Hello all if anyone is good with logical thinking and great with math and science I need your help. I have an idea that deals with electrolysis, steam, turbines, and other crap that I need to get out of my head for some reason my brain thinks it possible. Please dm me so we make my brain STFU! Also, nothing illegal.
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I think the problem with that is you need to move the water into place beforehand. That will require energy. When you float any bubbles upwards then you will lose some of that potential energy because there was a bubble at the bottom and now there is water so that piece of potential energy is lost.
You will also need to force the bubble into the water somehow. More energy required.
Yes the water would be placed beforehand. Which you will use energy.
I'm confused how energy is lost can you eli5 that part? When creating hho I could set a passive pressure release valve into the pipe where it takes no more energy to force the hho bubbles into the elevation pipe. In the elevation pipe yes water will move around but I have no work involved other then setup to get the bubble to the top. I guess the inlet would have to be greater then all the water pressure in the elevation pipe, should be possible but very dangerous to have hho at a high pressure.
Let's consider the start state: The top few inches of the pipe contain water while the bottom few inches contain a bubble. That water at the top has potential energy.
Now let's skip to the end. You now have just the bubble at the top so where did the water go? It moved down to make space for the bubble. That is a loss of potential energy.