The effects of magnetic field on the hydrogen production by multielectrode water electrolysis.

The effect of magnetic force on the hydrogen production by multielectrode water electrolysis is experimentally investigated in this paper. Results show that the hydrogen production rate, power increase rate and energy efficiency are improved as the magnetic field is added during the electrolysis process. At conditions of interelectrode distance of 3 mm, electrode pair of 5, electrolyte concentration of 25 wt% and applied voltage of 3 V, the hydrogen production reaches maximum amount of 5300 ml/h. At applied voltage of 2.5 V, energy efficiency can reach 92.14% as the magnetic field is added. The increase rate of hydrogen production is 13.4%, while increase rate of power efficiency is 10.2%, higher than that without magnetic field added. It indicated that the external magnetic field during water electrolysis indeed improves the electrolysis procedure. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]