<VV> Hydrogen (HHO) Generator

[Bill Elliott]

Small physics problem with creating your own hydrogen.

Hydrogen is an energy storage medium, not energy itself.  It takes 
significant energy (7-11 amps from the websites)  to produce hydrogen 
from water and the potential energy contained in that hydrogen after 
separating it from water is less than the energy it took to separate it 
(the process not being 100% efficient... the websites even talk about 
the heat generated from this process...that  is lost energy).

Unless the use of the hydrogen could significantly raise the volumetric 
efficiency of the engine (so that the potential energy of the hydrogen 
as gasoline could be better captured) enough to make up for the power 
loss in producing the hydrogen (not a claim I've seen made), it would 
seem to me you would always be in a net loss situation. That 7-11 amps 
have to comes from somewhere...

Bill

Bill H. wrote:

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>Does anyone have any experience with HHO generators
>("Brown's Gas) on Corvair engines?  Or any engines?
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>Like everyone else, I'm trying to get as much value
>out of a gallon as gas today (with gas now at $4.
>here).
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>The literature I've read about allows the engine to
>burn hydrogen gas, improving fuel economy.  Other
>benefits touted by some users (and the vendors of
>these sytems) include:  smoother idling, and the
>ability to use lower octane gas (or getting higher
>octane from your persent fuel useage).
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>My assumption is that I'd be able to lean the carbs
>using the idle mixture screw, and using leaner jets
>for the high-speed circuits.
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>Sounds attractive.  Easy to install and can be removed
>if you don't like what it's doing.  And in theory it
>would pay for itself in a few months.
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>Thanks guys...Bill Hershkowitz 69 Monza Coupe 110 PG
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