HHO: Commonly Used Terminology

HHO/Oxyhydrogen/Hydroxy:
a gas made by water through electrolysis.
Electrolysis:
Using electricity to break down liquid between conductive plates in order to produce gas.
Running Your Car on Water:
Installing a HHO generator and feeding the resulting gas into your air intake to mix with your gas and supposedly create a higher energy burn hence using less gasoline.

Monday, May 26, 2008

HHO Cell Design Questions

The concept of using electricity to convert water into a gaseous state is not far fetched. However, the science published on the internet today is more conjecture than theorem. In short, everything is there except the numbers.

What I've learned so far this weekend is that there are a lot of holes to be filled with regard to benchmarking the process. From a design perspective, it's all over the board. I would be curious to find out more about the design from an engineering perspective.

1. The Plates:
Material: Stainless Steel, Platinum, Aluminum,
Thickness: is thinner better? is there such a thing as too thin?
Separation: How far apart should the plates be? What happens when you make them closer or farther from each other?
Count: How many plates are enough? 6 plates work better or worse than 60?
2. The Power:
Input Power: What happens with 12v 1amp vs 240v 200amp?
3. The Reaction:
Water Volume: How much water is appropriate for a given cell design?
Catalyst: Baking soda or salt? How much of each? Why not both? What if none?
4. The Gas:
Dangers: Will this fill up the room and explode when the heater kicks on? Will it suffocate the dog if it gets turned on while i'm at work? will it break down something in my engine and cause my car to fail at 30k miles rather than 300k miles?
5. Effectiveness: Will it increase fuel mileage? will it be reliable? Will it require constant maintenance?

These are some of the questions that I would hope to answer. Although my general impression is that this is little more than snake oil pseudoscience, I'd still like to understanding "why", from an engineering perspective, that it "is" snake oil.

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