Oxy-hydrogen flame cutting is a new carbon steel cutting way. Oxy-hydrogen flame cutting are almost same with traditional fuel gas cutting in the operation. The biggest difference is the fuel gas used for cutting, oxy-hydrogen flame cutting use mixed hydrogen and oxygen gas as fuel, rather than traditional acetylene, propane, golden flame industrial gas, Terry gas and other gases.
In oxy-hydrogen flame cutting process, mixed hydrogen and oxygen gas don’t need store, producing while using. Therefore, traditional fuel gas cutting transformed into oxy-hydrogen flame cutting, just need to increase oxy-hydrogen generator.
Oxy-hydrogen gas has unique physical and chemical properties:
1.Small proportion: the density of hydrogen is the lowest in all gas, and therefore, hydrogen gas will not assemble, even if exist leakage; it will quickly escape to outdoors, so there will no risk of explosion.
2.High calorific value: the calorific value of hydrogen is high; the calorific value of per kg hydrogen gas is 34000 kcal, equivalent to three times calorific value of gasoline.
3.High temperature: the temperature of oxy-hydrogen flame up to 3200 degrees, and its is almost nearly with acetylene.
4.Fast combustion speed: the combustion speed of oxy-hydrogen gas was 11.2m / s, faster than any other gases, the benefits is easy ignition.
5.Concentrated fire: the flame of oxy-hydrogen gas is straight, no radiation heat loss, high thermal efficiency value.
6.Non-toxic: As we all know, hydrogen gas is non-toxic, no harm to the environment and the operator.
7.Environmental protection: oxy-hydrogen gas can be obtained by water electrolysis, and then burn to produce water, no emissions. It has no pollution to the environment during manufacture and using process. So oxy-hydrogen gas is a renewable green energy.
According to the above physical and chemical properties of oxy-hydrogen gas, it is a very ideal gas in carbon steel cutting.
The main advantage of adopting oxy- hydrogen gas can save cost,comparing to the traditional gas ,we can calculate the cost saving above 50%.please see the table as following.
With more and more nervous energy, the traditional gas prices are getting higher and higher,so cutting costs get much more expensive The main operating cost of Oxy-hydrogen generator is electricity, otherwise electricity prices are relatively stable. and at the same time ,the low-pressure oxygen cutting cost could be saved.