Separated Hydrogen and Oxygen Generator (made from PVC) (HHO)

In this video, I made thingy... er... machine (?) that separates water to Hydrogen and Oxygen gas. The basic idea for this generator design was taken from a Tested video ( • Tested Builds a Hydrog... ) and since they had pretty much no idea what they were doing, their generator was not very effective. This generator (made from PVC), even though it is quite small, can produce plenty of gas for some simple experiments.
I did want to make a giant one of these (this one was a "proof of concept"), but since the gasses are only being made at the very tips of the plates (as I suspected), I think it might be a whole lot more inefficient than making the gas with parallel plates like in my v4 generator.
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[@doggydangerous]

yes amperage runaway is a problem with these things. you will just boil the water away at some point. So current control is key with these things. Control the current and you will have a nice consistent hho production without the over heating.

[@tommygun4266]

you can get o2 meter on ebay for cheap

[@JohnMorley1]

Brilliant illustration of the principle. I thing abrading the cathode and anode to increase the surface area and adding layers of plates for the same reason would optimise it.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Thanks! Yes you are correct. To make it even more efficient, I could get a 1.3 v power source and use that. The extra 10.7v is from the battery is considered wasted energy.

[@excitedbox5705]

@@HappyMadScientist you can also add a column over each side so the water cant reach the top. If you use stainless steel wool you would have the most surface area. You also want to drop the voltage down to about 2.5v for max efficiency

[@raydodson6675]

Nice going young man. Better than roaming the streets and more fun and your learning things.

[@markp8295]

Since a mole of gas fills a set volume and is based on the number of atoms in the gas, you could collect by using 2 chambers. The hydrogen side twice the volume of the oxygen side. Then for flash back, have a water lock flash arrester on both outlets from high pressure to ensure no mixing in tanks. Taller flash arresters are better as the pressure needed to push the water up is greater. Then use a densr wire mesh flash arrester at the torch, below the point it gets warm since hydrogen has a low auto ignition temp. Also HCl also works and won't alter the ratios as the chlorine basically instantly reacts beach to form HCl again of seperated. You get a white precipitate of using copper plate from copper chloride forming, but by using less reactive metals you minimize this.

[@markjones6358]

I understand that a simple piece of nylon fabric will create enough surface tension to keep the gases separated, while allowing the water solution to pass through and stand up to the lye.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yeah I’ve heard of that stuff. That would be a lot more efficient than this type of generator. Do you know where I could find that stuff? Thanks.

[@ryandavis4689]

@@HappyMadScientist doesnt have to be nylon. Felt works as well. But an old tent or jacket or something like that may work.

[@allentremper8243]

Great simple design!!! You know that you can avoid overheating by using more plates, each charged plate can be placed close to a non charged plate and so on and so forth, this will drop the voltage and not waist so much energy or overheating causing steam to mix with the 2 gasses. I love how simple these things are to make, and the perfect voltage in a HHO generator is only about 3vlts, the rest of the current is converted to heat, so placing non charged plates in between charged plates will keep things cool enough not to make any steam, it's also much more efficient in all ways. thanks for the video, I am working on a large generator, one where I can use the mix of the 2 gasses to be able to weld, cut.... metal, but I also want to be able to separate the two gasses when I want to use for different applications. Did you ever experience this setup getting too hot? Seems like a lot of current for 1 plate for each charge, but hey if it works, it certainly doesn't look very hard to build. Have you ever just tried running 3 volts through the unit? 12 volts seems like overkill and if I understand this correctly, it's going to overheat in a short time, but I could be mistaken. Thanks again for your knowledge on this topic and build. Please let me know if you have experienced overheating issues with this setup, thanks Buddy!!!

