Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Hydrogen Generator for Rockets

So there has been alot of Voodoo and software posts recently, so its time to build a quick hydrogen generator.s.

For our purposes we will use water electrolosis to create H2 and 02, seperating the two(isolating the H2 prevents the risk of combustion), and storing and using the Hydrogen. First lets build a Generator, and $10 and 10 minutes later:

Great, that was easy.
So now lets pick a battery, or a controlled source, and attach to the two wires on the righ and left end. Change the current based on the rate you want for the hydrogen, remember you need to store what you make or get rid of excess.

We can store all of this hydrogen in anything we choose, but we want to have a valve as well as the ability to hold H2 at a pressure greater than 1 atm. This allows us to push the gas into our rockets without any mechanical parts besides a valve. An implementation in PVC requires only adhesive, 1 cap and a valve, note that the pressure should be approaching 10 atms, schedule 80 PVC is rated for about 2,700 psi==>> 187 atms. Sched 40 will burst at about 130. However the seals will began to break down at lower pressures, especially if one chooses a weak, or non PVC valve.






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