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Hydrogen Gas
Hydrogen gas is extremely flammable and
when mixed with oxygen it explodes upon ignition. Pure
hydrogen oxygen (hydroxy) burns in the ultraviolet color range
and is invisible to the naked eye. Hydrogen is the most
abundant element and makes up over 90% of all matter in the
universe by number of atoms.
Hydrogen gas (H2) was first artificially
produced in the late 1400's by mixing strong acids with metals
although it was not documented and officially discovered until nearly
300 years later when Robert Boyle rediscovered the reaction
between iron filings and diluted acids. Henry Cavendish reported
that hydrogen gas was a unique substance and that in 1781 he
discovered that hydrogen gas produces water when
burned.
Hydrogen gas filled balloons were invented in
1783 and the Germans used hydrogen air ships in 1914 and moved
nearly 35,000 passengers without a serious accident. In 1937
the Hindenburg was destroyed in a mid air fire which ended the use
of hydrogen gas for transportation in air ships.
Hydrogen gas is an energy carrier, not a source
of energy. It is like a battery in which energy is consumed to
create and store the hydrogen gas and then energy can be collected
through a fuel cell or combusted in an engine. It costs more
to collect and store hydrogen gas than what can be garnered by its
use.
Many people do not understand how we apply our
technology to net an energy gain as opposed to an energy loss which
hydrogen gas normally causes. Skeptics say that it is
impossible to get more energy out of something than what you put
into it.
In our application of creating and immediately
consuming hydrogen gas, the energy gains come from:
Our application of hydrogen gas applies the following logic:
By using hydrogen gas as an additive to assist in the complete combustion of the vehicle's fuel load, we are able to offer net energy gains. These gains do not come from the energy that the hydrogen gas offers, but rather the energy that the gasoline or diesel that would normally be unburned and exhuasted as PM, HC and CO emissions. Our research indicates that emissions reductions are dramatically reduced by the following amounts.
While there is an energy cost associated with the production of hydrogen gas, the net energy gain from what would end up as emissions is greater than the energy input to create the hydrogen gas. By adding our hydrogen generator to create hydrogen gas on-board your vehicle, you will find a remarkeable improvement in power, economy and emissions reductions.
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