[@HappyMadScientist]

Actually, if I used more than one plate on each side the gasses would no longer be separated. The neutral plates still have a "+" and a "-" side which means both gasses are produced on the same side of a neutral plate. You're correct I am wasting energy by using 12v. The reason is that at the time I didn't have a power supply that could produce the amperage I needed at a low voltage. The optimal voltage is actually 1.23v but 2-3v is a good number to shoot for. Overheating is definitely an issue. I'll admit it's hugely inefficient. It was a "proof of concept" though. My much larger generator I have tuned pretty well. It produces a lot more gas for the same amount of energy. But the gas is mixed so... Hope this helped. It's a little mind-numbing to keep track of all the different variables lol.

[@allentremper8243]

Happy Mad Scientist Hey, thanks for getting back to me, and so quickly. I really appreciate your help and advice. It helped me a lot. Thanks again, God bless you and your family!!!

[@HappyMadScientist]

@@allentremper8243 Thank you! You too!

[@charleytuna9567]

Oh and I also heard, From watching videos, that you can produce more hydrogen in by increasing the surface area that the plates are contacting the water with. I saw one HHO generator On KZbin that the guy you stainless steel scrubbing pad with the sock over and wrapped over that sock with another set of stainless steel scrubbing pads That I made as well and it seem to produce out outrageous amounts of amps I will need to install some sort of ammeter or auto reset fuses To control the draw. Perhaps you can experiment with that as well. Also I have not heard of the chlorine poisoning before, so I will have to look into that however my question is if chlorine poison is produced by using sodium bicarbonate as well?

[@HappyMadScientist]

To lower amps just put less of the electrolyte in the solution. That’s interesting with the SS scrubbing pads. I’ll defiantly look into that with my next generator.

[@charleytuna9567]

@@HappyMadScientist I believe even running just distilled water the amp exceeded my cars alternator output. Using the stainless steel scrubbing pads with a sock as a barrier leaves the smallest amount space between the cathode and anode ive seen thus far. It's just brilliantly efficient. I also used 6 AS pads too so i could try using less as well. The idea is to improve gas MPG and emissions for phase 1 and Ph.2 is to eliminate fuel as a primary source completely aside from initial start up and poss. Reserve but it gets complicated dealing with the engine management systems which lead me to discover a possible conspiracy with our O2 sensors.. Well anyway, thanks for the info. Good luck

[@texasrubicon392]

you could put a billet stainless "plug" between the two sides, to ensure that pressure doesnt transfer.

[@passiveincome8564]

a very good video with well explanation, very good idea to produce hydrogen separately, i have made dry cell to produce hydro oxy gas, installed in different vehicles (550-2700 cc engines) and taking almost 25-45 % increased km

[@the1spyderryder]

Great video!

[@phycogsmithomniscience309]

Now I made my own, would a check valve work to keep hydrogen from coming back cause i want to use both O2 and H2 gass in a combustion engine only(No gasoline)

[@phycogsmithomniscience309]

The answer is I dont want hydrogen fuel cells and yes im insane. And. Tho combustion engines are not as efficient they can produce AC power and more power over all.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Check valves (in my experience) aren’t very reliable when it comes to stopping flashbacks. Bubblers work the best.

[@exogator]

Get a flashback arrester, of make one(tightly packed steel wool in a piece of tube)

[@TheChubacapra]

Made one for grandmother safes alot in medical bills

[@tdhanasekaran3536]

Making Hydrogen gas and oxygen gas side by side? My first basic chemistry lesson taught me that both gases (H2 and O2) when mixed nothing will happen. But if there is an electric spark (catalyst) the result is a catastrophic explosive reaction making water. Also pure oxygen is extremely flammable. If in case our atmosphere is filled with 100% oxygen (hypothetical) life would not exist because everything around us will be burning constantly. May be in this video the quantity of gases made were small.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yep the gasses are made separately. My other generators produce the gasses combined and have much more safety precautions. Yep the quantity of gasses were quite small.

[@thomashanlon8833]

Playing with fire around lead acid batteries is not a good idea!

[@user-db2mv2vx2j]

You are genius Very good idea

[@HappyMadScientist]

Thanks!

[@charleytuna9567]

Wow! Good shit bro. You just gave me a few. Very Nice

[@PeterPete]

nice yellow sodium flame in the hydrogen pressure!

