Building a new nitric acid generator [Birkeland Eyde Reactor]

Published 2023-12-12
I tried to buld a better birkeland eyed reactor and made some nitric acid aswell as potassium nitrate.

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  • Ich nutze mehrere Drahtbügelgläser hintereinander und im letzten Glas ist nicht nur Wasser, sondern auch Amidosulfonsäure. Diese zerlegt alle NOx in ungefährlichen Stickstoff und Lachgas und wird dabei selbst zu Schwefelsäure. So kannst du die Sicherheit erhöhen und ein nützliches Nebenprodukt erzeugen.
  • @HFbastler1
    Looks like I have to put my birkeland experiment back together and make a video... it's quite similar but I only made pictures before storing it for "further improvements in the not so near future".
  • @HyperspacePirate
    Have you measured your yield in grams / kWh? I'm struggling to get more than 3-4 g/kWh with mine even with multiple bubblers, etc. I suspect that spreading the arc with magnetic fields would probably bring the whole thing closer to the 60 g/kWh benchmark.
  • @iKuzilize
    ideas for imporvement which i've used my self: 1) put the arch directly above the air inlet hole because the air stream will push in new air faster into the arch making more NOx gasses 2) get a taller, thinner bottle, it improves the absorption rate by a ton 3) you dont need liquid cooling if instead of running thick copper pipes ans using them as the electrodes you rater have thin steel wire used for grilling to hold a thick-ish piece of metal like a screw, by the time the heat travels down the wire it will have cooled down enough to not be a problem, like i use hot glue which can take less heat than epoxy 4) dont use copper inside at all, they will degrade quickly because air has water in it which will turn into nitric acid in the chamber eating them over time, use steel instead (like screws and steel wire from point 3). 5) pump air into the solution for a while because a bunch of ur acid will be nitrous acid, meaning it will make potassium nitrite not nitrate. tough this machine makes ozone too which does help in turning nitrous into nitric on its own. also a remark.. how is this not efficient exactly? i pay under 2 usd for 500ml of around 9% strength acid meaning i make 45g of acid for under 2 usd so idk what you doing wrong, or electricity is cheap in norway, who knows
  • @mark6302
    i have no idea whats going on but it's pretty awesome
  • @rowannadon7668
    Maybe I missed it but what is the red material you used to plug the holes in the flask around the electrodes?
  • @user-un7sq5bf2d
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  • @kasmekmen7564
    Hello friend, I have a question. Can I include direct outlet electricity with an extension cord to arc? We use 240v 16 amps here. It's not even worth 4 kW. If I create a direct arc, will it be used to produce nitric acid and what will be the efficiency? For example, how many grams can I produce in 1 hour and will the hourly consumption be as much as 4 kW on the electricity bill?
  • @Tridenux
    can i use microwave oven transformer ;?
  • @avigamer073
    hi how can i connect to you? i have a few question about one video
  • @Preyhawk81
    your ball design i think is faulty. Better build it like an chimney so the hot gases can flow fast out of the hot zone.
  • @Tridenux
    Use magnet to fluxicate the arc-wave. It will burn more air thus generating more no2
  • @alibagcigil9858
    Why didn't you use a 1 or 2 million volt TESLA COIL!? You can achieve the same effect with a Tesla Coil by consuming 1 KW of energy! Oh, of course, I forgot, you cannot go beyond the boundaries of today's scientific world!