resistance more amps and heat, remember the electricity runs on the outside of the wire not the inside like water in a hose. Hate to see this puppy blow ! Good luck looks worth the effort.
P.S. They do make stainless steel wire and cable its a 316 - 420 grade in lots of sizes used for picture frames to towing cables, sleeve it and use crimp terminals for a temporary fix
I have used industrial chemical proof epoxy to coat all connections and the wire is silicone insulated. There is no metallic part of this cell in conductive connection to the water
the reason i built this cell though wasn't for my personal vehicle but for a muc h more grand idea.
That idea is and I hate to spill it here is to use the wind turbines I sell 599 for 1kw to run the cell, make hydrogen, store it in a large propane pig, and fuel several vehicles. So after I have made my money back on the hydro and paid for the equipment required to run this operation it's a 100 percent profit business.
Quote from: clarence1984 on July 09, 2008, 04:46:56 PM
I have used industrial chemical proof epoxy to coat all connections and the wire is silicone insulated. There is no metallic part of this cell in conductive connection to the water
Thats fantastic, you never can tell, I'm sure you have seen some weird stuff out there as I have. I don't know how much help if any is available at this forum you might try - http://www.energeticforum.com/ there are some knowledgeable people at that forum no name calling or walking on water there though. ( they screen the members there, sometimes a email helps )
Regards,
Fuzzy
;D
I have included a fast hand sketch of this I'll make this system a little better sketched out in paint later but this is just for shits and giggles. Here you all go ask questions as needed. I'll do my best to answer them in a timely manner.
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This system does better than any system I have seen so far.
By the way from the day I first plugged this cell in (even with 2 cups of salt) this cell doesn't make any water pollution. There is no burn in time or anything like that such as with stainless cells. That is why I chose emd graphite.
WOW! do you have a picture or video of this making bubbles? I may be a wussy but storing Hydrogen is scary. How would you pressurize it and store it safely? Wont the feds wanna know why you have a big tic-tac in your yard?
Hi Clarence198,
A couple years ago I worked at a place that had 20 EDM (electronic discharge machining) machines. I did the repairs on these machines so I was quite familiar with the operation. They used various types of electrodes including copper and also graphite. I think this is the graphite you are referring to, EDM grade. Correct me if I am wrong.
I was thinking of using a similar approach. However, due to the high cost of the graphite, I would like to consider it only for the anode (oxygen) where corrosion is a much bigger factor than at the cathode (hydrogen) and maybe 316 stainless sheets for the cathode. I built a spiral wound one quart jar as per Ozzie Freedoms
http://www.overunity.com/hho.htm
instructions with 316L (MIG welding wire, .035 inch diameter) and ran it overnight (one teaspoon of baking soda in R.O. water, 12 PPM TDS at 1.1 amps with two such jars in series on a car battery with the battery charger connected). With about 12 hours running the anode became quite rusted and the cathode remained fresh. I was looking at the Mcmaster-Carr website for the graphite, but it did not refer to an EDM grade. Still expensive tho.
What is the length, width and thickness of your graphite plates? Some people are making units similar in size and shape to a car battery and then moving the battery to the trunk and putting the hydrogen cell where the battery was supposing its better to have an accidental explosion under the hood than the trunk.
Richard
My apologies everyone I was referring too edm grade graphite I know what it means it was simply a typo (type way to fast) but these are various thicknesses because it's all I could get for the price from the company that supplied me. There are actually 25 plates that are 7x6x1/8" and 25 that are 7x6x1/4" they are not all cut perfect some are slightly larger than others but I couldn't complain when they gave me 25 percent off if took all of them. EDM graphite doesn't have to be expensive if you want to experiment with edm get a small electrode on ebay here's the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-EDM-EMD-CARBON-GRAPHITE-5-8-ROUND-STOCK-ELECTRODE-12_W0QQitemZ360007496350QQihZ023QQcategoryZ104237QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/1-EDM-EMD-CARBON-GRAPHITE-5-8-ROUND-STOCK-ELECTRODE-12_W0QQitemZ360007496350QQihZ023QQcategoryZ104237QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
what what I have seen I couldn't get away with anything other than graphite. The reason is that it won't last long. With a graphite EDM rod inside 9021 aluminum which is the kind they build ocean boats out of. I was able to get about 3months of solid run time before the aluminum was no longer working to at least 50 percent capability with stainless 316l I was able to get about 6 months before it was totally dissolved and working at less than 50 percent capability. I have done the homework. I have been doing this for a few years now. Graphite is the only way. I hooked up my first two 4x4" graphite plates and put them on my 12 volt power supply about 11 months ago and it's still going they look just as good as the day I put them in there. This is all with a 3.75l (one gallon) container fixed current and voltage 12vdc 2amp with 10 grams of salt Electro-cavition isn't a joke why build something that won't make a year. Now see there is two simple ways around this.