[@xanthuumnihyr5319]

I might be wrong but i think u can separate oxygen from hydrogen just with a balloon since hydrogen completely leaks out within hours but not the oxygen.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Interesting... I’ll have to try that sometime. Thanks!

[@p0k7lm]

Thanks 4 video , it was great !🆒⬆👍🔬📚🔩⚡🔧☺

[@HappyMadScientist]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@p0k7lm]

something you might consider to help the project , I need to adapt this type of stuff to my set of science arsenal equipment and a key point from what i had gathered from books is, I think you need to apply about 1.2 volts or so per cell set ( one + and one - plate) to keep water from getting hot , if you give a set of plates 12 volts (12v - 1.25 = 10.75 ) the 10.75 will be heating the water. so maybe try about 9 sets of plates in series for the 12 volts appied to circuit to see if it becomes more efficient ( less heating) , i need to try this for myself . if i would try 6 volts i would test with try 4 or 5 sets of series wired cell sets . whatcha think ? and thanks ! 📐📏✏👍😃📖📚📡🔬📉🔧🔩

[@OPET_EV]

Is there any formula or equation between the voltage and the volume of separated gases?

[@dissonantiacognitiva7438]

Well it's hho, so he should get H2 and O

[@OPET_EV]

@@dissonantiacognitiva7438 yes I know but I'm asking about the amount of products and voltage thet we connect

[@dissonantiacognitiva7438]

@@OPET_EV so I saw a video that you shouldn't push more than 2.2v otherwise you will get more heat and vapour rather than HHO, India not pay much attention to the current

[@OPET_EV]

@@dissonantiacognitiva7438 yes that heat is because of resistance of water

[@OPET_EV]

@@dissonantiacognitiva7438 thanks for replying

[@charleytuna9567]

I believe the term is called nucleotides, the stainless steel scaring pad provided significant amount of Nucleotide?

[@anasmrright]

Why did you use CPVC glue on PVC pipe? That is not a strong weld.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Doesn’t need to b strong. It just need needs to hold water. It was still pretty strong though.

[@enjoymusic4895]

I wish that pvc was stainless steel 316L...

[@HappyMadScientist]

​@@enjoymusic4895 me too :)

[@ratfink9205]

Did you randomly apply poop to the bolts at the 5:40 mark? Cuz that kinda looked like poop.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yup 😂 I don’t know exactly why I have brown silicone around...

[@ratfink9205]

@@HappyMadScientist lol!

[@Liberallez]

Any significant danger to letting the H vent to the room??

[@HappyMadScientist]

Depends on how much hydrogen and the size of the room. Hydrogen can ignite even if it only makes up something like 6% of the air. So anything more than a couple liters would start to make me nervous.

[@ggesdsdsdsd]

Should make another hydrogen generator like this, but bigger, & with more plates.

[@HappyMadScientist]

yeah cept this was so inefficient. more plates may help but i think it's unlikely do to the fact that the reaction mostly occurred at the tip of the plates (shortest path for the electricity). maybe it'd work but i'd rather put my time into researching PEM cells.

[@RolandMitchell]

One Question ? the Hydrogen Oxygen Generator you Created there Can it be utilised to where it can power up a Petrol Engine I Understand that One would need a Lot more Volume of water and sodium Hydroxide and also to Produce the Hydrogen; the Power would have to come From the 12 Volt Battery but once Powered up the Alternator could Be directly Powering up the Hydrogen. We In Britain are Now Being Taxed so Heavily on Petrol and Diesel that if we also venture out into the City; we have to pay a Tole Charge of about £50 per week But Of course Running a Car Basically on Water would Make things Better ; Since the 1930's This Process has Been Known But anyone that wanted to Patient such a devise The Oil Moguls either Bought the Patient to stop us From Having Cheaper Fuel; or if the Guy did not want to sell The Guy would end up Dead: We Had some Guy who was a Farmer that Invented a Car that ran on Methane which was from Chicken Shit and they Paid him not to Patient it; and then there was the Guy in England In the Early 60's that Invented a car that could do up to Five Hundred Miles on Vapour The Moguls Gave him Four Million Pounds for his invention: Looks to me that There are some Men out there who Have Come to the same conclusions as those that were inventors before Our time

