Designing the Components

• Hydrogen generator designs are highly customizable and can be modified to function in many different ways with a large variety of systems. However, all hydrogen generators must have a few key components. The water that will be ionized must be contained in an air-tight nonconductive container, such as a mason jar or PVC pipe. You will also need an array of electrodes connected to a power source. The power source may be as simple as a battery, provided it produces enough sustainable power to keep the electrodes charged. The electrodes should be built out of thin plates of stainless steel and each plate should be spaced about 1/8-inch apart from its neighboring plates. Fill the container with a solution of distilled water and some type of catalyst, such as baking soda. The top of the container should also have an exhaust system, such as a piece of rubber tubing, for the hydrogen gas to escape through.
  
  

Construction and Installation

• The first step it to prepare your container. Make all of the necessary modifications to facilitate the container's function. It should be air-tight and nonconductive, it should have some form of an exhaust system that is used to direct the hydrogen fuel to where it will be combusted to make energy, and the container should also be wired so that electricity can be delivered to the electrodes that will be contained inside. Once way of doing this is wiring the electrodes to two terminals installed in the top of the container. This way, the terminals can act like battery terminals, and all you have to do is connect the power source to the container with some alligator clips.
  
  All that the container holds is the solution and the electrodes. Construct the electrodes out of stainless steel that has been cut to fit inside the container without touching its sides. You can build the plates into an array by threading them onto four bolts at each corner with metal washers used in between the plates to create the required spacing.
  
  Once you have all of the parts constructed, assemble the canister, fill it nearly to the top with your water catalyst solution and put the cap on the container. At this point you have a hydrogen generator, often referred to as a hydrogen fuel cell on this scale, ready for use. You can use the cell by plugging it into a system that requires combustion to produce energy, like an automobile or gas-powered electrical generator. The idea is to connect the system's power source to the hydrogen cell, like a car's battery connected via two alligator clips, in order to ionize the water. As the water ionizes molecules will break apart and then reform into hydrogen gas with a byproduct of water. The hydrogen gas will flow out of the exhaust of the generator and into the intake of the combustion engine where it will mix with gasoline and increase the efficiency of combustion.