Use loctite professional grade epoxy and mix in graphite electrode millings (finely ground) until a paste is formed. Poor it in a wax mold. Let it dry over night and then heat to 900 degrees the epoxy will burn and fuse the graphite particles together. I get about 1-2ohms of resistance per 1" squared. The powder is so cheap you can get like a 50 pound box for about 25 bucks. That is enough to make about 250 plates.
Or simply stick to distilled water and stainless 316l I have one test unit that's been running for about 2 years now however no catalyst can be added or it won't last. Sorry to blabber guys I just wanted to give some ideas and some help.
On another note the lawton and meyers idea was close to creating a very efficient cell. There is no way to get something from nothing. I honestly believe I have the most efficient cell you'll find anywhere. Also mine will outlive any cell on here or any other site. I'm expecting a 50 year lifespan to it. Then i'll simply saw the plates apart and rewire and put the cell back together. A tip for those using stainless don't go straight for biggest amount of bubbles that is not the key. The key is efficiency. Stainless 316l in distilled water can work as a cheap testing platform. An easy way to get resonance in your cell is to way the tubes or plates make sure they way all the same inner and outer pipes. Cut them as needed. Use a computer and a car amp most people have both or can get both very cheaply. Once you find that sweet spot with the frequency you want to get the water as hot as possible if your making a ton of steam it's ok make a mini condensate tank don't forget the condensate return. Now you see your output should have doubled. Now add a vacuum pump to the output of the condensate tank and watch it double again. You will never get more out than your putting in but you can absorb surrounding energy in the form of heat.
So your saying that works fine and dandy for a car but what about a home.
Here's the trick. Solar heating. Heat the water with a solar heater. Make sure to power the cell and amp with your wind turbine I sell them or you can buy one anywhere.
I'm sick of listening to people complaining about heating and transportation fuel. There is an easy alternative.
On another note : I'll just keep writing my memoirs here lol. The thermodynamics of hho/brown's gas is better for my home natural gas heater it likes it alot better. Natural gas when burned causes alot of water inside the fire chamber so the fire chamber can handle the water from burned hho. My heater heats a pipe that blows air into my house and that's how it heats. The heater produces hotter heat doesn't burn through the pipe either as long as the blower is working. But there is a thermal switch to click off the fuel valve in the event it gets to hot. So no worries. I bought this heater 35,000btu on ebay for 450 last year. Works like a charm. It requires about 500ma to run the blower. The heater works more efficiently as it heats up about twice as fast as with natural gas doesn't give off emissions. So it turns on half the time it used to. Also this is plumbed into my tankless hot water heater, gas dryer and stove top. This isn't just a cheaper solution to natural gas but it's good for the earth people. I am sick of the people saying well i'm not saving all that much. As far as I'm concerned even if i paid slightly more i'm not contributing to war or pollution who cares.
My final thought. The above reply from richard mentioned the price of edm. We can make this dirt cheap. Ultra fine ground edm quality powder can be mixed with a adhesive and sprayed onto sheets of plastic to form these plates as well. Depending on the adhesive it should last for at least 20 years or a great vehicles lifespan.
Come on people spit some questions. Let's converse! I'll help supply cheap alternatives and easy construction ideas to people interested in converting there lives one small piece of paycheck at a time. I'm not looking to make profit. I only make 25 bucks a wind turbine at my site so don't think I'm selling junk on here. I'm simply sucking up miles on my cc and paying the finance charges.
Hi Clarence1984,
Wow... nice stack of graphite there! And some great ideas on making cheaper plates using EDM powder. Seems like graphite is the best way to go!
You said you listen on mic port for resonance of the cell, I thought of doing something similar using a gas flow rate device to sample the cell output rate. I think a good flow rate device can be made by IR TX/RX diodes looking through a relatively thin (maybe 20mm) bubbler tube, or you could use green LED looking through red dyed water in the tube and reading with another green LED (yes a normal LED can be used as a receiver). But I'm sure resonance will give the most gas production so my idea is a bit long winded.
