spud said:
I have asked about hydro cells from these guys
www.hydrotechnix.com
But unfortunately they said the up, is to new to say if it could be fitted
Are they bringing this "Brown's gas" rubbish to Europe now, after scamming the US of A ?
Good thing the up! is too new then.
0) this isn't a fuel cell
1) it's powered off your alternator, thus the engine
2) car alternators are not very efficient
3) the electrolysis of water takes a lot of electricity
4) you make H2 and O2 right off the electrodes, not the mono-atomic radicals (these wouldn't exist long enough to make it into the combustion chamber anyways)
5) you lose energy in all energy conversions above
6) adding pure H2 to a petrol or diesel engine DOES work - iirc NASA tested it, so it must be rocket science - but :
- you need to add it at a rate that these systems simply can't provide
- the energy then doesn't come off the engine itself
- the gain is small, despite having the H2 generated remotely, by a more efficient process
7) adding more combustible gasses to relatively badly burning fuels does help (i.e. adding CNG or LPG to diesel is becoming more common)
Edited by: _1S_
