Building Efficient Electrolyzers
From staggering plate designs to wire cells, which materials to use and how. There are many ways to optimize these fuel cells. The most efficient electrolyzers are coupled with other technology that truly cranks up the mile per gallon gains. I'm talking about HHO production for cars, and if your into hydrogen for fuel, these electrolyzers have a lot to offer.
Controlling Runaway
Would you like to know how to keep your cell from overheating? It's as simple as measuring.
Runaway is when your electrolyzer starts to overheat. This is from pulling too many amps and it's due to too much conductivity. The hotter the cell gets the more amps it pulls until meltdown. This is why it's important to have a fuse, that will governs amps, to your cell. The way to control runaway is to control conductivity. Water alone is a poor conductor, this is why we add a catalysts to improve conductivity. This is also why tap water produces more HHO than distilled water, tap water has conductive minerals in it. Note that these minerals also erode your anodes and muck up your cell. We want to have a controlled environment, because we want precise control of our fuel cell. Precise control means precise HHO output which means maximum gains. So if you want the most efficient electrolyzer use distilled water.
Not All Metals Are Equal
Aluminum corrodes so fast it shorts the cell quickly. Steel erodes so fast it mucks up the cell with additional minerals and promotes runaway. The best to use is alloy steel, among the best of the best would be platinum, but we're going for efficiency, so stainless 316L is the best choice bar none. Run your new 316L plates or wires for 20 miles 3 times and change the water out. This will eliminate most of the oils and impurities on and in the steel. Factory oils to prevent corrosion make for water muck, so just run them and change the water, you'll have less muck to contend with if any.
Really That Simple
Sure different designs give different output, but if you follow the advice of distilled water with 316L stainless steel anodes, you'll be leaps ahead in MPG gains. These efficient electrolyzers are simple, once you understand them and how they work. If your looking for added miles per gallon, horsepower and want to blow all the carbon out of your engine, HHO is the way to go.
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