HHO generators

[Guest]

Anyone familiar? Been thinking about experimenting. Ran by the local HD on friday but they didn't have the ss fender washers I was looking for, big surprise! I thought about converting the motorcycle or if you could separate the hydrogen from the oxygen you could have a slow burning gas much like natural gas.

[610Alpha]

HHO?? Never heard of it.

[Jeremiah2913]

HHO?? Never heard of it.

Hydrogen generator, HHO is used to describe the breakdown of H20 as Hydrogen, Hydrogen, oxygen according to the chemical makeup of water. Electrolysis is a simple means of breaking them apart creating a very flammable gas. It requires a significant amount of input energy but both heat and gas are produced giving it versatility.By logic, seperation of the hydrogen from the oxygen could create a slow burning gas similair to but greater output than natural gas. It is being used to reduce the need for gasoline but currently the required input seems to exceed the output.

[Jeremiah2913]

Hydrogen generator, HHO is used to describe the breakdown of H20 as Hydrogen, Hydrogen, oxygen according to the chemical makeup of water. Electrolysis is a simple means of breaking them apart creating a very flammable gas. It requires a significant amount of input energy but both heat and gas are produced giving it versatility.By logic, seperation of the hydrogen from the oxygen could create a slow burning gas similair to but greater output than natural gas. It is being used to reduce the need for gasoline but currently the required input seems to exceed the output.

The main focus is fossile fuel production but as I said the major drawbacks are heat and required input. It does fairly well achieving an avg of 30% fuel efficiency making it a great addition to already fuel efficient engines like the motorcycle I mentioned. From what I've gathered so far, larger cells demand more input and create more heat but I'm not yet sure about multiple cells connected in series or parallel. If the heat generated by the process could be used to suplement a homes heat requirements you're seeing more output from the required input. I feel that current research is overlooking a possibly valuable attribute seeing it as a negative where those such as ourselves might see a positive.

[miked2345]

I've read a little about this other places on the web, and you mentioned one of the big problems... It takes more energy to seperate the hydrogen than the energy that you get back from it. Some folks are tinkering with solar panels and wind power to get the electricity required for the process. Of course, with that, you still have the intial outlay for the equipment and then the cost of maintenance of it.

[610Alpha]

So its kind of like making ethanol for gasoline....takes more energy to produce than what the product will give back. Right now it sounds like they need to refine the process.

[heyman]

I have a couple of kits that I put together, they can be purchased on ebay as well as numerous sites on the web. It can be used in diesel as well as gas engines but yes it does take alot of energy to make HHO. Another issue that has been brought to my attention is that HHO might cause a problem in aluminum blocks??? also in modern engines that have enough electronics to choke a horse, if you supplement your fuel consumption with HHO will the oxygen sensors pick up on it and dump more fuel into the engine? Does the oxygen sensors need to be "tricked" into sending less fuel? now with that being said the kits that I have put together have been sitting in my garage for over a year maybe one of these days I will install a kit if so I will take and post pics.