I'm sure you already know but... Careful... storing HHO in a pressure vessel is VERY dangerous as it can ignite and explode without needing a vent. If you could seperate the hydrogen and oxygen and store seperately then that would be much safer. I think there's a patent out there somewhere that describes how to seperate hydrogen and oxygen in the cell as its electrolysing using magnets?
people are confused i'll post a video soon of my auto ignite it's amazingly powerful. I used a long hydraulic line and a high pressure compressor to compress a little propane tank until it exploded so I could get an actual psi rating it actually made a portion of the bottle liquid before it exploded. I pressurized the container to nearly 480psi before it exploded made a small sonic effect. (it was a torch bottle from walmart) I mean that is some extreme pressure 480psi i think it exploded more due to the fact the steel cylinder couldn't take it. But think about propane it's explosive one smoke and a tiny leak it can detonate. But I have studies this hho for some time. As long as there is outward flow it will not go back inside the container. Flow can't ever go the opposite direction or like propane BOOM! So just use propane setups and you guys will be fine. Keep the pressure in and around 100 psi for safe usage. Even if the tank sprung a leak it could never blow up unless the flow when into the tank instead of out from the tank. Very simply physics here.
Perhaps there is something I'm not getting:
Is this edm graphite, as in electrode discharge machining graphite?
and what is your opinion on carbon fiber? or is it's use not recommended?
well carbon fiber won't work because you have to evenly disburse current and carbon fibers don't disburse current evenly. It tends to burn on the micro fiber layer.
I'm just curious. Since the EMD graphite so expensive, How about we use 316 SS tubes as + and inside EMD graphite rods as - ? Because what I see, the - charged plates or tubes where the hydrogen made , get dissolved fast and the + where the Oxygen made remain good. Any idea?
I don't see were you guys are getting this stainless is the way to go. We need to get away from that. Why don't they use stainless in fuel cells for commercial use? why don't they use stainless in fuel cells for consumer use? Because it doesn't last and provides a lower amount of continuity.
Graphite is cheaper I have links on my forum. Easier to drill. Easier to assemble, and you get more hho production (significant) there are users claiming a 2"x2" two plate single cell design is putting out 1 liter of gas. That can't be beat. We are getting mmw well over 8 now. Stainless just simply can't do that.
Goto beawindhog.com click forum sign up. We have over 50 members already 700 views a day and we just opened about 9 days ago.
Please only sign up if you are serious about hho cells.
Quote from: clarence1984 on July 10, 2008, 07:48:19 PM
Flow can't ever go the opposite direction or like propane BOOM! So just use propane setups and you guys will be fine. Keep the pressure in and around 100 psi for safe usage. Even if the tank sprung a leak it could never blow up unless the flow when into the tank instead of out from the tank.
??? :o :o
WHAT?? ARE YOU CRAZY? Just the heat from compression could ignite the gas!! You will have made a very large, very unstable, on a hair trigger BOMB!
Quote from: clarence1984 on July 10, 2008, 02:35:24 PM
. With a graphite EDM rod inside 9021 aluminum which is the kind they build ocean boats out of. I was able to get about 3months of solid run time before the aluminum was no longer working to at least 50 percent capability with stainless 316l I was able to get about 6 months before it was totally dissolved and working at less than 50 percent capability. I have done the homework. I have been doing this for a few years now. Graphite is the only way. I hooked up my first two 4x4" graphite plates and put them on my 12 volt power supply about 11 months ago and it's still going they look just as good as the day I put them in there. This is all with a 3.75l (one gallon) container fixed current and voltage 12vdc 2amp with 10 grams of salt
Clarence
I am afraid you have not done your homework properly.
Your problem is you are using the wrong electrolyte!
If you use NaOH (Lye), or KOH as electrolyte instead of salt, 316L stainless steel electrodes will last for years!!
Passion
I see. Over twenty years ago when I was child one day I decided to make electrolysis experiment. I took two rod of carbon from AA battery for electrodes, made salt water as electrolyte. When I connect a AA to electrodes I got a mixed of hydroxy and chlorine gas.
that's cool if you want the real math and solutions to the problem of how to incoporate this science into your everyday life come over to my forum at www.beawindhog.com (http://www.beawindhog.com)
Quote from: Justalabrat on August 19, 2008, 04:28:07 AM
??? :o :o
WHAT?? ARE YOU CRAZY? Just the heat from compression could ignite the gas!! You will have made a very large, very unstable, on a hair trigger BOMB!
