Jones Beene
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:08:20 -0700
Returning to the UEE department (ultra-efficient electrolysis) ... but unlike the hype from Xogen, previously mentioned, this is now becoming reproducible by others... Remember Kanzius? Remember the Stifller SEC exciter? Several observers bemoaned the fact- following the bombshell Roy-Kanzius RF electrolysis announcement- that it was clear the authors had left out a couple of key pieces of information for those intent on replication. Here is the best available article found so far, from Prof Roy's site: http://www.rustumroy.com/Scans/Observations%20of%20polarized%20MRI%20vol%2012%20is%201.pdf However, since anything involving hydrogen gets inventors excited (in the era of oil-greed) and many have been playing around with variations of this RF electrolysis process, as it is not difficult to do .... except that the lack of detail was frustrating - yet that may end up being a blessing in disguise. The lack of disclosure may actually result in improvements (and even patents) being made beyond the original by the peanut-gallery of garage tinkers (check out YouTube) and a few teenage science-geeks (being tutored by me) with time on their hands now that they can't "cruise" around in gas-guzzlers. Here are the two key areas where the details of this process were initially sparse: 1) RF "polarization" - how was the 13.56 MHz radiation polarized? Given that the wavelength is so long (22 meters) it is rather difficult to do this with conventional waveguides and gratings, as is done with shorter wl RF. Not to mention, RF does not couple well to water normally (which is probably why it was polarized in the first place). Although that question remains unanswered, it is clear from what I have seen that Ron Stiffler's SEC oscillator circuit works more efficiently than RF from any dedicated RF source. So forget Kanzius and Roy and their fancy-pantsy RF polarizer. All you need to worry about now is the FCC <G>. IOW the pure polarized frequency is actually probably LESS effective, not more so, than the highly harmonic but "noisy" output of the Stiffler SEC "exciter" (a relatively simple oscillator circuit). You can view the scope images of the output on his site (yes there is a peak at 13.56 MHz). BTW the circuits are available from his website: http://67.76.235.52/DrStiffler/SECElectrolysis.asp ...or you can be easily built one with parts from Radio Shack, yet it will allow - with about one watt of power from cheap batteries, anyone to produce enough gas to sustain a small flame (with the proper additions and design, like a mini-wick). Kanzius was using 200 watts LOL. 2) a "secret" ingredient other than NaCl The key ingredient in the Kanzius innovation, as it turns out, appears to be nanoparticles of metal and/or metal oxide. The exact identity of what he uses is unknown AFAIK -- but no-to-worry, intrepid tinkerers. The following appears to work well (according to students who have been experimenting with it): MnO (cheapest); Raney metal (WR Grace) and the crushed (powderized) ceramic from an automotive catalytic converter. In a quick visual appraisal- all of these "appear" to be massively OU - given the flame available from a watt or two of DC input, but that is deceiving -- in that the catalyst is probably being consumed (oxidized) to varying degrees, and elimination of that chemical reaction as contributory to the thermodynamic balance is most problematic (and where the real work begins). Can a catalyst be found which is not consumed? Can a flame be sustained indefinitely, instead of a few minutes? Stay tuned. Jones