[wobblekins]

all quiet and calm

[montyzuma]

Ah here you are! s'ok I won't tell anyone.

did you bring a book?

[DirtyGirl]

I brought my book... its a bit rude.

Do we have to eat green stuff in here?

[montyzuma]

Absinthe, it's supposed to make the heart grow fonder

dunno what it does to the liver.

[the beak]

[DirtyGirl]

[the beak]

[wobblekins]

[montyzuma]

Aww does someone need a hug?

if you feel the thread is misposted
there a button to press to report it

Resorting to abuse does not reflect well on you.
I'm very disappointed in you

Still having problems with the Brown's gas?

[the beak]

[urinefacewash]

perverts

[N/A]

so this is where monty lives

[medousa]

It feels like a pair of comfy old baffies.

[urinefacewash]

[medousa]

[DirtyGirl]

[Misunderstood]

All happens in here

[urinefacewash]

[medousa]

[the beak]

[montyzuma]

dont let the door hit you on the butt on the way out

but b4 you go
what the diff between browns gas and the 2 parts hydrogen 1 part oxygen you get from the electrolysis of water?

alternatively wtf are you getting when you split water?

also dont the neighbours complain about your engine throbbing away?

[medousa]

[the beak]

[montyzuma]

Yes Beak i'm awful thick

how do you get Chlorine form H2O?


You have a lot of anger about you.


gosh and you are psychic too. knowing how much I pay for my power you are truely amazing. fortunately I have enough cash that energy bills dont worry me too much.


Water electrolysis does not convert 100% of the electrical energy into the chemical energy of hydrogen. The process requires more extreme potentials than what would be expected based on the cell's total reversible reduction potentials. This excess potential accounts for various forms of overpotential by which the extra energy is eventually lost as heat. For a well designed cell the largest overpotential is the reaction overpotential for the four electron oxidation of water to oxygen at the anode. An effective electrocatalyst to facilitate this reaction has not been developed. Platinum alloys are the default state of the art for this oxidation. The reverse reaction, the reduction of oxygen to water, is responsible for the greatest loss of efficiency in fuel cells. Developing a cheap effective electrocatalyst for this reaction would be a great advance.

The simpler two-electron reaction to produce hydrogen at the cathode can be electrocatalyzed with almost no reaction overpotential by platinum or in theory a hydrogenase enzyme. If other, less effective, materials are used for the cathode then another large overpotential must be paid.

The energy efficiency of water electrolysis varies widely with the numbers cited below on the optimistic side. Some report 50–70%[2], while the theoretical maximum efficiency of the electrolysis of water is between 80–94%.[3] These values refer only to the efficiency of converting electrical energy into hydrogen's chemical energy. The energy lost in generating the electricity is not included. For instance, when considering a power plant that converts the heat of nuclear reactions into hydrogen via electrolysis, the total efficiency may be closer to 30–45%.[4]

[the beak]