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Old 06-16-2008, 02:48 PM   #63 (permalink)
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The phrase "Hydrogen Generator" is misused in this case. Hydrogen is never generated by these devices, it is simply pulled from water molecules by electrical potential. I do believe this is a viable way to improve the efficiency of gasoline engines, and at some point I will have to do some experiments which I can assure you will be done in as scientific a mannor as conditions allow. Currently I am testing this whole acetone thing. After I have a good few weeks of data on that then I will start working on the hydrogen experiment, but since you cant get reliable data by changing more than one thing at a time, the H2 experiment will have to wait.

PS. There is no energy added by refining, but the energy is more accessible in the refined product than in crude. Such is the h2 or acetone debate. Do these things make the chemical energy of gasoline more accessible, or do they at least make the thermodynamics in the engine more efficient. Those are the questions, both of which are completely independent from the theory of conservation of energy.
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