saurabhjain 2,284 Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 "ENGINE RUN BY WATER".. is it practically possible. Add your expert comments... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AllenKafchinski 13 Posted September 11, 2011 Report Share Posted September 11, 2011 I think NO.. And Yes... No if you're thinking about it as a fuel source, because its molecule is too stable already to easily find a pathway to a more stable combination. Yes if you think about it as a battery which contains hydrogen... If you were to fill a tank with water and KNO3 as an electrolyte (not sodium chloride because there is a risk of creating deadly chlorine gas) and apply electricity to perform electrolysis on the water. You are storing power from the electricity in the hydrogen. Thus you're using water and hydrogen as a battery. There is a net loss, so you will not get as much power out as you put in; therefore, it's best to be sure that the electricity you are using is coming from a renewable source (I'm big on self sustainability =P). Now lets say you have this setup in a car equipped with hydrogen fuel cells... You can add water, KNO3 and plug the car into a wall outlet to refill your hydrogen tank. Then the hydrogen fuel cells can do the rest, maybe charging a few deepcycle batteries and a large capacitor while powering the vehicle. I'm not saying this design will totally take off and radically improve car design. It is a good idea, but hydrogen fuel cells contain a lot of platinum which makes them very expensive and uneconomical to produce. I'm just saying it is possible to use water. However, there is a way for hydrogen (from water) to aid in combustion in a regular ICE... If you charge a deepcycle battery with a solar panel, and put it in your car to have it perform electrolysis on water (with KNO3 again) then feed the gas (oxygen and hydrogen) into the intake. The energy you're burning originally came from the sun (dont fall for the bs systems that tell you to hook a system like this up to your car charging system)... I would expect a net gain of 5 to 10 mpg depending on the vehicle and how well the system is set up. saurabhjain and Sritika Chetry 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lumbasi Yohana 0 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Expert in cummins engines and power generators Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tooldtocare 0 Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 The link is the opposite but still applies see link to topic in this forum Seaengine design to use combined rising air bubbles as force - Mechanical engineering Ideas - Mechanical Engineering (mechanical-engg.com) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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