The simplest free energy system ever overlooked

[angryScientist]

How is this one? A free energy system.

On the bottom of the ocean split water into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis.

Have a cable that wraps a round a pulley on the ocean floor and also one on the surface. Have bags or containers attached to the cable. Fill the containers with the hydrogen or oxygen.

As the filled containers float to the surface they will pull the cable up with them. One of the ends of the pulley system is connected to a generator to produce electrical power.

At the surface the hydrogen and oxygen are removed from the containers and fed into a fuel cell to recover most of the electricity consumed in the electrolysis process. The electricity from the fuel cells is then shipped back down to the ocean floor to produce more hydrogen and oxygen. Only a small amount of electricity need be added to over come the inefficiencies of the fuel cell.

The depth of the water will determine the amount of excess power generated.

[TheOne]

indeed but not everyone have a ocean in their backyard

[angryScientist]

That's true, I live in the mountains.

It could be done in a long pipe also. If you have a good imagination then there could be all sorts of variations on this beautifully simple idea.

[tinu]

Indeed, the idea is simple and beautiful but unfortunately it?s not working. It takes more electrical energy for electrolysis at high pressure (i.e the bottom of the ocean) that at atmospheric pressure.

Tinu

[Duranza]

Now if it was a vaccum isntead of pressure... that would work....