Originally Posted by Kurts
And I think the general consensus is (drum roll): snake oil.
So let's see, you're essentially creating H2O2 & then mixing it with your standard everyday household gasoline.
Below is a small excerpt from Wikipedia on 'Brown's gas':
The energy required to generate the oxyhydrogen always exceeds the energy released by combusting it. (See
Electrolysis of water:Efficiency).
Once again, the 1st & 2nd laws of Thermodynamics come into play & pretty much silence the swindler.
Let me see if i got this right.
According to Sonoros, electricity generation from an alternator is 60% efficient. The energy to my house would then lose some value because generation of oxyhydrogen is always less than what I put into it. Then we put it thru a 37% efficient Honda IC engine after a 10 hour charge that will just barely get me to work and back.
If I got this right, there is a smoke stack somewhere belching out a lot more energy than I need to get to work in my Crossfire by a factor of about 5 to 1.
Since hydropower is fairly well expoited in most of America and solar won't work at night that leaves wind power and Nuclear as non carbon power sources. I'm guessing coal, natural gas and oil burning will make up the difference.
So how does that help the environment or our current dependency on foreign oil?
roadster with a stick.