New Electroosmotic Capillar Method of

New Effect of “Cold” Evaporation Obtaining of Fuel Gas from Water

and Dissociation of Liquids
Based on Capillar Electroosmosis

Valery D. Dudyshev
Doctor of Technical Science, Professor,
Corresponding Member of Russian Ecological Academy

[email protected]
http://www.intrasoft.ru/nizot

There is discovered new electric physical effect of

intensive “cold” evaporation and dissociation of liquids
and aqueous solutions into fuel gases without any
energy consumption due to high-voltage capillar
electroosmosis [1].

Prospects and problems of

hydrogen engineering

Effective obtaining of hydrogen from water is a long- Fig.1

standing tempting dream of the civilization. That is Simplest device of capillar electroosmosis of liquids
connected with the fact that there is a huge amount of
water on the planet, and hydrogen engineering promises First experiments on the electric capillar dissociation of
the possibility to obtain unlimited quantity of “free” liquids were made with using of habitual water as well
energy obtained from water. All the more, the very process as its solutions and water-fuel emulsions of various
of hydrogen combustion in oxygen medium, which is concentrations as liquids. In all these cases fuel gases
obtained from water as well, ensures ideal high-calorie were successfully obtained in spite of the fact that these
and environmentally appropriate combustion. gases greatly varied due to their composition and heat
capacity. The experiments on the electroosmotic
Ecological and energetic problems are very actual evaporation and dissociation of liquids are realized in
nevertheless they have not been effectively solved. All practice by the following way. First a wick (3) and a
known methods and devices of production of hydrogen porous evaporator (4) are moisten with a water-fuel
and other fuel gases are ineffective since there is no a blend (emulsion) (2) then the blend (2) is poured into a
real high-performance technology of evaporation and reservoir (1). Then a high-voltage source of tension (6)
splitting of liquid molecules. The main cause of is switched on and high-voltage difference of potentials
ineffectiveness of the analogous consists in their difficulty (about 20 kV) is supplied to the liquid at some distance
and in energy consumption for breaking of intermolecular from the capillaries (i.e. from the wick (3) and the
connections at dissociation of water liquid fractions. evaporator (4)). The source of electric field is joined to
the device by electrodes (5-1) and (5). A plate perforated
Physical-chemical structure of even habitual tap water is electrode (5) is placed above the evaporator (4) surface
quite complicated since there are numerous at a distance, which is enough to prevent an electric
intermolecular connections, chains and other molecular breakdown between the electrodes (5) and (5-1).
structures in water. In particular, in habitual tap water Electrostatic forces of longitudinal electric field acts on
there are different chains of oriented water molecules, the liquid. As a result dipolar polarized molecules of the
which are peculiarly connected with admixture ions liquid move along capillaries of the wick (3) and
(cluster formations), its various colloidal compounds and evaporator (4) from the reservoir to an opposite electric
isotopes, mineral matters as well as various dissolved potential of the electrode (5) (i.e. electroosmosis
gases and admixtures. occurred). Liquid molecules are detached from the
evaporator (4) surface by these forces and transformed
It is a paradox but in the living nature there is a long- into a visual fog, i.e. the liquid is transformed into another
standing effective way of electric capillar delivery and aggregative state at minimal energy consumption of the
“cold” evaporation of liquid, which allows transform it electric field source (6). After that they provide
into gaseous state without heat energy and electric electroosmotic elevation of this liquid. In the process of
energy supply line. This natural effect is realized in detaching and collision of evaporated liquid molecules
practice by plants, which deliver aqueous solution and with molecules of air and ozone as well as with electrons
make its “cold” evaporation by capillar electroosmosis. there is occurring partial dissociation between the
It is quite comprehensible that this natural energetically evaporator (4) and the upper electrode (5) in an ionization
perfect technology is applicable in methods of liquids zone. At the process a fuel gas is produced, which can
transformation into fuel gases. The author of this article come thorough a gas collector (7), for example, into
has designed such experimental devices of cold electric combustion chambers of motor transport engine.
capillar evaporation of liquids according to electric pumps
of trees (Fig.1-3). It has been experimentally shown that change of
intensiveness of process of evaporation and dissociation
The simplest operating device, which experimentally of vapor molecules depends on change of distance from
realizes in practice the effect of high-voltage capillar the electrode (5) to the evaporator (4). Moreover, this
electroosmosis of the “cold” evaporation and dissociation dependence is conditioned by the following factors, viz
of water molecules, is demonstrated in Fig.1. by changing of the evaporator area, kind of the liquid,

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quality of capillar material of the wick (3) and the evaporation and splitting of water molecules into the
evaporator (4), parameters of the electric field as well fuel gas ( H 2 , O2 , H 2 O ) by means of using of potential
as the source of intensity (of power) (6). energy of the electric field.
The author’s first experiments on this simplest device, To produce more complete dissociation of water
which were organized in 1986, demonstrated that molecules into the fuel gas it is necessary to make the
“cold” water fog (i.e. gas) appears in capillaries from whole water molecules collide each other and be split
liquid (i.e. water) at high-voltage electroosmosis
without any observable energy consumption but just into molecules of H 2 and O2 in an additional
using potential energy of the electric field. This transversal alternating field (Fig.2).
conclusion is evident since in the process of
experimenting consumed electric current of the field
source was the same and equal to the consumed
current of the source idling. This current was not
changed depending on the appearance of the liquid
evaporation.

