>>12635225There is bit of chemistry there but from a thermodynamics point of view,
OP, Do you think that plasma electrolysis of water would be more efficient and could be done without degradation of the apparatus ? (compared to KOH electrolysis,the cell degrade over time).
basically I would use superheated dry steam injector to raise the thermal energy of the steam, and then push the steam over a tungsten air gap with arcing going on it.
I would need at least around 1MJ per mol of energy to fully dissociate water. probably more for the plasma not to recombine instantly.
Then past the jet, a strong electric field from two plates would separate the species.
Since the protons and oxygen ions have different weights and charges, their beams would follow a different trajectory until their energy drops and they recombine (getting neutral again) up to a collector.
How can i tackle this problem, supposing a constant flow of steam at stable temperature, speed, pressure and temperature, and an equilibrium pressure and temperature of the vessel (adiabatic conditions), Where the inflow equals outflow...
This would be done inside the vessel with an excess of dihydrogen or dixogyen.
The arc would be probably an RF microwave arc so that the ions are not pushed toward the arc electrodes.
