read the site
by batman823 - 3/10/08 5:36 AM
In Reply to: Hydrogen generation by bigduke
The link that was posted does explain how it works. But as for science, when you explain something, you put it into terms that a person can understand.
For the energy issue, your statement is correct. However, there is unused energy in an underloaded generator, like the alternator in your car. So it is feasable in an automobile to harness that energy in a useful form. Instead of it spinning and putting nothing out, it uses 1 or 2 extra amps for the electolysis. That's not anything that would put a load on the alternator.
The energy's already being used keeping the alternator spinning against the electromagnetic feedback and friction, so that energy is available for use.
The site doesn't claim that the H2 gas is burned and magically creates energy. What it claims is that the HHO product from the distilled water and calcium bicarbonate catylyst encourages the gasoline to burn more efficiently by forming smaller droplets, along with a few other factors. They also state it works better with more efficient engines. The anode and cathode in the kits are not platinum. They are relatively cheap conductors and they are specified on the site.
Check it out. I'm a neclear engineer, not an explosives expert. So I'm not an authority on how gasoline burns.
But I do know there are many ways to more efficiently use fuels. For example, the more turbulent the air, the more vaporous it becomes, and therefore, the more explosive. That's why certain intake techniques are better than others and produce more power or are more efficient.
Who knows if it really works, but if it does, it would be worth a try.
It does seem that IF* the HHO does make the gasoline droplets smaller in the air mixture, than it would increase the efficiency. And that should do much more than the tiny load on the alternator would cost.
I agree on H2 though. There are losses in the electrolytic production of H2 that make it less efficient as a fuel, but the question is whether or not it is more efficient than gasoline. Water is certainly more plentiful than oil. We do already have the network set up for gasoline, so a rework would require a lot of resources. But Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, and Wind energy sources are also very plentiful.
We just don't have those tapped to the extent that we need. So we resort to coal and oil because that's what's simple and we already have the networks.
Just a few things to ponder.
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