Quote:
Originally Posted by sunburnt
1) Is DC current necessary? Use 120v AC current directly?
Why would current direction make a difference?
2) If AC no good, then a bridge rec. for pulsed DC?
So no expensive power supplies are needed.
8) How to calculate HHO use only, liter vol. per liter of engine?
Running gas and HHO both is an overly complex setup.
9) Safe HHO storage methods? Tank types, etc.
|
I'll give straight answers to some of the OP's original questions.
Yes, DC current is necessary. Bridge rectifier should work just fine. That's because oxygen is generated at one electrode, and hydrogen at the other. Those two gases should not be mixed until inside the engine. Separately, hydrogen burns and oxygen accelerates burning. Together, they form a bomb.
A course in high school chemistry and another course in high school physics should be enough to do the calculations. I'm too lazy, so I won't. Those who have done the calculations found that using electrolysis to generate an amount of hydrogen equivalent to a gallon of gasoline will cost several times as much as a gallon of gasoline in electricity cost alone.
Hydrogen is very difficult to store. The atoms are so small that they permeate right through solid steel. Hydrogen causes hydrogen embrittlement in steel.