Examination of Drexel's calorimeter proved it to be inoperable without extensive repair, and some extra parts. Learning about the way it functions was educational in itself, however, and gave us a much better understanding of how we should hope to get test data from our experiment. Our next step will be to order a 50cc motorcycle engine, and modify it to conduct testing with ethanol mixtures. The testing method for this would be to either make efficiency calculations off of the piston movement, or by measuring exhaust temperatures.
The hydrogen generator was proven to work as expected, instead of forming any unexpected gasses. This was confirmed by using an ignition test; by holding a small open flame up to the newly formed gasses, a flare-up was detected, thereby proving that we were successfully separating hydrogen and oxygen cleanly.
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