Justalabrat is correct, it is hair trigger, perfect explosive ratio, be VERY CAREFUL!
Also beware that the smallest of static discharges in pipes/couplings will ignite HHO, but not LPG.
P.S.
I visited www.beawindhog.com and I love your wind generators! Very cool! :)
O.k well how does copper grounded to earth build static? Please I have to know how a copper or steel line (the only thing capable of compressing this hho to about 300 psi would build static when it's grounded? CNG will exploded from static too it only a hair bit less volatile. Please people I have already built this system it works well there are hundreds of inventors who do this everyday. People here need to come to my forum for the math and safety behind this. People that say don't compress are either selling real time hho cells or they are morons. I just recently created a great video that i'm posting today of a paintball carbon fiber tank rupturing at 1200 psi of hho and never exploded just ripped a whole in the side. I tried to get hho to explode under pressure and i just can't get it to over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit the temperature required for self detonation.
Hi al,
If you want to make special shape graphite electrodes, use natural graphite flakes.
I have a 6 oz jar that we use to make some. The one I have comes from BC and is 97% pure. The jar was passed on to me by my father who bought them in the 50's.
If you buy some, make sure you collect the magnetic ones. Wrap a magnet with a glassy finish paper and move it around your flakes while lightly shaking the surface your graphite flakes are on. These are special and rare.
Work safely all of the time.
Take care,
Michel
Quote from: clarence1984
O.k well how does copper grounded to earth build static? Please I have to know how a copper or steel line (the only thing capable of compressing this hho to about 300 psi would build static when it's grounded?
I agree that if your grounding system stays intact and if there is no physical trauma to your tank and fittings then you can reduce the likelyhood of ignition to almost zero, however should your grounding system fail or should your tank/fittings experience trauma then it could be a serious explosion, not just a purdy orange fireball boom like a LPG or CNG tank going up but a VERY SHARP detonation, LOTS of energy released in a VERY short time. You have to remember that a flame front CAN propogate through HHO faster than its outflow speed, it cannot propogate through LPG or CNG at any speed.
Quote from: clarence
CNG will exploded from static too it only a hair bit less volatile.
Pure CNG or LPG can not be detonated from a spark; If you stood in a big bag full of any hydrocarbon gas (no air) and lit a match, nothing would happen except the match head would fizzle a little due to its own oxidiser, the matchstick wouldn't even burn. Try the same in HHO... CRACK!
Quote from: clarence
People here need to come to my forum for the math and safety behind this.
I went to your forum, the math was volumetric and flowrate calculations, how does this prove the safety? It is as unsafe to store compressed HHO as it is to store mixed Oxy/Acetylene, the small chance of detonation just isn't worth the risk.
P.S.
I'm just trying to help your good self and other from obliterating themselves , keep up the good work. ;)
I agree with carbon plates but not salt for electrolyte.
Why don't you use lye NaOH ?
Also I read that stainless plates cells can make hexavalent cromium Cr6, very toxic.
I am very interested in your home heating and cooking ideas.
You might be right about overunity , free energy is everywhere we just need devices to convert it to a usable form.
Like a heat pump.
and thanks for posting here.
