Is hydrogen the future of motoring?

Matt Simis wrote: »

Ive built one and installed it. Drove in today to work with it running. Sadly the gasket material I used must have leaked, its under a bit more pressure with the way I installed it in the car vs test bench. Finding a cheap and available rubber gasket has proven retardedly difficult, you would think from the myriad of junk in B&Q/DIY stores something would be available thats thick enough.

No point drawing conclusions till I fix this. To answer your question 0.5 - 0.75 litres per min of HHO should be enough for your car.

Mar4ix wrote: »

thanks for replay.

to produce 0.5 - 0.75 l. hho, how big should be plates? and how many in one cell. i am thinking put cell in bottle or cann with pipe out directly to intake system. there is quiet lot room under punto bonnet.
also how you stop the process, do you have switch , or every time open bonnet, and disconnect battery? as if you not switch off process, it will be big bang, as there will be lot hydrogen under bonnet.

opinion guy wrote: »

My my you have been busy

fryup wrote: »

something like this?? (1.50 in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydEkV-E0mP8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eVQ8kggCz8

philstar wrote: »

i've seen these hydrogen kits for sale on ebay

would they be difficult to install? more importantly do they work?

opinion guy wrote: »

Need I post another explosion video for effect ????

hydrogenengine wrote: »

Ask any of our experts, college professors, SEAI etc, they will all tell you hydrogen can only be regarded as an energy carrier and our hydrogen economy is possibly 50 years away. Check out the internet and you will see numerous people selling water for gas kits for engine conversions. I have been unable to find one manufacturer/supplier who will offer a money back guarantee or in fact tell you how to operate such a device, they are mostly referred to as hho kits,
not to be mistaken with an electric kettle but they can actually boil water too?
Do they work? none that I have bought but I have been foolish enough to part with my money for many such devices and some weeks later put in the skip.

I became interested in the subject some three years ago after becoming an unemployed professional, something to pass the time with. At first I contacted most of our third level Institutes to be told I was mad, Hydrogen is very difficult, expensive and very dangerous to produce, energy required is much greater than the energy output. I began to experiment.
The days become long when one is without a job and short of cash,
I had nothing to loose and if the professors were correct possibly my life but as always I am like a dog with a bone.

OK, here are some facts, Electrolysis of water is a lot easier than most believe, it just takes some low voltage electricity and some electrodes and of course an additive to make the water more electro conductive and I do not mean baking soda, it corrodes the electrodes.

Two years on my 08 Mercedes C220 is a hydrogen hybrid, mpg was at most 48 on a long journey but with a 50 euro conversion achieves 60mpg within ten miles and within twenty miles will achieve 65-70mpg with more power.
Experts will say the engine will blow but 60,000 miles later its running better than ever because its clean burning.
There is an optimum energy input, any excess will result in waste and heat up such a device. I have one on my oil fired boiler and efficiency has improved by 16%. I simply use less oil and one litre of water per month.
Let me put this in perspective, one litre of petrol currently will cost you one euro and fifty cent, this will also buy you 8kwh electricity and you can easily convert this into 2200 litres of a hydrogen/oxygen gas ( two thousand two hundred litres) is it any wonder the powers that be do not want this technology known. Testing on a Scania 420 has shown in excess of 20% improved fuel economy and I am now working on a highly efficient CHP which will provide heating and electricity for my home. Smart metering feed in tarrif is just ten cent a kw which will result in my fuel cost less than zero.Take the Prius Hybrid which has 27kw battery storage, the batteries are well capable of making hydrogen as the sole fuel for the engine and require recharge just once a week depending on mileage, The solutions are already known but the powers that be will tell you it simply cannot be done. Its about carbon tax and Revenue collection.
A prominent TV personality once told me, if you were from silicone valley everyone would say you are a genius but because you are Irish you are talking rubbish. I can imagine some of the comments I will get here but I will provide evidence when the time is right. Hydrogen injection despite all claims does actually increase emissions because more fuel is being burned that would otherwise go out through the exhaust, emissions are reduced by better mpg. Hybrid conversions are a possible retro-fit solution for all existing petrol and diesel engines and home heating and with rising fuel cost, Will our Government eventually tax rainwater ?

Matt Simis wrote: »

- HHO injection operates like a catalyst, it affects the flame front speed and burning efficiency of the fuel. Petrol cars operate at approx 9% efficiency (25% in theory on the motor alone), any increase in this has a large affect on MPG.

fryup wrote: »

not at all, they can use solar or wind power to produce hydrogen