Thank you.
The SG3524 is an ic designed to drive mosfets. It is a "regulated pwm control ic". I'm also new to it. From what I have read so far it is supposed to generate a driving square waveform, two actually, one inverted (negative squares) and the other the usual positive squares, and do so at frequencies around 350 khz or so I have read IIRC. I got 5 of them for less than 1 usd. Like the 555 ic it also needs a cap and a resistor to determine this output frequency. But unlike the 555 it is supposed to be stable and adequate in its current and voltage output to properly saturate / drive a mosfet gate, since it is designed specifically for this. The inverted output is there for a second mosfet arranged in a totem pole configuration. Please pardon my noobish understanding of these technical terms, its just what I have gathered on the subject so far.
Now my assumption for this WFC project is that energy conservation is directly proportional to the frequency of the pulses being sent to the electrolyser. Secondly, it may be so that the radiant / bemf spikes do the trick, which we can easily check by removing the diode across the coil in the Dave Lawton's WFC circuit. I have ran a few simulations of that. It seems that if the diode across the coil is removed we get spikes of 1000+ volts. Furthermore, Patrick J. Kelly wrote in the instructions that if a BUZ350 mosfet can not be obtained then the source and drain of the substitute mosfet should have a diode across them for its protection.
I have read on OU forums about 48khz pulsing and of course different point of views, one being that 48 khz is only a starting point and higher frequencies may give better results. We all must have read that Indian paper on nanopulse electrolysis and how they have given data that does not match the graphs. The only way to find out is to try and build a pulser circuit that works in mega hertz. That may not be easy. Personally I have not determined if ordinary items like the usual vero board can be used at those frequency ranges.
Next is the circuit design part. The Bedini Rife machine circuit looks interesting. A bunch of SG3524 (instead of 555s) pulsing into a mixing line driving a mosfet that can switch that fast (or may be more than one mosfets) and then a coil like in Lawton's setup. I'm not sure about the details of this technical circuit design part as I have not gotten around to it. I still have to sit down and run some simulations. For 555s I have been using a Java based (free) simulation software. LTSpice has SG3524 modules. Either way I will have to see how to properly mix the pulses to achieve the desired result, or if it will even work properly. The coil might have to be air core since ferrite core will not work at those frequencies.
In short, there is my plan. I do not know how feasible it is for the purpose, if at all. So far I have experience with HHO as additive to my car's engine taken from a simple faraday electrolyser. I have run it at up to 30 amps only to bog down the alternator. At 10 amps I have had best mileage. Back then I couldn't tell a diode from a resistor. But now I feel its time to augment it with nanopulse. I want better savings.
Cheers.
