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Electrolyser designs - Free Energy Info

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Supplying the WaterThe potassium hydroxide is not used up when the electrolyser is operated. A small amount leaves theelectrolyser in the form of vapour but this is washed out of the gas in the first bubbler. Two bubblers areused, the first is located beside the electrolyser and connected to it via a one-way valve. The secondbubbler is located close to the engine. From time to time, the water in the bubblers is poured back into theelectrolyser and that prevents the loss of any potassium hydroxide. Not only does this conserve thepotassium hydroxide, but it also protects the engine as potassium hydroxide has a very bad effect inside theengine itself.The overall water system is like this in broad outline, omitting the electrical safety devices:A probe inside the electrolyser senses when the average level of the electrolyte has dropped and powers upthe water pump to inject more water into the electrolyser. The rate of gas production is so high with thepulsed system that the electrolyte level is place at about half the plate height. That is some three inchesbelow the tops of the plates. Because of this violent action, the water-level sensor needs to be operated fromthe electrolyte outside the plates where the surface of the electrolyte does not move so violently.A serious issue with an electrolyser of this type is dealing with water loss. As the plates have to be spacedclosely together and the since the electrolyte between the cells is effectively isolated from the electrolyte in32

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