The Effect of Oxy Hydrogen Gas addition on Dry Cell Generator’s Performance

Abstract

The declining petroleum production in Indonesia requires the alternative of renewable energy and be more ecofriendly, so it needs more flexible alternative energy. One of them is the energy gained from oxyhydrogen gas (Brown Gas). Oxyhydrogen gas can be obtained by breaking down the water molecule (H2O) with the help of electrical energy or commonly called an Electrolisys process. In this study, used oxyhydrogen dry cell generators type with 316L stainless steel electrode material consisting of 6 cells with the variation of the KOH catalysts 100, 120, 140, 160, and 180 grams per 1 liter aquadest. The characteristics of the oxyhydrogen generator performance testing are obtained, power consumption, oxyhydrogen gas production rate, and oxyhydrogen generator efficiency. From the results of studies that have been conducted, it is possible to know that increasing the concentration of KOH catalysts leads to increased power consumption. The highest electrical energy consumption is 26.1 Watt at the concentration of the KOH catalyst 180 gr/l and the lowest electrical energy consumption is 8.8 Watt at the concentration of the KOH Catalyst 100 gr/l. Then the rate of oxyhydrogen gas production is increasing with increasingly high concentrations of KOH catalysts. The highest oxyhydrogen gas production is 6.53x10-2liters/min at the concentration of the 180 gr/l KOH catalyst and the lowest oxyhydrogen gas production is 1.86x10-2 liters/min at the concentration of the KOH Catalyst 100 gr/L. So the highest oxyhydrogen generator efficiency is 59.44% at the 120 gr/l concentration of the KOH catalyst.