The experiments demonstrated that capillar

electroosmosis evaporated quite significant quantity
of water (1 liter) without any energy consumption for
10 minutes at a 10-centimeter-diameter capillar
cylinder. That is to say that the consumed electric
power (10 Watts) of the electric current source, i.e. of
the tension high-voltage transformer (20 kV), was
unchangeable and did not depend on mode of its
operation. It has been experimentally stated that the
whole consumed energy supplied by the current
network is insignificantly small comparably with the
energy of liquid evaporation. It can be explained by
the fact that power was consumed only to generate
the electric field and did not increase at liquid capillar
evaporation that occurred due to work of an ionic pump
and of a polarized pump. Hence the effect of cold
electric-capillar evaporation of liquid is very economical Fig.2
in respect to the process energy consumption. Device for production of fuel gas by electroosmosis. The device is
equipped with an additional high - voltage splitting center of
In spite of the fact that energetic essence of this process liquid molecules by electric alternating field.
has not been disclosed it is evident that both “cold
evaporation” and water dissociation are realized in At the second stage of water dissociation the energy
practice by potential energy of the electric field. More of the second electric field is used, more precisely,
precisely, the visual process of evaporation and water powerful electrostatic forces are used to intensify
splitting into H 2 and O2 at the capillar electroosmosis is oscillation resonant process of “collision-repulsion”
realized by powerful Coulomb forces of this strong of electrified water molecules represented as water
electric field. gas. The result of this process is complete breaking
of liquid molecules and generation of fuel gas
Editor: It is not the most surprising fact. The most molecules.
astonishment is aroused by school-day stereotypes that
work of a field at a closed cycle is equal to zero. These Conditions of optimal dissociation vary due to a kind
stereotypes have been kept in mind of people for a long of the liquid, to capillaries properties, and to the field
period of time. Everybody understands that a field can
parameters. These conditions are caused by required
do work but if a body falling from some height is
accelerated in a potential field and its kinetic energy productivity of the process of dissociation of concrete
increases then it requires energy consumption to relevate liquid. Fig.2 demonstrates in details functional
the body up to this height. Nevertheless, the analogy of structure and composition of the device equipped
a gravitation field with an electric one is not one-valued with two sources of the electric field.
since the electric field may be generated only at a part
of trajectory of the accelerated body motion. An electric In the case of preliminar y division of initially
field can be pulsating, it can be screened or it is possible chemically neutral water into chemically active
to change its direction at the reverse part of the trajectory fractions (i.e. acid fraction and alkaline fraction)
in such a way that the field constantly accelerates the realization of the technology of production of fuel gas
body. Hence a principal conclusion can be made: from water becomes possible at temperature below
summary work of a potential field may not be equal to zero (up to –30°C ). In winter it is quite important
zero. This conclusion has earlier been proposed by A.V. and useful for motor transport. This “fractional”
Frolov in his article published in the USA (Newsletter of electrically activated water does not freeze at degree
the Institute for New Energy. May 1994. p. 1-4). of frost; hence the device designed for hydrogen
production from such activated water can operate
In principle this uncommon electroosmotic pump- at environment temperature below zero and at
evaporator-splitter is an example of the perpetual degree of frost.
motion machine of the second type. Thus the high-
voltage capillar electroosmosis of aqueous liquid This principle of additional chemical activation of
provides really intensive and energetically free water (or liquid) is realized in practice in the device

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(Fig.3). In contrast to the devices mentioned above upper end of the capillaries. Therefore in our case the
(see Fig.1, 2) this device is supplied with an effect of screening of the working zone of molecules
electrochemical activator of liquid (3) with evaporators electric dissociation is not produced. All these processes
(4). proceed at minimal energy consumption, which is similar
to analogous energy consumption. Moreover, the process
of fuel gas production does not slow down as the process
in Mayer’s technology does therefore gas productivity of
our method is significantly higher than that of this
progressive analogue at similar minimal energy
consumption.

Some technical and economical aspects of the

new technology realization

In the near future production run of these high-effective

electroosmotic generators of fuel gas from practically
any liquids (including tap water), which are based on
the proposed new technology, can be established. At
the first familiarization level it is especially easy and
economically appropriate to realize in practice a variant
of the device of transformation of water-fuel emulsion
into fuel gas. A prime cost of the production-run device
for generation of fuel gas from water of 1000 m3/hour
productivity comes to approximately 1 thousand of
Fig.3 US dollars. Consumed power of such an electric
Hybrid device equipped with two sources of electric field and generator should come to no more than 50-100 Watts.
liquid electric activator Therefore such compact and effective fuel electrolyzers
can operate practically in any motor car. As a result heat
engines can work on any hydrocarbon liquid or even on
habitual water. Mass application of these devices for
the motor transport can cause immediate energetic and
ecological perfection of the motor transport as well as
designing of an environmentally appropriate and
economical heat engine. Approximate financial
expenditures for working out and designing of the device
for fuel gas obtaining from water, and for bringing the
investigation of the first testing device of 100 m3/sec
productivity to an experimental-industrial model come
to about 450-500 thousands of US dollars. That contains
the expenditures for projecting and investigation, for
designing of the very experimental device and of a testing
bed, which is necessary for approbation and engineering
development of the device. The author is interested in
business and creative cooperation with those companies,
which can provide this project with investments to bring
the device to the experimental-industrial model and
introduce the perspective technology into practice.
Fig.4 Conclusion
Productivity of the method increases as well as oscillation
Electroosmotic “cold” evaporation and dissociation of
frequency of the second transversal electric field (A) and
evaporating area (B) increase. water and aqueous solutions through capillaries is a
perspective way of highly productive fuel gas
There is a known and low-expenditure progressive production at minimum of energy consumption.
electric technology by Stanly Mayer, which has been
worked out to obtain fuel gas from water (Mayer cells). References
Our technology is more progressive and ensures higher
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can be explained by the fact that this electroosmotic technology is an effective way of solving of energetic
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