Open Source Birkeland–Eyde Apperatus

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Basics

  • A device that produces nitric acid from air, water, and a large amount of electricity (The Birkeland–Eyde Process)
  • Energy ineficient but very simple and only requires things (minus the electricity) that are almost everywhere

Used For

  • Production of Nitric Acid for Use As Nitric Acid
  • Production of Nitric Acid for the purpose of converting it into other fixed nitrogen compounds, for fertilizers (as a reserve/for emergencies + special cases not widespread inneficient use) without the tie to petrochemicals

Industry Standards

  • The Birkeland–Eyde Process Has Fallen Out Of Most Use
  • It Has Been Replaced by the Ostwald Process (In conjunction with the Haber Process typically for the the production of the ammonia feedstock)
  • These processes require though things such as complex catalysts, very high pressures, and a continious source of hydrogen (which is often fossil fuel based)
  • The problems mentioned above are not as bad for large scale, but they don't make much sense at a small to medium scale
  • Also if an area has an excess of electricity due to cheap methods of electricity generation, the inefficiencies aren't as bad

Existing Open Source Designs


Minimum Viable Product

Basic Design

BOM

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