[@HappyMadScientist]

So it's very controversial. You can definitely run a petrol engine purely off of hydrogen gas. There is significant scientific evidence, however, that making hydrogen gas with the use of the alternator is not able to improve fuel mileage. There's actually significant evidence to show it makes it worse. This is because of the huge amounts of electricity to convert the water to 2H2 O2 gas. You could theoretically make the gas with say, solar panels or the electricity from your house and then store it like the way actual hydrogen cars do, but that would be complicated and expensive. Hope this helps!

[@electrondady1475]

good job

[@HappyMadScientist]

Thankya

[@exogator]

How "clean" is the oxygen coming out, would it be clean enough to be worth compressing and using in an oxy setup?

[@HappyMadScientist]

I don’t know...

[@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164]

Or you can use a powerful uv light to dry/dehydrate the gas before combustion, as H2O is the only byproduct after combustion

[@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164]

@@dnfking6509

[@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164]

@@HappyMadScientist for sure

[@phobos1963]

it's not O² and H², it's H² and O, since H²o

[@HappyMadScientist]

Well if you want to get technical, it's actually 2H2 O2. Both elements, when by themselves, exist as diatomic elements and they bind together to form a molecule. So 2H2 + O2 → 2H2O and vis-versa hope this helps 👍

[@landroveraddict2457]

Is there any way to safely collect and store the oxygen?

[@landroveraddict2457]

@tulsi gabbard 2024 kinda what I thought but bomb making an't my thing so best left to someone else to work out

[@macmckenzie1242]

If you can't speak I will not watch. F o good buddy.

[@tuyagaanicet8752]

I have made the experience but I faced the problem of heat! How can I make the system less hot?

[@HappyMadScientist]

You need to run less amperage through your system. To do that you will need to either decrease the voltage or decrease the concentration of your electrolyte. It will produce gas slower but it won’t overheat. You could try to make a heat exchanger using copper pipe (aluminum will react with sodium hydroxide) to remove the heat if your feeling ambitious. Hope this helps.

[@passiveincome8564]

this system can also be kept in a container filled with water to release its heat to water

[@ARCSTREAMS]

obviously your simple small plates and large separation between them and not using much of an electrolyte etc etc is a poor design and can be improved,,i keep hearing ppl talking about over heating issues but what comes to mind for that solution is to have cold circulating water system that will keep the generator cool

[@HappyMadScientist]

Your right, I could just make a water circulator but the fact that it was heating up sooo quickly whithout much gas production is prob do to the inefficiency of the system. Also NaOH reacts with aluminum so I would need to make my own radiator with copper or make some type of heat exchanger.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@HappyMadScientist i forgot what was OH? and what aluminium you concerned about? perhaps you do not have proper conductivity or the materials you are using are not good,i think in commercially built models they use some kind of cooling fans but not sure how this would work,,for what im thinking simply use a larger container with in and out hose that circulates water either by a small pump or hooked to your faucet and submerge your generator jar in that large container full of circulating water,,remember to give me credit for the idea and i got more that i thought of for materials to use,,in any case like i said the whole design needs upgrading and can be improved,,you are not using much in terms of plates

[@HappyMadScientist]

​@@ARCSTREAMS NaOH is sodium hydroxide. It reacts with aluminum and ironically produces hydrogen gas in the process. And since most radiators are made with aluminum it wouldn't work. I plan on making a large dry cell generator that I will make a heat exchanger and that will allow me to use radiators to cool off the system. Adding more plates won't work because the gas is only being produced at the very bottom of the plates. It could also contaminate the gas because of the "floater plates" between the electrical sources would produce both oxygen and hydrogen. If you want to produce hydrogen seperated from oxygen gas efficiently you have to use whats called a PEM cell.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@HappyMadScientist AL and NaHO mixed will produce hydro on there own? anyways you dont need a radiator for a cooling system ,what i described should be more than good enough to allow you to run for a long period unless your wanting 24/7,,i seen separated cells and they still have more than one plate per side like you got ,as for dry cells idk much about them so no help there

[@garyskowbo3564]

Would really like to know how to separation is made.

