07-09-2008, 06:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2008, 06:26 PM by bucketobolts.)
How about a water fueled torch? Yes a "water torch", it seems to be a great idea. And it is used in industry. The jewelry industry mostly, because the hydrogen doesn't produce enough heat to do much more that solder nonferrous metals. There is not enough potential energy to really supplement...
Here is some good reading to get you started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-fuelled_car
We had this discussion at work. My buddy even concocted a generator in his shop. He had to use two 12V batteries to get enough electricity to make his electrolyte peculate. The jumper cables started to get hot enough to make the insulation soft. That is how much electricity it was taking to produce the gas. He had a funnel over the container like a liquor still to catch his hydrogen. Then lit a propane torch above the spout to make it burn like a candle. He could never sustain a flame. It would spit, sputter, and pop, but never sustain a constant burn. Then after 7-8 minutes the electrolyte was spent. The water turned really brown and nasty, then quit bubbling. Hardly enough hydrogen was produced from a gallon of electrolyte and 24V of electricity to even make a cool science project.
Here is some good reading to get you started: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-fuelled_car
We had this discussion at work. My buddy even concocted a generator in his shop. He had to use two 12V batteries to get enough electricity to make his electrolyte peculate. The jumper cables started to get hot enough to make the insulation soft. That is how much electricity it was taking to produce the gas. He had a funnel over the container like a liquor still to catch his hydrogen. Then lit a propane torch above the spout to make it burn like a candle. He could never sustain a flame. It would spit, sputter, and pop, but never sustain a constant burn. Then after 7-8 minutes the electrolyte was spent. The water turned really brown and nasty, then quit bubbling. Hardly enough hydrogen was produced from a gallon of electrolyte and 24V of electricity to even make a cool science project.
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