There have been many discussions on the correct way to build a Homemade hydrogen electrolysis fuel cell.
I have built my two hydrogen cells as series cells which I think is the way to go. If one would want they could build as many of these as wanted and connect them in parallel. You would then have a series parallel setup. Bigger engines require more hydrogen. This was my thinking and my setup looks like this.
+ n n n n n n – for my four cell,
and this,
+ n n n n n n n n – for my five cell.
for a series parallel setup you would have this.
+ n n n n n n n n -
+ n n n n n n n n -
Then connect both positive and negatives together and to your power source.
This is the theory,
A properly made series cell will work better.
( + n – )
“With all plates made so No Water Flows around them.” Well guess what, my cells plates have water flowing around them. But there are only two plates per cell. So I don’t know what effect that has on them.
The reason for neutrals are when you add them they create Bi-Polar electrodes,
(1 side positive, one side negative in relation to the next facing plate) and in doing so, divides the over all voltage between each cell according to the spacing between them.
Spacing plates closer together will show less voltage while plates at larger spacing in the same cell type will show greater voltage.
They say It takes 1.24 volts to do electrolysis not counting the work function of the metal used.
If you add 1.24 volts to the work function of the metal used then you will have an optimum voltage requirement with that metal between each cell.
Work Function
The work function is the minimum energy that must be given to an electron to liberate it from the surface of a particular substance. In our instance it would be Stainless Steel.
Personally I would forget about the work function as I believe the resistance to the flow of electricity in the plates to get the water split into HHO is minor for what we are trying to accomplish in our homemade cells.
1. 2 plates create 1 cell
2. 3 plates create 2 cells
3. 4 plates create 3 cells
4. 5 plates create 4 cells
5. 6 plates create 5 cells
6. 7 plates create 6 cells
The reason for adding neutrals is to lower the voltage between each cell
so that you have an optimum voltage level between each cell wasting as little as possible.
For this reason I am doing some more experimenting on my next cell on the spacing.
It is impossible to have the same in each exact cell all of the time because of size of plates, warping of the plates as the cell heats up, the temperature of each individual cell, the resistance in each plate, and spacing of each plate.
If you have any thoughts or questions on this then leave a comment. I will try to answer.
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This post was written by Michael on November 1, 2008