[@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164]

Quantum particles move the oxygen to the positive terminal that is submerged , as with the h2 is moved to the negative terminal (when submerged)

[@jakemakes]

Dang it. I was going to make one of these. Had a feelin you'd get to it first. Great video. Do you have any clue how much chlorine gas the generator would produce when using salt as electrolyzer? Thought I read somewhere that the amount produced was small enough to be relatively safe... But i've no idea. Lol, slightly evil laughter, then: "that never gets old" 😅

[@HappyMadScientist]

Not sure how much chlorine is produced but prob not much. Sodium hydroxide (to the best of my knowledge) doesn't produce any toxic gasses and can be found cheap on Amazon. My mom is already a nervous wreck when I make hydrogen gas so there is no reason I can't spend a couple bucks to skip the chlorine gas. Although, the fact that it's so basic it can give you some bad burns doesn't help. Another thing, if you use stainless steel and perform electrolysis with it, it becomes illegal to dump. So you could use platinum plated stuff but that is a bit out of my price range... Fill a 1gal milk jug with the mixed gas from and you'll rock the countryside. It's mostly loud though and hardly has any destructive force (can set off a water bottle in my hand) so my parents let me experiment with it. No excuse not to be careful though.

[@jakemakes]

Illegal to dump eh? Huh, I kinda remember reading that before. The chromium must react with something. Interesting. Hold there, 'hardly any destructive force' ????? Yeah right. 🙄 The destructive force depends on the strength and materials you contain the explosion in. Loads of pressure from that kind of explosion. And the plastic will shred your hand if you do it wrong. Mythbusters proved it. 😀 (with dry ice bomb) Tell me you haven't let one off in your hand.... I'm quite positive if you stuck it in a metal container that you'd get a very nice bomb.

[@HappyMadScientist]

The chromium is toxic or bad for the environment I think. I said a MILK JUG full of it has hardly any destructive force. I've filled a glass bottle with hydrogen, put it in a deep hole, and remotely ignited them and I just heard a "tick". The glass bottle was fine and actually pulled a vacuum (condensed into water). Pressurizing a vessel (which I would never do cause I like my hands attached to my body) with the gasses might do the trick but I'd be doubtful it'd do half what gunpowder could do. Plus, since hydrogen leaks easier than (most or any) other gasses, it would be extremely hard to hold any type of pressure not to mention the risk of it igniting while filling such a vessel. Not legal either I would assume. Water bottles with hydrogen are lots of fun and relatively safe (my opinion)(don't try this at home kids). I hold the cap of the bottle and wear gloves for sure. Ear protection is a must cause it's about as loud as a .410. Lit hundreds off that way. They are a good way to scare the crap out of someone.

[@jakemakes]

S'pose i was reacting to the "hardly any destructive force" bit. Destructive force is relative, i suppose. I was told a story once about some people who made a hydrogen powered golf ball cannon. According to my sources, it sent them too deep into pine trees to pry out. Speaking personally, i'd call that some fairly serious destructive potential. The number of psi required to blow bottles up with that much force is pretty high. It would be quite interesting to find out exactly how much pressure is generated.

[@HappyMadScientist]

A bottle blows at around 80 psi. I've tried to make a hydrogen gun but it proved difficult. The gas condenses into water before the projectiles could leave the barrel and sucked the projectile back into the gun with extreme force. That, as you can imagine would make it hard to read pressure without an expensive electronic one (like Mythbusters use). A bigger air chamber would've done the trick though I think. Also loading such a gun is a pain in the butt. I guess the way I use the gas is non-destructive. It could definitely be made into something destructive (heck, if I get the H2 atoms to fuse and I'm in business😂)

[@user-tk4ri4cx1s]

Have you tested it...how many liters of oxygen can it produce per minute ?

