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Water Car - Twitchin Kitten - 11-11-2011
You know, years ago I belonged to a website that someone posted a video of some guy who made a car run on ordinary tap water. I have been looking for that video ever since that site closed down a few years ago. Sadly, when it was posted, there was no YouTube yet and no way for me to grab that video for myself.
Today I decided to chance YT and see what I can find. This video comes closest to it but it's still not exactly what I saw. You can tell it's old - probably Reagan era reporting.
Hey LK - maybe we should get together for a week next summer and both of us turn our vehicles into tap water running cars and trucks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ2QciCN5Ks&feature=related
RE: Water Car - Havoc - 11-11-2011
Try this,
http://keelynet.com/energy/garrett.htm
RE: Water Car - Vizth Hal - 11-11-2011
so it's on demand electrolysis?
this seems interesting, but 90% of systems out there cant split water fast enough to feed a car, and the ones that are are to heavy.
one thing you can do is get any old car with a carburetor and just pump hydrogen directly into it.
also there's this. not sure if they're selling yet though.
http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/
RE: Water Car - Havoc - 11-11-2011
http://mileageshop.com/
RE: Water Car - Twitchin Kitten - 11-11-2011
In that last link it says it comes with a free lifetime supply of an electrolyte solution. We used to make electrolytes for the horses. I wonder if it's the same thing? Basically it was salt and crushed Tums (potassium).
RE: Water Car - Havoc - 11-11-2011
It's pretty much just salt water.
The chemical reaction when an electrical charge is added , creates hydrogen gas which is then siphoned off and burned.
I suppose other things like baking soda could be used for a greater discharge of hydrogen, but controlling it in some applications could be a problem.
I'm not a scientist or anything, and I would probably blow up my engine.
RE: Water Car - Vizth Hal - 11-11-2011
(11-11-2011, 10:26 AM)Havoc Wrote: http://mileageshop.com/
Quote:Hydrogen gas has a much higher flame speed than regular gasoline and acts as a catalyst to help the gasoline burn more cleanly and completely. This is why only a small amount of hydrogen is needed. We use Hydrogen gas not to replace the gasoline, but to assist the gasoline.
Not good enough to meet my standards. needs to be a complete replacement imo.
RE: Water Car - AnthonyG - 11-11-2011
I think the method of choice to do this would be, hydrogen would be pulled from ocean water in a refinery. Then pumped into cars that have a fuel cell and by product of fuel cell is water. The running on water directly I don't think a car could hold enough water to convert and have decent travel mileage. Secondly the machine to pull hydrogen is very big and uses alot of power. I dont think they could fit it in a car and there wouldn't be enough surplus energy from the process to keep it breaking down the water molecules.
RE: Water Car - Twitchin Kitten - 11-11-2011
But they already did it according to the video.
RE: Water Car - Vizth Hal - 11-11-2011
(11-11-2011, 01:42 PM)AnthonyG Wrote: I think the method of choice to do this would be, hydrogen would be pulled from ocean water in a refinery. Then pumped into cars that have a fuel cell and by product of fuel cell is water. The running on water directly I don't think a car could hold enough water to convert and have decent travel mileage. Secondly the machine to pull hydrogen is very big and uses alot of power. I dont think they could fit it in a car and there wouldn't be enough surplus energy from the process to keep it breaking down the water molecules.
actually an electrolysis machine is easily made compact, the problem is the yield is smaller too.
your right about not being able to carry enough water the weight would make it a bitch. carrying only hydrogen is the best solution. or the hydride stuff the guy on the link i posted mentions.
Quote:But they already did it according to the video.
not saying they didn't. it's just inefficent.