Research on Use of Water as a Fuel

Hydrogen is the future scope of Energy as the prices of fossil fuels is increases day by day. The main source of hydrogen is water. Hydrogen production can be done by alkaline water electrolyser using direct electricity. An acrylic box of 160 mm × 120 mm × 120 mm is used as reactor body. A set of different numbers of SS electrodes on anode as well as on cathode of size of 85 mm × 100 mm × 2 mm are connected to a SS plate by welding it with the other plates and joined with power supply. Two to five numbers of electrodes on anode and cathode has been used. Two Plastic casings of size of 65 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm are used to capture the processed gases generated from anode and cathode. The solution of KOH which works as an electrolyte is fed to the reactor in different percentage by weight of KOH (10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 27.5%, 30% and 35%). There are mainly two types of electrolysers were used: A) Two separate chambers with two separator wall and 10 mm gap between them and, B) Two separate chambers with one common separator wall of size of only 8 mm. The generated hydrogen is then fed to the different applications as a fuel by maintaining proper pressure and flow. The generated oxygen is left to the surrounding. From this process 98.8% pure hydrogen is generated.