Question:
I've came across some websites of people claiming to have achieved
onboard production of hydrogen by the simple application of electrolysis
:of water. Are they for real? What's your opinion??
http://www.fsic.com/hydrogen.htm
http://www.ipenz.org.nz/nzestory/aquaga2.html
Answer:
Question: http://www.fsic.com/hydrogen.htm
Answer: An interesting idea, but only anecdotal evidence given. Many "efficiency
improving" devices require a retune of the engine as part of installation,
giving an improvement in performance which would have happened without
the gadget. In short, let's see some proper performance data. It would
also be interesting to know in what sense the inventor uses the word
"catalyst".
Note that this claim is only for performance improvements from adding a
small quantity of hydrogen to the engine air supply. Quite apart from the
claimed results, there is nothing unconventional about the methods used,
as far as I can tell from the Web site.
Question: http://www.ipenz.org.nz/nzestory/aquaga2.html
Answer: Quite conventional really, suing a carefully controlled process to make an H2O2
mixture for welding as an alternative to oxyacetylene. No claims for
new physics here, mainly just careful electrical and control engineering.
I can believe this.
They don't seem to claim anything about on-board generation - what they say is
quite consistent with a plan to generate hydrogen at filling stations to
avoid transporting it. If hydrogen cars come in, and hydrogen is to be
produced by electrolysis this is an obvious and sensible way to go.
