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Originally Posted by Concrete
If you break water and burn the hydrogen and oxygen you get... water
it is in perfect balance - there is no need to adjust fuel mixture
This fact alone makes the hydrogen generator hype unbelievable
the only part of this that is even worth pursuing is tricking the car to burn lean
it works without extra batteries  |
I have posted this link before I will post it again
You should read what the military has to say on the matter.
KINETICS OF HYDROGEN-OXYGEN AND HYDROCARBON-OXYGEN REACTIONS.
Apparently you failed chem, or you would realize that the equations to determine reactants and subsuquent results are based on probability & the lowest entropy possible. Needless to say hydrogen and oxygen are much more likely to react with the hydrocarbon, alcohol or ester before they will react with each other. This is empiracly and experimentally proven, so you can say 2xH2 +02 = 2H20 all day but it simply isn't what is going on.
In fact there are patents on the production side of gas that take advantage of the fact H2 reacts readily with hydrocarbons allowing for higher production of useable hydrocarbons
(WO/1990/006351) INHIBITION OF COKE FORMATION DURING VAPORIZATION OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS
Folks like you do not really want to think and simply chirp off whatever source you trust repeats, like the 1960's military scientist above, work through all the possible reaction paths and you will see that you do indeed get lower entropy reacting H2 & O2 with the hydrocarbon and not with each other.
I certainly do not believe all the hype on hydroxy but I cannot say it has no merit. Foreign countries already use these hho generators to reduce emissions, there is something to it or the military would not have the studies on it. (which are continuing though not public at the moment)
There are both legitimate and fictional sides to this issue, stay to the middle and you will be OK.