[@HappyMadScientist]

Nope. Though, I would guess it produces about 1/2 liter of total gas per minute when it's good and hot. It's good for small scale experiments but very inefficient.

[@arne6787]

Have you tried using washing soda Sodium Carbonate instead of lye?

[@HappyMadScientist]

Nope. I use lye cause it keeps everything nice and clean. Sodium Bicarbonate (as far as I know) makes the electrodes dirty and brown.

[@raghuveerdendukuri1762]

@@HappyMadScientist agree, but fine to dispose

[@ARCSTREAMS]

you should make a small syringe type torch and hook it up to see what kind of flame you get

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yep. I want to make a new generator big enough to run a cutting torch

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@HappyMadScientist lol woah there just start small with what you got to see if its enough for a mini torch and work on your design from there

[@HappyMadScientist]

@@ARCSTREAMS haha yeah. and did I mention it'll run off of rectified 120v? 😬

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@HappyMadScientist im sure finding the power source is not the main problem lol its making an efficient safe designed cell ,,btw if want to use a small 12 volt/2to4 amp trans with rectifier will this be ok to produce anything worthwhile for a small mini torch? and how do i make it so the trans does not burn out if the cell pulls more amps? maybe a dimmer switch? i also have a microwave trans but i hate messing with that sucker

[@HappyMadScientist]

@@ARCSTREAMS To reduce amp draw just reduce the concentration of your electrolyte until you have a satisfactory amp draw.

[@KS_Realtor]

Why are you using cpvc glue on pvc?

[@HappyMadScientist]

Because I can 😁 At the moment I was out of PVC cement... CPVC seemed to work... and it did. It didn’t need to hold hardly any pressure so I figured it’d be fine.

[@Fortitudoo]

if u wanna cut stainless steel easy use just water ik it sounds weird but it works

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yeah I’ll keep that in mind next time I have a hundred grand for a water jet 😁

[@Fortitudoo]

@@HappyMadScientist lol applied science did a video and made one for like 300 bucks but i didnt mean that anyways instead of oil just use water i swear to god its the only way to not go threw 2000 drill bits when the water gets really hot it does something with the molecules in the stainless and it cuts like plain soft steel

[@Fortitudoo]

just try it plain tap water spray the part when it starts to steam it start cutting once the water is almost gone spray again

[@davelawson2564]

@@Fortitudoo u do it and show it

[@trinithings5384]

Try feeding hydrogen into car air intake

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

Hydrogen implodes when ignited... meaning it get smaller... (hydrogen takes up more space than steam) thus hydrogen actually works against the expansion of gasoline combustion. Recycling exhaust heat to boil water for steam expansion inside the combustion chamber is another story

[@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164]

@@unitedspacepirates9075 wrong

[@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164]

you can use a powerful uv light to dry/dehydrate and accelerate combustion, as H2O is the only byproduct after combustion and the gas can expand to a greater volume

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

@@gunnarthesavagedangerous6164 lol. You think steam has more volume than hydrogen?

[@AguaFluorida]

"thingy"... *device

[@solomonroberts4749]

Where can u get the right metal?

[@HappyMadScientist]

Online or at yer local metal depot. 316 stainless is the best easily obtainable/workable metal. Downside is that the water you use in the generator becomes illegal to dump (my understanding). Titanium is the best all around from what I’ve heard. Mild steel works for a while if you use sodium hydroxide as the electrolyte. Research it thoroughly though before you try anything and don’t hurt yourself 😁

[@ryandavis4689]

@@HappyMadScientist what about copper?

[@HappyMadScientist]

@@ryandavis4689 Never tried it for myself but from what I've heard it disintegrates pretty quickly. Mild steel can work for a while if you use sodium hydroxide as the electrolyte. Still, it won't last near as long as stainless.

