Re: H2O Fuel
Mike Johnston ( enki@csrlink.net )
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 20:58:13 -0500
Ok Good,
I know that your argument is basically given by quoting the second law of
thermodynamics and research done by Michael Faraday on the electrolysis of
water.
I believe however that there are several fairly cognizant arguments which can
be made to refute the validity of either of these reasons given in support of
your statement.
This is not to say that either argument is invalid. Rather, in the case of
the 2nd law, it is simply misapplied here. In the case of Faraday's findings
he was correct given the methods at his disposal at the time.
If the second law holds true (as applied here) then fossil fuels would be
useless to us because it would take just as much energy to refine crude oil
into gasoline as the burning of gasoline would produce.
My point here is that if you look at the process of separating water into
H2 and O2 as "refining" the raw material into a usable fuel it is much easier
to understand how, by improving our refining methods, we could indeed make
water into a usable fuel source. One that could in fact be used in most
currently produced internal combustion engines with minor retrofitting.
I spent some time developing various things to make use of this and will
probably end up putting some schematics up on the net or here as attachments.
I have given up on the fantasy of ever making any money out of it and so am
now just playing with the concept.
Actually any of the stuff I designed could easily stand alone no matter how
you produce the fuel gasses but the concept of the electricity generated by
the boiler I designed being used to "refine" the raw material is too much fun
to ignore totally.
The boiler I referenced is going to run at as close to 100% efficiency as
you will ever see in a steam fired boiler too (just a little bonus).
MJ
Thomas Buyea wrote:
> It takes more energy to do it than it produces.
>
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> Subject: H2O Fuel
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 19:02:47 -0500
> From: Mike Johnston <enki@csrlink.net>
> To: Interact <Interact@Keelynet.com>
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> Hi,
> Would anyone like to discuss H2O seperated into H2 and O2 as a fuel
> source?
> MJ
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