DIY Hydrogen Assist Fuel Cell, With Beer

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I built a fuel cell for under $20 with parts from around the house and Home Depot. While I don't end up with the Hydrogen BBQ I was hoping for, I have what could be a great start to a potato gun. Upgrading from water to beer allows for a small flame thrower instead.

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  • i dont believe your estimate

    I doubt you can even get 1/2 a liter per minute. You couldn't even get enough to blow yourself up. if you had 10 to 12 liters per minute that thing would be like a volcano. Take a liter bottle fill it with water, place it in a pail of water and stick the hose inside and see how long it takes to fill the bottle with gas and push the water out. I can see yours is probably doing 236 ml every 2 minutes.

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  • how much

    HHO gas your unit has produce? L/min.?

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    • Depends what pressure...

      Depends on what you have in the electrolyzer, Beer produced much more than regular Tap water, and Tap water produced more than Distilled but watching a water bubble and using its rate of travel and the dimensions of the tube I calculated that at 1 Atmosphere I get between 10 and 12 liters a minute. My seal was not good enough to get the 1.5 atmospheres (22 psi) that my flow meter required.

      My site has a lot more info.

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