Hydrogen Power Blog

Carl Simmons


How you can reduce your gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and get more miles per gallon. Using an “Add on Hydrogen Gas Generator” can definitely improve your fuel economy as well as lower your greenhouse gas emissions and you can do it yourself. I have successfully used various means of improving my gas mileage by reducing friction losses with fuel and lubricant additives to compensate for high gas prices.

Improved gas mileage was up to 15% in gained fuel efficiencies with these, then available, methods. However, these methods did not improve combustion efficiencies. I even tried out magnets on the fuel line resulting in some interesting fuel economies, but no scientific explanation as to why. Then I discovered an aftermarket “Add on Hydrogen Gas Generator”, which produces small quantities of hydrogen gas for injection into the air intake of the engine. The results exceeded my expectations by far.

One of the many arguments offered against this method is based on a limited application of the 2nd law of thermodynamics and read here why it does not apply to this hydrogen enhanced combustion technique:

It is correctly argued that the electric energy, required to convert water into hydrogen gas, is greater than the energy available from the generated hydrogen. The multiplier or leverage effect the injected hydrogen has on the Normal 0 Normal 0 hydrogen enhanced combustion efficiency, when mixed with the fuel air mixture, is preferably ignored.

Take a look at this simplified equation on the power ratio of energy required to convert the water into hydrogen gas:

To convert water into hydrogen gas with such an “Add on Hydrogen Gas Generator” uses about 100watt (8.3Amp on a 12Volt system), which is equivalent to the power of a conventional domestic incandescent light bulb. Considering the car alternator efficiency at 60% then the power consumption of this 100watt “Add on Hydrogen Gas Generator” is 167watt or 1/4hp, which is an insignificant amount of additional power consumption.

Your Headlights will use that much!

Here is a more simplified explanation of your, by now, Hybrid Car Engine:

This small quantity of hydrogen gas, added to the fuel/air mixture, causes a faster burn rate. This hydrogen enhanced combustion, causing a faster burn rate, will take place over a substantially shorter distance of the piston stroke than it would otherwise; leaving a longer distance of the piston stroke to extract more useful work at reduced operating temperatures.

This applies to gasoline and, especially, diesel engines.

Call this leverage, because one small energy loss is offset against an increased energy gain at a positive multiple of the initial energy loss.

Small energy input results in a larger energy output and this has absolutely nothing to do with perpetual motion. The combustion takes place over a shorter part of the piston stroke, leaving a longer part of the piston stroke to extract more work and consequently increases gas mileage. The shorter combustion period caused by the hydrogen injection results in lower operating temperatures and consequently lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Peter Johnson


Everybody has heard of hydrogen fueled cars. The price of gasoline keeps getting higher these days and most believe that the days of cheap gasoline are dead and gone. Everybody is looking for a viable alternative and hydrogen seems like it may be the most logical choice. Since about 70% of the planet is covered in ocean, it looks like we have enough hydrogen to go around.

You probably first think of hydrogen cell vehicles when you think of hydrogen fueled cars, but actually hydrogen cell technology is still far from perfected and not available on the market as of yet. Sure, the ads are on TV and you may have even seen a hydrogen cell car on the road, but these are not yet available to the general public and even if they were they would not be anywhere near affordable. In the meantime, there is an old patent that has recently been dug up that may give you a short cut to saving money on gas.

The hydrogen car kit is an old patent that actually turns your car into a water hybrid. All you need to do is add a few small components (essentially, some baking soda, electrical wiring, a fuse, a vacuum hose, and a sealed, quart-sized glass jar) to your vehicle to enable it to run on both gasoline and water and possibly even double your gas mileage. Here’s how it works: first, you build a device that you can put together with items you can buy at a local hardware store and add water. Then, you attach this device to your cars battery and engine. The device uses a little bit of energy from your battery to transform the water inside the device into a gas called ‘HHO’ which is two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. This gas, also known as Water-Fuel, Brown’s Gas, or Hydroxy, provides a lot of power, burns clean, and it’s only byproduct is water.

The easiest way to figure out how to convert your car yourself is look online. A quick search will turn up dozens of websites that can show you how to convert your car. Though there are a few that want to charge you extravagant amounts for the information, you can get just as good information for much cheaper and the parts you need to pick up at a hardware store will only cost you about $20. Some mechanics out there know how to convert cars into hydrogen fueled cars, but they’ll probably charge you about $300 or more to do it and it’s also very hard to find a mechanic that knows how to do the conversion.

Conclusion

Who isn’t interested in saving money on gas? The increase in the cost of fuel affects every facet of the economy and we’re all feeling the pinch from every angle. By converting your car, you’re steering yourself in the right direction towards the future. Hydrogen fueled cars are a great way to save money and help preserve the environment in one fell swoop.

