Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Hydrogen for Today

Today I decided to discuss new technologies that have come out to increase our fuel economy on our existing vehicles. The main one I am interest in is the one made by Hydrogen Solutions Inc in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the H2N-Gen. This device is the size of a large cable box, and fits right under the hood of your car. The system is designed to run off of your batter or alternator and uses the electricity to extract the Hydrogen from a potassium hydroxide solution, which is then injected into your car's intake Since Hydrogen is lighter than air, the combustion happens when the cylinder is at the top of the cycle instead of in the middle as with gas. This cause less gas to be wasted and a better more efficient combustion, increasing fuel economy by decreasing the use of gas in the system. This is a very simple and elegant solution to present cars with low fuel mileage. Claims are right now that this can increase your mileage by up to 40%, and the device itself goes on sell in the US in March for about $1000. Now personally I'm looking forward to this, but I'll wait a few months to see how it works well with other cars, but I am excited about the fact that at least SOMEONE is trying to make existing cars run better so we can all get more bang for our buck at the pump.

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