alright my apologies i have not published the combustion speed of hho or any other related data. But please do not post don't compress unless you have facts to backup your false information. There is a percentage of oxygen in a cng tank. It's inevitable. Light a match inside the tank and the 1 to 2 percent of air that get's mixed in will explode with an extremely clear and high output explosion. BP's research and development proved the natural gas data years ago. Yes hho is very volatile. But have been using it for years now compressed up to 500 psi into cylinders without any trouble. We use simple flash arrestors on everything though. Containers are grounded we simply use propane tanks, fittings, grounding methods, and cng pumps to do everything. This isn't rocket science. If you can't afford or doubt yourself at all do not compress this gas. Let a professional do it. I would rather you didn't compress this into a plastic tank wearing a nylon jump suit. I have some explosion data i'll be posting next week. We have had some fun blowing up small paintball containers and using high speed camera's to determine speed and alot more data
stay up on beawindhog.com's forum for more details
Quote from: clarence1984 on August 19, 2008, 05:50:24 PM
alright my apologies i have not published the combustion speed of hho or any other related data. But please do not post don't compress unless you have facts to backup your false information. There is a percentage of oxygen in a cng tank. It's inevitable. Light a match inside the tank and the 1 to 2 percent of air that get's mixed in will explode with an extremely clear and high output explosion. BP's research and development proved the natural gas data years ago. Yes hho is very volatile. But have been using it for years now compressed up to 500 psi into cylinders without any trouble. We use simple flash arrestors on everything though. Containers are grounded we simply use propane tanks, fittings, grounding methods, and cng pumps to do everything. This isn't rocket science. If you can't afford or doubt yourself at all do not compress this gas. Let a professional do it. I would rather you didn't compress this into a plastic tank wearing a nylon jump suit. I have some explosion data i'll be posting next week. We have had some fun blowing up small paintball containers and using high speed camera's to determine speed and alot more data
stay up on beawindhog.com's forum for more details
I don't need facts to back this up. Everyone knows its more dangerous to store combustible gas X mixed with perfect burn ratio of oxygen than it is to store gas X on its own or with a low percentage of oxygen.
I'll keep a looksy on your website, don't get me wrong I think what you're doing is great, but I also have had experience with natural gas and HHO, I have MUCH more respect for HHO, it is orders of magnitude more volatile than plain hydorgen or hydrocarbon which only goes whoomph, HHO goes CRACK, it's just itching to recombine.
My final word... Be safe everyone...
http://diyhydrogenhho.com/2008/07/hho-hydrogen-generators-and-storing-pressurized-hho-gas/
QuoteHHO is an explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen which no sane person would try to store in a jury rigged homemade container in their vehicle. It?s flat out dangerous. Most gases that are stored need oxygen to mix with them to make them burn, ie. propane. The mixing is already done with HHO generators, and this is why sometimes you can have a flashback to your production unit. If you have a little flashback and ruin your generator, that is one thing. How about packing a bomb around in your trunk?
http://www.fuel-saver.org/Forum/showthread.php?tid=474
QuoteThe gas is not something you want to store. Especially under pressure. This is something much different than say a propane tank for example. A propane tank will not explode if there is a spark inside because there is no oxygen to support combustion/explosion. The gas you are making has hydrogen and oxygen in it. It's a bomb waiting to explode. Don't do it. Any static in the tank could ignite the gas and because it has oxygen in it - it's ready to burn.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/LOX-LH2-storage.html
QuoteLiquid oxygen used as an oxidizer by the orbiter main engines is stored in a 900,000-gallon tank on the pad's northwest corner, while the liquid hydrogen used as a fuel is kept in an 850,000-gallon tank on the northeast corner.
one the space shuttle information is for safety in case of an engine misfire or any other unexpected ignition and when your dealing with just under a million gallons of combustible material even gasoline would be kept this far away from the shuttle.
two you have sited to other sites with forums with people who have no scientific or any kinds of facts to back this up. I have yet to see a youtube video that is posted showing somebody simply compressing gas with a cheap gas compressor and seeing it explode.
Hi,
The HHO system can give you Hydrogen and/or Ortho-Hydrogen which is the one that gives something more to the combustion. Distinct sound and feeling when ignited. It is also unstable. Be careful.
Para-hydrogen is worst apparently.
Take care,
Michel
have you seen my youtube video of me compressing hho straight from a cell (only water) to 998psi in a fiberglass scuba cylinder? No problems at all. That is why my car gets 400 miles to the fill up of 0 dollars of gas. Would you like pictures of the car? Come to my forum http://www.beawindhog.com and click forum
Hi Clarence1984,
If we don't hear from you anymore shall we just guess what happened or do you have a (distant) neighbor who would come on this forum and tell us "what went wrong"?
Not to be cynical, but just in case.....
Richard
Hi All,
Would you like to see my latest youtube video of me base jumping off a 200ft Tesla coil wearing a fanny pack full of C4 explosive? Then come on over to my forum....blah.blah.blahhhh.
Clarence1984, producing a video of you doing something incredibly dangerous does not make it any safer! Ignorance and pig-headidness invariably leads to mistakes, you only have one chance at making a mistake with compressed HHO, I really don't think you realise the energies you are playing with.
edit:
OK, it wasn't my "final word"... forgive me! :P
I do not see anything on that forum Clarence1984 that are pictures or otherwise useful thus far.