07-09-2008, 09:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-09-2008, 10:24 AM by bucketobolts.)
Sorry, but I didn't base my previous comment on a TV show, but rather basic laws of energy which date back to before Galileo in the 1600's. I will put the proven knowledge of Newton, Einstein, or Joule' against any mechanic that says this will work.
Not saying that you can't run a car on Hydrogen. Just that you cannot produce it in enough quantities or efficiently enough to gain a benefit.
Then consider this. At room temperature and pressure, hydrogen's density is so low that it contains less than one-three-hundredth the energy in an equivalent volume of gasoline. Chilled to near absolute zero (−459.67 ÃâðF), hydrogen gas turns into a liquid containing one-quarter the energy in an equivalent volume of gasoline. At best your homemade generator could be 25-40% efficient. Assuming you are using platinum as your anode and cathode with two separate vessels to contain your oxygen and hydrogen. So how much energy do you think you can get out of a couple ounces of water?
Now do we want to discuss how to meter the hydrogen to the engine?
I'm not trying to bash someones ideas, but I don't want to see friends get scammed or rooked out of money.
Not saying that you can't run a car on Hydrogen. Just that you cannot produce it in enough quantities or efficiently enough to gain a benefit.
Then consider this. At room temperature and pressure, hydrogen's density is so low that it contains less than one-three-hundredth the energy in an equivalent volume of gasoline. Chilled to near absolute zero (−459.67 ÃâðF), hydrogen gas turns into a liquid containing one-quarter the energy in an equivalent volume of gasoline. At best your homemade generator could be 25-40% efficient. Assuming you are using platinum as your anode and cathode with two separate vessels to contain your oxygen and hydrogen. So how much energy do you think you can get out of a couple ounces of water?
Now do we want to discuss how to meter the hydrogen to the engine?
I'm not trying to bash someones ideas, but I don't want to see friends get scammed or rooked out of money.
'72 TBA...