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Mike McWilliams wrote:
Hey group... I think I may have figured out a way to improve on the
efficiency of electrolysis...
I'm not suggesting free energy, just less waste.
This is the first time I've had an idea thats useful in this group, I
will let you all know how it goes...
if it turns out I was a complete moron, then I may not even tell you
about it, but if it works, you'll be the first to know.
Electrolysis is fundamentally a destroyer of value, so there is no point
at all in its improvement. Unless the ap values the generated hydrogen
far above its meager energy storage.
A kilowatt hour of electricity is ridiculously more valuable than a
kilowatt hour of unstored hydrogen gas. Electrolysis is thus pretty much
the same as 1:1 exchanging US dollars for Mexican pesos.
The staggering loss of exergy during electrolysis GUARANTEES it will
NEVER play a role in bulk hydrogen energy. Especially when driven from
high cost sources such as small scale pv or grid.
See http://www.tinaja.com/glib/energfun.pdf and
www.tinaja.com/glib/muse153.pdf">http://www.tinaja.com/glib/muse153.pdf for a detailed analysis.
Also note that use of stainless steel instead of platinized platinum
totally trashes any possible efficiency whatsoever. Because of the
hydrogen overvoltage of iron.
Further note that any pulsed waveforms have proven exteremly misleading
to measure in the past; even these days you have to be sure you stay
well within the crest factors of your RMS measurements. Digital
oscilloscope capture followed by DSP is pretty much manditory for
accurate results.
Also note that most casual experiments in this field generate mostly
water vapor.
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Many thanks,
Don Lancaster
Synergetics 3860 West First Street Box 809 Thatcher, AZ 85552
voice: (928)428-4073 email: don@xxxxxxxxxx
Please visit my GURU's LAIR web site at www.tinaja.com">http://www.tinaja.com
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