Experimental Study of Hydroxy Gas (HHO) Production with Variation in Current, Voltage and Electrolyte Concentration

International Conference on Materials, Alloys and Experimental Mechanics 2017

材料科学;金属学;机械制造

Alam, Noor^1 ; Pandey, K.M.^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Silchar, Assam

788010, India^1

关键词: Chemical concentrations;    constant and regulated DC input;    Electrical energy consumption;    Electrode material;    Electrolyte concentration;    Parallel-plate electrodes;    Production process;    Water electrolysis;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012197/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/225/1/012197

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, work has been carried out experimentally for the investigation of the effects of variation incurrent, voltage, temperature, chemical concentration and reaction time on the amount of hydroxy gas produced. Further effects on the overall electrolysis efficiency of advance alkaline water is also studied. The hydroxy gas (HHO) has been produced experimentally by the electrolysis of alkaline water with parallel plate electrode of 316L-grade stainless steel. The electrode has been selected on the basis of corrosion resistance and inertness with respect to electrolyte (KOH). The process used for the production of HHO is conventional as compared to the other production processes because of reduced energy consumption, less maintenance and low setup cost. From the experimental results, it has been observed that with increase in voltage, temperature and electrolyte concentration of alkaline solution, the production of hydroxy gas has increased about 30 to 40% with reduction in electrical energy consumption.