Stirling Engine to Drive Electrolysis?

Stirling Engine to Drive Electrolysis? Is this possible?
Questions that need answering:
How many amps are required to begin and maintain electrolysis?
How many amps can be generated from a 'small' Stirling engine?
How much pressure does the hydrogen gas need to be under to keep a steady flame of hydrogen?
Can the amount of hydrogen being produced be accelerated by using aluminum/steel/ gallium combinations in the electrolysis process?
Can hypersonic waves help in the molecular break down?

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• DIY
• energy
• stirling
• hydrogen
• electrolysis

[TheWindGinProject]

I emailed Sunpower Inc. a similar question this morning. Sunpower has a high-tech free piston design that is used in many applications. My guess is that the size and expense will be the limiting factors but I asked anyway. It would be neat if a Stirling could produce hydrogen and supplement the fuel burn of gas engines. It “seems” that the combination of waste heat and radiator cooling from a gas engine is a great power source for Stirling Engines. Anyway, I like the way you think!

[BentQuarter]

Batteries can sometimes not be efficient while being low on cost at the same time!!! :O

[macshacker12]

yea can be done. simple of the shelf stuff. can't tell ya all "how to " but in process at my corp.

[sabriath]

(Not sure if anyone else said this) Never understood why people do this to themselves, they think "Can 'A' produce enough for 'B' to drive 'C'" ...well if that's true, then why not just drive 'C' with 'A' and forget 'B'? What I'm saying is, if it creates enough energy, why not store it in BATTERIES (or capacitors), and then use THAT energy, every step you place between only adds more friction coefficients.

[snownet]

Not at all not at all. It is the same thing with oil, the energy used to create oil was generated hundreds of millions of years ago(sun growing plant life that was eaten by dinos who died and turned to oil). Still don't believe me? Thats the awesome part about science, search the internet for for information about energy generation physics for yourself. Im pretty sure that whatever you read wont disagree with my statements, no matter how basic my scientific knowledge is :p

[snownet]

The soda can hydrogen generator uses an alloy of aluminum and gallium(liquid at room temperature, not as toxic as mercury) mixed with water to produce hydrogen chemically, this method is completely different the electrolysis process so i doubt they could be used in parallel.

[snownet]

Also, the sterling engine doesn't create amperage, it just converts heat energy to kinetic energy, which can then be converted to electricity; and the amount that it converts depends on the size and design. when ever you convert energy from one form to another(in this case heat to electricity via kinetic) a % is lost, however, this is to be expected, no device can create more energy then you put in, no device can even convert the same amount of energy as you put in(entropy).

[snownet]

as long as there is a small amount of current between 2 terminals in water, small amounts of hydrogen will break free from from the water(send me a PM and ill give you the details on how to do this).

[MrCarbJB]

Well Denny, since you asked, I have used a 9 volt battery before on my cell to accomplish electrolysis.