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How Hydrogen Fuel Conversion Can Help You Save

January 10th, 2010

Hydrogen fuel conversion is a technology that has been around for many, many decades. Hydrogen fuel technology is not only a great fuel alternative but it great for the environment as well. The technology of hydrogen fuel conversion is one that could very well help us ease our dependency on fossil fuels, our main fuel resource, a fuel that produces carbon monoxide which is bad for the environment in that it greatly reduces air (oxygen) quality.

The by product of hydrogen production is (H20) or water. Hydrogen fuel conversion kits installed on vehicles could drastically save by extending fuel mileage up to 50-75% thereby reducing costs because you are doubling or tripling mileages per gallon of fuel burned. » Read more: How Hydrogen Fuel Conversion Can Help You Save

How To Manufacture Hydrogen Fuel

December 18th, 2009

Hydrogen makes up a great portion of the Earth’s atmosphere. Perhaps you’re already aware of the hydrogen technology that has been greatly talked about in the past couple of years. Hydrogen technology makes use of the usable hydrogen to produce environment friendly fuel. Have you ever wondered how hydrogen fuel is made?
Physics can give you the answers. However, not everyone is good at physics. Leave it to the experts then; after all, they are the ones conducting various studies about hydrogen fuel production.
When wind airspeed is increased, water droplets are formed due to the chill factor. The droplets of water will be used to separate the hydrogen. Hydrogen is much lighter as compared to air. As air expands, hydrogen is caught and through the use of sound, hydrogen is separated completely. Does that sound clearer to you?
Hydrogen is often combined with other elements and if this is the case, hydrogen is taken out as well as long as there are four or more hydrogen molecules. There are several methods used to separate hydrogen. Two of the popular methods are water electrolysis and steam reforming. Scientists and researchers are currently studying new and more effective ways of producing usable hydrogen. Water is the most common source of usable hydrogen. Once the hydrogen and oxygen molecules are separated, usable hydrogen can be derived.
Refineries usually use various chemicals. Some researchers are already looking into the possibility of hydrogen presence in the said chemicals. If they can find a substantial amount of hydrogen in the various chemicals, they might be able to come up with an effective way of extracting hydrogen.
For now, you have to leave the production of hydrogen fuel to the experts. You see, hydrogen production is not that easy. The currently known methods are not enough to generate enough usable hydrogen to fuel cars and homes. There is a great need for an alternative fuel and with the hydrogen technology this need might be filled up.
You can now find hybrid cars that run on hydrogen fuel. Fuel cells are needed to run the car. The source of hydrogen for a car’s useusually comes from water (which contains hydrogen). It’s like you’re running the car using only water and some cool gadgets inside also. Well, the cars of the future will be running with hydrogen fuel.
Car manufacturers have released a limited number of hydrogen powered cars and they are already on the streets of the US, Europe, and even Canada. The hydrogen cars are limited because there is also a limited source of hydrogen. Perhaps in the future, there will be a great number of hydrogen stations to meet the demands of hydrogen powered cars.
Are you still wondering how to make hydrogen fuel? Log on to the internet now and conduct your own research. You can start by gathering information about water electrolysis and steam reforming. If you can understand the two processes, you will get a clearer picture on how hydrogen fuel is made.
With a bit of knowledge, you will appreciate the use hydrogen fuel provides. By the way, did you know that the production of hydrogen fuel is almost a hundred percent clean? Yes, and that would mean a lot to the environment that is currently facing pollution and global warming problems.

How Hydrogen Fuel Conversion Can Help You Save

October 27th, 2009

Technology has come a long, long ways in every field and autos running on water is no exception. Hydrogen fuel conversion is a technology that has been around for many, many decades. The Government chose to shoot it down when it very first surfaced well over 40 or so years ago and chose to outlaw it. I’m certain that they had their reasons, although I’m not sure just what those could have been.

Hydrogen fuel technology is not only a great fuel alternative but it great for the environment as well. The technology of hydrogen fuel conversion is one that could very well help us ease our dependency on fossil fuels, our main fuel resource, a fuel that produces carbon monoxide which is bad for the environment in that it greatly reduces air (oxygen) quality.

Hydrogen comes from water (H20) and has no toxic side effect that will harm the environment. The by product of hydrogen production is (H20) or water. Hydrogen fuel conversion kits installed on vehicles could drastically save by extending fuel mileage up to 50-75% thereby reducing costs because you are doubling or tripling mileages per gallon of fuel burned.

Although the technology has been around for decades it’s been somewhat suppressed and what is common knowlege to very few is unacceptable in this case to many others. Surely this huge planet has resources not yet tapped and some thats still yet to be discovered. The use of fossil fuels along with other environmentally toxic chemicals,and the cutting down of far too many trees among other factors, is why our planet is heating up. My Point? Had we started using this very technology decades ago it could quite possibly have contributed in a big way to Global warming. But that’s just one mans opinion.

Getting back to hydrogen fuel conversions,When mixed with air, extracted hydrogen from water turns into a very highly flammable mixture more commonly known as “Browns Gas” Now the name has nothing at all to do with the mixture but more so a person who had a hand in it’s discovery. Yull Brown is the person that i’m referring to. There is great controversy surrounding the fact that mr. Brown in fact was or was not the person who discovered Browns Gas.

Nevertheless the conclusion was that Brown’s Gas was in fact safe to use in 4 cyle engines considering you follow the engineers instructions on portions, and all the other variables needed to get it to the correct mixture to be used along with fossil fuels as a fuel for 4 cycle engines that is. Other applications my vary in these variables since Browns Gas has other useses as well.

With all of the controversy surrounding high gas prices all over the world many have turned their attentions to alternative full sources and hydrogen fuel conversions for autos have definitely been a topic that many have been researching. As stated above the extraction of this resource used along with our current fuel source may increase fuel MPG by as much as 75% in some cases while promising to lower fuel emmissions at the same time which helps the environment from toxic waste polluting the air.

Controversy has it’s place here as well. Some agree and some disagree with the fact that this discovery is possible. Let me ask you though, If we can put a space ship into space, incidentally Brown’s Gas is supposedly a possible fuel here as well, and if we can transplant or do surgery on the human heart, we had no hand in creating man, and in just a few days a person has extended life potential, do you think that just maybe we (man) who,infact invented the 4 cycle engine, could possibly make that 4 cycle engine run on another type of fuel extracted from water? Heck we know that engines run on used cooking oil, better known as Biodiesel and we accepted that. We accept the fact that sugar from candy is used in fuel for added octane for added fuel potency.

Hydrogen from water when mixed with air in a compressed state is very, very volatile and extremely dangerous. Just a spark near a small amount of this mixture could be catastrophic! Thats why harnessing it in the traditional way that we store fuel in our automobiles simply just would not work. As the hydrogen is being harvested it is being used simutaneously which does away with having to store it.

Alternative Fuel for environmental support as well as a possible future fuel adaptation Hydrogen Fuel conversion.




By: Donald Whitehead

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