HHO or HEAT - make your pick
i had the patience of going through all this thread, thought about it, tried some experiments with beer cans (used them flattened, then as cylinders, etc).
i'll try adding my 2 cents, hope it will prove inspiring.
1. if you're trying to produce hho, you want to knock electrons off and break the molecule; if you're trying to produce heat, you only want to increase the inter (NOT intra) molecular agitation. we're talking about a heater, thus any energy lost in electrolysis is wasted (producing hho and thus not heat).
2. since we're talking about a sonic heater, it is a reasonable assumption that we want to produce sound (a longitudinal wave of a certain frequency, in a given medium). sound is usually produced by means of vibrating a membrane or a string. the sanding of the cylinder is only meant to transform it into a speaker membrane; likewise, the caduceus is a prefect example of a string being vibrated.
imo, the easiest way to produce the required sound, is to simply immerse a speaker in your medium (water). obviously, for greater efficiency one can devise a method of using a flattened beer can as a membrane - just attach a magnet in its center and vibrate it by means of an inductor. just like any ordinary speaker.
3. we also want to CONTAIN that sound, in order to concentrate the maximum ammount of 'agitation' per unit of space. that is what the spheres in witts videos do: create an acoustic 'theatre' that contains the vibrations.
best material to build our containment unit is of course, the most rigid. the worse its sound-conducting qualities, the better. we want it to reflect back the most of the incoming wave. metal is better than plastic and stone is better than metal.
best shape is of course the sphere. however that is very impractical, thus one can settle for a cylinder.
4. tuning. obviously, not all frequencies are the same, and the shape and size of the containing unit greatly affect its properties. we want to 'play' a tune that creates a standing wave inside the containment unit. that can either be calculated, or 'found' experimentally. also, this standing wave would best be a harmonic (octave even?) of one of the own resonant frequencies of liquid water - the intermolecular (hydrogen bonds) are our target here, and NOT the intramolecular ones (h-o). that's easy to calculate. also, ultra and infra sounds should not be excluded from our range of possibilities. the 'speaker' should be capable of producing them, though.
i hope the above will prove inspiring. will post experimental results after attempting the above approach.
i had the patience of going through all this thread, thought about it, tried some experiments with beer cans (used them flattened, then as cylinders, etc).
i'll try adding my 2 cents, hope it will prove inspiring.
1. if you're trying to produce hho, you want to knock electrons off and break the molecule; if you're trying to produce heat, you only want to increase the inter (NOT intra) molecular agitation. we're talking about a heater, thus any energy lost in electrolysis is wasted (producing hho and thus not heat).
2. since we're talking about a sonic heater, it is a reasonable assumption that we want to produce sound (a longitudinal wave of a certain frequency, in a given medium). sound is usually produced by means of vibrating a membrane or a string. the sanding of the cylinder is only meant to transform it into a speaker membrane; likewise, the caduceus is a prefect example of a string being vibrated.
imo, the easiest way to produce the required sound, is to simply immerse a speaker in your medium (water). obviously, for greater efficiency one can devise a method of using a flattened beer can as a membrane - just attach a magnet in its center and vibrate it by means of an inductor. just like any ordinary speaker.
3. we also want to CONTAIN that sound, in order to concentrate the maximum ammount of 'agitation' per unit of space. that is what the spheres in witts videos do: create an acoustic 'theatre' that contains the vibrations.
best material to build our containment unit is of course, the most rigid. the worse its sound-conducting qualities, the better. we want it to reflect back the most of the incoming wave. metal is better than plastic and stone is better than metal.
best shape is of course the sphere. however that is very impractical, thus one can settle for a cylinder.
4. tuning. obviously, not all frequencies are the same, and the shape and size of the containing unit greatly affect its properties. we want to 'play' a tune that creates a standing wave inside the containment unit. that can either be calculated, or 'found' experimentally. also, this standing wave would best be a harmonic (octave even?) of one of the own resonant frequencies of liquid water - the intermolecular (hydrogen bonds) are our target here, and NOT the intramolecular ones (h-o). that's easy to calculate. also, ultra and infra sounds should not be excluded from our range of possibilities. the 'speaker' should be capable of producing them, though.
i hope the above will prove inspiring. will post experimental results after attempting the above approach.
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