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The video below shows a series of experiments I carried out with the chemical reaction known as pyrolysis. Pyrolysis can be used to break down carbon based materials (wood, grass clippings, manure etc...) into simple compounds. Pyro is Greek for "Fire" while Lysis is Greek for "Separating". To perform pyrolysis the material must be burnt in a zero oxygen enviroment to halt combustion. As the material breaks done it gasifies allowing you to collect these gases. Once collected the gases can be condensed into liquid fuels of different fractions in a process known as 'fractional distillation'. Fractional distillation is the process that fuel for your car is created.
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Hi all. Hope all is well!
I just wanted to touch base to keep everyone up to date with the direction I hope to work in over the next few weeks. I have many projects on the sidelines, but a couple, in particular, has surfaced as a priority. One such project is the need to get my H-Cell built. So what exactly is a H-Cell? A H-Cell is a simple device. It comprises two buckets or containers that can be completely sealed from the outside environment. The two buckets are stood upright beside each other and are joined by a tube bridge. This tube bridge gives the H-Cell its' name. The tube itself is packed with cotton wool; this bridge acts as a barrier between the buckets while still allowing electricity to flow through the fluid in the bridge. In each of the sealed lids of the buckets, there is a single electrode, one for each bucket. These electrodes extend down into the liquid of each bucket. A positive connection is made from one of these electrodes to a battery or power source such as a solar panel. On the other side, a negative wired connection is made, completing the circuit back to the power source. The H-cell comes in handy when you find the need to break substances into their simplest forms. The process is called electrolysis and could be considered the chemist's scissors. It is a trade tool and can be used to break down and extract many highly prized substances. One such example is using a H-cell to break down ocean water to create many extremely useful bi-products. These products include chlorine, hydrogen and sodium hydroxide. Using these components, one has fuel, a base substance to make soap and chlorine used for cleaning purposes. It's incredible how easy it is to get all of these substances from seawater, one H-cell and a battery or solar panel. The second project I will be working on is refining the container Solar Decell unit. The glass jar Decell unit was a success, and from this, I still desire to expand the ideas learned from the Jar Decell to a container version of the project. This will be simple enough and will only require minor changes to the system I currently have. Sealing the unit is a priority and may be completed before the day is through. The ultimate vision of the container Decell unit can be seen in a picture I have put together. It's a rough sketch of what I'm trying to achieve, but the idea is available for all to see!
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