Linnard?s hydrogen on demand system without electricity !

[loosecannon]

cool.

i am just trying to make sure i am understanding things correctly.
now its time to sit back and watch the gas flow!

i guess i will wish you continued, "gassyness"? LOL

LC

[ResinRat2]

Hi All,

Well it was running fine this morning; and it has been running great for three days. Just long enough to show some pictures, post some youtube video, and get mine and everyone else's hopes up.

Well guess what? I came home from work and found it had sprung not just one leak, but several. I tried one last ditch effort to plug them; but no dice. I must finally admit defeat with this configuration. Into the scrap it goes.

I am going to my next design that I had already started building. It shouldn't have these problems.

Sorry everyone. I figured after a couple of days running it would be fine. I guess I should have waited one more day.

A picture of failure below. Say GOODBYE. Live and learn and keep on chugging.

[loosecannon]

well, RR, i guess your wife was right!LOL

too bad, now you will never be able to build one inside the house again! LOL j/k

back to the drawing board!
LC

[stm50]

Hi Dave

Thanks for great idea and experiment!

I just read your paper and US Patent 3,984,749.

What You think about an auxiliary (Raney nickel / small hydrogen overvoltage) electrode,
for better zinc electrode regeneration, in your generator?
See US Patent 3,984,749 for details.

Best Regards,
Stef

[ResinRat2]

@LC,

Yes, I guess my wife was right. She was concerned about hydrogen building up in the house, but the busting of the dam (so to speak) would have littered the basement with concentrated potassium hydroxide solution. Her concern was right, but for the wrong reason in this case. Still you are also correct in saying that i may never again build a reactor inside our house. Oh well. LOL!!!

@Stef,

The patent first paragraph description reads:

"What is claimed is:

1. A process for the operation of rechargeable zinc electrodes in galvanic cells with the aid of a residual discharge, which comprises subjecting a rechargeable zinc electrode in a cell after a normal discharge to an additional and residual discharge by way of at least one auxiliary electrode disposed in said cell in the proximity of the zinc electrode, but galvanically separate therefrom, said additional discharge being effected until almost the entire amount of zinc remaining on the anode formed by the zinc electrode, after the normal discharge, has been oxidized. "

This won't help me though. I am trying to replate the zinc as fast as possible without giving it time to oxidize. That is why I have the zinc electrodes close together. As it is being "ionized" into Zn⁺² on one zinc electrode, I am trying to get it to replate right away on the other zinc electrode before it reacts with OH^- ions from the electrolyte solution to become zinc hydroxide (Zn(OH)₂). Once it becomes zinc hydroxide I can no longer get it to replate as zinc, it just ends up plating as zinc hydroxide and kills the reaction once it covers the entire surface of the zinc electrode.  So I really don't want to fully oxidize any of the zinc.

Thanks for the attempt to help though.