Name: Anonymous 2006-05-21 22:11
stolen from /o/. wanted some /sci/entific opinions.
the actual meat (see tiny "scientific paper" link at bottom of page)
http://hytechapps.com/science/index.html
home page of invention/company
http://hytechapps.com/applications/HHOS.htm
video news story
http://gprime.net/video.php/waterfuel
interesting. it looks like they're breaking down the water into hydroxide and hydrogen gas following
2(H20) -> H2 + 2HO
basically a partial electrolysys. this makes sense with the data presented. (unstable, denser than H2 and O2, but lighter than air, with different absorbtion and emission properties). it also explains the tendency to be a gas (loses polarity), and adhere to things. (superheated water simply recondenses when it collides with a surface)
As for the fuel properties...they are somewhat misleading. it makes an internal combustion engine more efficent by superheating the fuel during combustion; acts more like a catalyst than or chain reaction component than a fuel per se. as for running entirely on the gas, it is possible, but no better than brown gas (h2+o2). as conservation of energy states: at most, you get out what you put in.
the actual meat (see tiny "scientific paper" link at bottom of page)
http://hytechapps.com/science/index.html
home page of invention/company
http://hytechapps.com/applications/HHOS.htm
video news story
http://gprime.net/video.php/waterfuel
interesting. it looks like they're breaking down the water into hydroxide and hydrogen gas following
2(H20) -> H2 + 2HO
basically a partial electrolysys. this makes sense with the data presented. (unstable, denser than H2 and O2, but lighter than air, with different absorbtion and emission properties). it also explains the tendency to be a gas (loses polarity), and adhere to things. (superheated water simply recondenses when it collides with a surface)
As for the fuel properties...they are somewhat misleading. it makes an internal combustion engine more efficent by superheating the fuel during combustion; acts more like a catalyst than or chain reaction component than a fuel per se. as for running entirely on the gas, it is possible, but no better than brown gas (h2+o2). as conservation of energy states: at most, you get out what you put in.