HHO: Who's first?
 

If you don't already know about HHO, now is the time to check it out. For those who don't know, HHO gas can be used to power existing combustion engines. Water undergoes an electrolysis process in order to create HHO gas that is this injected through the intake...pretty much like nitrous in a way. This can double ones fuel efficiency, or even eliminate natural gas usage altogether in some cases!

Youtube for the keyword HHO on youtube for more information. This is real. Who's gonna be the first HHO powered LS4???

91 Ford F150 running on HHO:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFG7hYdzyj4

I saw a hydrogen injection kit for our cars. It was over a thousand bucks.

Google hbc-54100.

There are much cheaper kits that are more primitive. But thanks for the link. even a thousand bucks could make it worth it.

Those videos are kinda interestng. He goes from 40some mpg to 60some. Its like a 4 banger geo prism but still not too bad.

Man, not this again.

You do realize that it takes more energy to electolyze the water in the first place than you can get out of combustion don't you? That energy comes from the alternator, which increases drag on the engine. You actually lose mileage and performance slightly with this.

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Snake oil?

I was watchin 20/20 and they had the tornado guy and some platinum fuel thingy person on saying their shit works, and the consumer reports guy saying not. And the old premium/regular/brandname gas debate.

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/PainAtThe...5284194&page=1

Taken from:
http://s13.invisionfree.com/THE_UNHI.../ar/t52513.htm

scam...

X 10,000,000

I don't care how efficient the electrolysis process is, to get any benefit it would have to be more than 100% efficient, which isn't going to happen.

Basic chemical principles and the conventional laws of thermodynamics (i.e. the correct ones, not the mumbo jumbo used by scam artists pushing these products) just don't allow you to get something for nothing.

TANSTAAFL.

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I did read some scam articles as a result of this thread. It's hard to tell that the truth is now. I know a few people doing it, so I guess I'll just wait to see their results.

I found this interesting:

Myth busters did this test and did they not get better mpg with the ac on vs. with the windows down? I watch the show. I could be mistaken.

Yea it also goes to people who remove there truck beds and put the ones with the holes in it or leaving there truck tail down saves gas it dosn't . with the bed up it creates a vortex "bubble of air". So little air contributes to the rotation of the vortex while the rest of the air glides over it with little drag.

Most of these.... ploys are common sence it really mind boggles me how people can't see this. If gas mileage was increased enough and done at a cheap enough price don't you think auto makers would be doing it?? This is just one part of the common sence factor theres many others. I think a majority of you i don't have to explain this too. The rest of you i ask what the hell are you thinking ???????????????

You don't have to be condescending about it. We're just having a discussion here. There are a lot of politics that happen with automakers that could make them hesitant to adopt any sort of new technology.

There is nothing wrong with an intellectual conversation about alternate methods of conserving gas. Common sense would be to explore possibilities and discuss them with others...which is what I did. Sorry if it's old news to some of you...woopdeedoo..I'm sure you all got excited when you first heard it too.

Whether or not HHO is a viable mod doesn't really matter. The fact is, it's a technology that might just be in it's primitive stages. It obviously works to some extent. As technology gets better, it might be a viable alternative or a good supplement to combustion\electric hybrids. Maybe it's not cost effective...Time will tell.

Any technology thats gonna save this sorry planets ass from fuel starvation will have to have "in between" steps for people who cannot afford hybrids or any kind of hydrogen fuel cell car in the future. It makes "common sense" to discuss these kinds of things.

PS: Common senSe has an S in it...not a C ;) Sorry had to say it lol. Now we're even. :cheers:

Yeah, I saw that too...

This is interesting, nonetheless. Would like to see long-term results

Wind drag increases exponentially as speed increases. Savings with the windows down only works up to speeds around 40-45 the drag is still less than the A/C, however as speed goes up and drag increases, the A/C will win out.

Wow, didn't realize 25 watts to electrolyze the water robbed THAT much horsepower?! lol Do some research as to how much horsepower is actually used to generate X amount of amps @ 13.8v, you'll be enlightened.

BTW - you are not CREATING energy, you are separating molecules that in water form cannot be used efficiently. 25 watts to work the generator to separate the molecules that are ingested by the engine doesn't seem like much loss to me considering the properties of HHO are over 3x that of petroleum gas/volume.

Bullshit, if a thousand dollar kit and some water was all it took to double fuel econ GM, Ford, Chrysler and all the foreign companies would be offering this shit straight from the factory.

Yes, hydrogen gas has over three times the energy of gasoline.

You obviously don't understand the physics or chemistry involved in producing hydrogen. 25 watts produces essentially zero hydrogen

It takes 286 kJ/mol to produce hydrogen from water - at 100% efficiecy.
The only problem is that alternators are usually <70% efficient, and the electrolytic cells used in commercial production of hydrogen are usually only 70% efficient.

Stack these up, and you only have, at best, 49% efficiecy, which means that the alternator leeched at least 584 kJ/mol worth of energy to produce that hydrogen. When you burn hydrogen, you recover 240 kJ/mol (well, there would be another 46 kJ/mol if the water vapour produced condensed in the cylinder, but that doesn't happen). Since you only get back less than half the energy you expend, fuel economy cannot possibly increase.

But wait, an engine is only, at best, 40% efficient in converting fuel to power at the crank. This means that we actually burned 584,000/0.4 = 1,460 kJ/mol to produce fuel with 240 kJ/mol of energy.

Just FYI, a Joule (J) is one Watt per second. 746 Watts is the electrical equivalent of one horsepower. One mole (mol) of hydrogen weighs 2.017 (edit, it's actually 2.0158) grams. It takes a drain of 973 Watts (1.3 horsepower) from the crank to power the alternator sufficiently to produce 2.017 grams of hydrogen in ten minutes. At a nominal 12.7 Volts, that means that the current draw would have to be 76.6 Amps.

Where the hell does 25 watts come from? Wishful thinking?

How about just leaving the HHO generator off the engine and maintaining whatever fuel economy you already have instead of giving some up some fuel economy to power that worthless contraption.

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Another edit: at 27 MPG (which is what I get on the highway), it takes 49.6 MJ of energy to drive for 10 minutes at 65 mph. If I hooked up a HHO generator that could produce that much hydrogen, my fuel economy would drop by 1.22/49.6*100 = 2.46 %.

It is a SCAM. Put it on your car and enlighten me (unless you are selling the junk). I am not trying to sound rude or condescending, but if you take it that way it is because I am tired of hearing this crappy scam over and over at work and various car forums.

Don't bother responding to this post till you put the junk on your car and prove me wrong. HHO is a scam, the proof is in the smog laws in the U.S.A.
YOU do some research, IF the HHO was the real deal it would be MANDITORY on ALL internal combustion engines sold in the U.S.A. This scam has been around for YEARS. Don't be a FOOL and think this crap is new technology.
BILLIONS of dollars would be saved if it were real and the auto manufacturers would brag about a better fuel saver on there cars if they were using HHO systems on there cars. Guess how many companies are bragging about HHO on there cars......................................NONE. WHY? IT'S A SCAM, it would emberace them out of business if they put the crap in there cars as a fuel saving device.


Done with my rant, thank you for your kind and much appreciated INTELIGANT responses.