[@LOVACKOJINEUBIJA1]

Hello from serbia,brilliant work,can you thell me man i am your age maybe,can i store pure hidrogen this way in wheel inside tire inner tube and i need 80 liter of hidrogen to store couse my car need that much fuel for one taxi trip every morning to i get free paid and be the cheapest taxi driver in the country now,,can you thell me please does 80 liters of pure hidrogen this way can blow me up,i hope that not couse i hardly believe that it can catch much air if inner tube of tire where i am gonna put it gets some hole acidentaly..sorry for bad english my man ,i love your video,plz thell me what you think...please

[@HappyMadScientist]

With this kind of hydrogen generator it is almost impossible to fill a pressurized container (like an inner tube). 80 liters is a lot to store in one place so it would probably be dangerous. If you pressurize hydrogen and oxygen together in same container they can blow up. Hope I was able to answer your question!

[@LOVACKOJINEUBIJA1]

Thank you for answer,i will try to fill just inner tube,not pressurized,just ass mush as it can with this sistem,i would like if you sometime burn some ballons with size off about 50 liters of pure hidrogen,witn no oxigen..thank you man,thank you..I will try maybe with this sistem to fill up some water tires for swiming you know and then kompres it to about 2 bar,but i hope that i will find balance betwen oxigen and hidrogen so that they dont mix up in generator,anyway...thank youuuuuuu

[@tonypeeler3070]

@@LOVACKOJINEUBIJA1 I would use a compressor from an old fridge, and compress it into an old bbq grill propane tank

[@francesgames]

Is this fuel conversion guide any similar I wonder? hydrostarguide.com/?hop=oslo2go

[@sammyd7857]

Chromium gas you think!!! Chromium carbonyl. How the hell do you get any sort of chromium gas from electrolysis of water and NaOH

[@HappyMadScientist]

Chromium gas as in hexavalent chromium. It is produced as the stainless steel’s chromium (added to prevent rusting obviously) oxidizes. It’s the same thing that happens when you weld or or grind stainless. You can easily see the yellow color of the hexavalent chromium dissolved in the water.

[@sammyd7857]

@@HappyMadScientist gas you say???? Gas. Maybe welding would slightly vaporize chromium, but it would not stay in the air as a gas.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Maybe your right... I just assume some of it dissolves in the oxygen bubbles that oxidize it in the first place?

[@sammyd7857]

@@HappyMadScientist no it would combine with oxygen to turn into chromium oxide but it doesn't float around in bubbles. It will turn into dust if the electrolysis water spills on the ground. Same with welding, it would be like dust, but you will only get oxidation of the chrome if your gas flow is not high enough.

[@HappyMadScientist]

Noted. Thanks or the help!

[@Achelon]

Hey, when using dangerous spinny thingies, dont use gloves. Dad lost a finger for that :F

[@HappyMadScientist]

Ooof... yeah I prefer my fingers the way they are. I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks :)

[@p0k7lm]

sorry to hear 😕that , hope he get better some how.🏥

[@felipeamilcarestasune483]

Penicilina para el corona-virus sería la solución a el problema. Saludos cordiales ing Felipe 😘. De Argentina

[@yankitbansal]

It is an extremely good idea i appreciate that but can you make a hydrogen and oxygen generator and run a bike on it not car or any other vehicle but run a bike on hydrogen and make detailed video on that also

[@HappyMadScientist]

Thanks! Good idea! I’ll defiantly have to do something like that. First I need to make a more robust hydrogen generator that could produce much more of the gasses. I’d have to decide to convert a gas engine or make a fuel cell.