Mick Legg


Due to the present oil crisis and the ever spiralling cost of gas, you have probably heard a lot of talk about Hydrogen Car Kits and how to run a car on water. When I first heard about these so called fuel saving devices, and the seemingly fantastic ways to make gas mileage improvements I must admit I was very sceptical, after all “cars that run on water” come on.

But after doing a lot of research and some surfing on the internet I began to realize that this whole “hydrogen generator for car” thing was not as fantastic as it first seemed. Now the first question that comes to your mind when thinking about how to run a car on water is just how could it be done, and where do these hydrogen car kits come in? Well read on and I will try to explain.

The whole concept of cars that run on water obviously sounds impossible; until you realize that you are not replacing the regular gasoline in your fuel tank with water and running your car on water alone. (That would be impossible). What really happens is that these hydrogen car kits use electrolysis to change a small amount of water into hydrogen and oxygen (HHO) a highly inflammable gas.

This electrolysis is a process where electricity is used to change a small amount of water into HHO or brown’s gas. As water is made of both hydrogen and oxygen the 2 hydrogen atoms get separated from the oxygen atom, basically converting the water into 2 flammable gases. The electricity needed for this is supplied by your cars battery.

This gas is then taken into the airflow on the intake manifold of your car where it is mixed with the regular gasoline from your fuel tank. The result is a very fine hydrogen enhanced mixture that burns much more thoroughly and efficiently. This in turn leads to better combustion, lower exhaust emissions, and great gas mileage improvements.

Now the next question I hear you ask is, are these hydrogen car kits expensive? Well the simple answer is NO. As I said I have been doing a lot of research and I have found several of these kits available for $150 or less. There are also complete guides that show you how to make your own hydrogen generator for car by using simple parts available from your local garage or auto shop. And you don’t have to be a mechanic to put it together, anyone with basic skills can do it, it’s that easy.

Also due to the versatility of these hydrogen car kits they can be used on almost any make or model of vehicle, not just cars but trucks and SUVs as well. Once it is constructed it fits neatly under your hood taking up very little space. And they are completely reversible if you ever wanted to remove it. So if you want to make some real gas mileage improvements to your car, you can, because you now know how to run a car on water.

Arthur Maxwell


Can you make you own hydrogen car? Hydrogen cars are the answer that many hope will answer the growing fuel crisis in America. Most people think of hydrogen cars as being a really expensive new innovation that’s going to revolutionize the auto industry, but what most motorists need is a hydrogen generator, or an HHO. These are easy to build and install in your vehicle, thus allowing you to make you own hydrogen car. There are some hydrogen generator kits that are expensive, but you don’t need a particularly expensive kit to work with. Hydrogen generators offer a lot of benefit to your car’s performance and the surrounding environment.

HHO gets its name from the chemical compound for water, H2O. This is how a hydrogen generator really works. The kits use a process that was invented by a man called Yull Brown. The process, called electrolysis, works by using an electric current to split apart the molecules of water into their hydrogen and oxygen atoms to create the two individual gases. What happens next is that these gases are then sent through the air that’s already being pumped into your car’s engine through the air pump, adding to the fumes that are being burned in order to produce the heat needed to work the engine. In other words, if you switch partially to an HHO kit, you’re actually partially fuelling your car with water. Now, because of how much storage extra water tanks take, and how much weight it adds to the car’s total, you can’t switch completely to this method, but you can get a good boost in your performance and mileage – sometimes up to 50% in gas mileage. This means that you pay half as much at the pump, if that.

There are other benefits to using an HHO generator. For one, you can make your engine more efficient, because when you burn gasoline, residue builds up in the engine and causes it to become more inefficient over time. Water vapor leaves no such residue. Also, hydrogen and oxygen are two elements that naturally occur in the atmosphere, unlike carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, which is what normal car exhaust is. Another benefit is that you may qualify for tax credits from the IRS. The government is currently encouraging green initiatives with fuel and other lifestyle elements, so they’re offering incentives such as tax credits to people who decide to pursue green options.

Anybody with a basic knowledge of cars and mechanical tools can build and install an HHO generator from a hydrogen generator kit. In fact, you can make your own, though it’s better to have one with a condenser. All you need is a container with distilled water, electrical wire, rubber hose and baking soda. These kits can be removed from your car just as easily as they’re added, with no danger to your warranty.

You too can make you own hydrogen car. Hydrogen generators have plenty of benefits to the environment, your car, and also your wallet, because you’re cutting down on both emissions and what you have to pay for at the pump. There are plenty of guides available online on how to build a hydrogen generator with the materials listed above, and they’re inexpensive to obtain.