Scarecrow's HHO test measurements 20080301

Taking test measurments to determine if pumping e-lyte improves production and/or efficiency. Tests run with device configured +/30*N/- . Tests performed at 65v and 85v to compare productivity and efficiency. Max recorded production was 4.5LPM @ 85v and 17.5a. Best efficiency recorded was 3.33 milliters per minute per watt. Verdict is still out on pumping fluid. Best guess is that the difference is so little that it could be a statistical fluke.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• HHO
• HOH
• Browns
• Gas
• Electrolysis
• Water
• Fuel
• Hydrogen
• gadget
• diy

[RHEAD100]

I may be way out in left field some place, BUT; that seems to me to be enough to heat a house in the winter. And far more efficent than an electric furnace. Some body tell me if I am right or wrong, please

[SmartScarecrow]

well, I appreciate the thought, but its not even enough to run my 2.5 HP Briggs small engine at normal RPM ...

the device I am showing puts out 3 LPM when loafing, 5 LPM when running at full power and 6 LPM when I run it at about the highest output practical ... this is enough to idle most small engines but not enough to run them at full operating speed ...

I am building a bigger/better one now ... very similar design based on a combination of my own and results obtained by Sid Young ...

[mikeyidh]

Wow thats a lot if HHO in a small amount of time.

[SmartScarecrow]

I have since tweaked the device a bit and am now producing 5 LPM with efficiencies of about 4.8 to 5.2 milliters per minute per watt of energy used. When I run it hard, without any concern for efficiency, it can produce 8 LPM.

I am now aquiring the componenets required to assemble a new one based on this protype that should be able to produce 15 LPM with even higher efficiencies.

One step at a time learning from each step along the way.

[coolcat12121]

are you using distilled water?

[SmartScarecrow]

in the electrolyzer, yes, distilled water with just a touch of KOH.

I dont need very many amps with my setup because I am running at a medium voltage. In these tests, I was running 85v @ about 17a. So I used about 50 grams of KOH in about 6 liters of distilled water.

now the bucket of water I am using to take my output measures is of course, just nasty old tap water ... but tap water creates too much gunk to use in the electrolyzer ...

[coolcat12121]

ok i was about to say thats alot of distilled water

[SmartScarecrow]

some modest amount of water vapor is to be expected ... you can see the water vapor condensing on the sides of the plastic jug ... but with this setup, there is no steam created ... fluid temperature at start of tests was about 61 deg F ... four hours later after 30 performance test runs, temperature of fluid had increased to only 66 deg F ... I have made my share of water heaters ... this aint one of them ...

[PeteDog444]

Great job, keep up the good work!!!

[copleygsxr]

Looks like steam to me