[@yankitbansal]

@@HappyMadScientist both options are good at their best

[@yankitbansal]

@@HappyMadScientist if possible for you try them both, more prefrence is for converting gas engine

[@henryq9390]

@@HappyMadScientist fuel cells are a pain in the brain storing small to large amounts of hydrogen it's a lot more economical to do a on demand system or dry cell

[@HappyMadScientist]

“Pain in the brain” lol I like that. Yeah it was just an idea... It’d be more efficient to just do a fully electric system rather than convert electricity into hydrogen. It’d prob be best to compress hydrogen to several thousand psi but if it leaks... BOOM! Haha no thanks

[@ARCSTREAMS]

attach that sucker to a pvc potato gun and your in buisness with an all in one unit,,should get one hell of a bank

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yeah I’ve tried it. PVC isn’t the right material though unless you want to pick shrapnel out of yourself lol. I tried it using steel pipe but the problem is that when hydrogen burns it turns into water vapor which condenses very quickly creating a vacuum and violently sucking the projectile back into the chamber. To make it work you would have to get a pressure transducer and see when the pressure curve is negative and then start cutting off the barrel until the negative pressure goes away. It’ll be in a future video probably.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@HappyMadScientist i would think the pvc might start melting from the inside,,are you saying as soon as you ignite the gas in the chamber it starts shooting the potato but then it suck it back juts as fast that it never clears the barrel?? i had no idea condensing droplets of water created any vacuum? how about cutting the barrel length down is that what your thinking of doing? juts see where the tatter gets lodged and cut a foot behind that lol

[@HappyMadScientist]

@@ARCSTREAMS yeah when that water condenses it sucks the potato right back. I think thats part of why its so insanely loud because it not only explodes but also quickly implodes.

[@ARCSTREAMS]

@@HappyMadScientist hmm ,it must be solved

[@Bart_Kryskin]

Блин, мужик, что за поебень? Учись у русских. (переведите ему кто нибудь)

[@jameslacey858]

The burn rate of hydrogen gas is 25,000 cu ft per second.😎

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yeah lol. That’s good stuff.

[@nicgreen4234]

James Lacey cu = CUBIC--- FEET PER SECOND ??? That’s a volume measurement! You need a length measure .

[@jameslacey858]

@@nicgreen4234 If you took a square tube , 12 inches by 12 inches that was 25000 feet long and filled it with hydrogen gas at 1 inch water column of pressure, then ignited one end it would take 1 second for it all of the hydrogen gas to burn. Does that help your thesis. Put some ear protection on and try it.

[@nicgreen4234]

James Lacey No, on at least two counts. One, Hydrogen doesn’t burn even at the novel pressure you suggest, a stoichiometric mix of Oxygen and Hydrogen at standard atmospheric pressure will readily explode however. And two, the pressure confined in a tube you describe would rise increasing the speed of combustion, which why it’s usually called a bomb. Take care.

[@EpicBigWhale]

Power it with high volts and low current.

[@HappyMadScientist]

The higher the voltage, the higher the current flow is. That is normally how it works. Generally, ~1.5v is the most efficient.

[@scagetman]

i have one that uses 8 amps at 120 volts a ton of gas flow

[@HappyMadScientist]

120 AC? Do you run it strait from the wall or do you rectify it?

[@scagetman]

@@HappyMadScientist yes i use a 90 amp bridge rectifier yesterday i hooked to a power inverter for mobile use

[@scagetman]

@@HappyMadScientist 60 plate cell 58 neutrals

[@user-db2mv2vx2j]

Your way of speaking like Leonardo DiCaprio hhhhhhh

[@dr.weirdbeard6054]

why do you copy the worst hydrogen generator ever built? tested screwed it up big times

[@HappyMadScientist]

Haha idk. I thought the concept was descent and thought I could improve on it a little lol

[@dr.weirdbeard6054]

@@HappyMadScientist you need to keep the anode and catode close together. you can seperate the gases with a polypropylen or nylon fabric ;)

[@HappyMadScientist]

Yeah that’s prob the best compromise of price and effectiveness. PEM cells are really cool but also complicated and expensive.

[@johnmelville1959]

I am in process of building my own hydrogen cell at the moment

[@HappyMadScientist]

Awesome!

[@albertorozco7285]

Another no speaking waste of time. Video. 😒

[@HappyMadScientist]

When people say dumb crap before watching the whole video. Smh 😑

[@andymason6464]

Horrible

[@HappyMadScientist]

Thanks ya butthole