| If you have been looking for ways of beating the | | | | Water Electrolysis for the Car |
| ever increasing price of gas, you may have come | | | | The "hydrogen gas saver," then, is a device which |
| across the idea that you can run your car on water. | | | | performs electrolysis on water, producing the HHO |
| It probably sounds too good to be true, but is it? | | | | (hydrogen-hydrogen-oxygen) gas. Though the |
| | | | | method of electrolysis is not a practical means of |
| Run Your Car on Water? | | | | providing all of the power for a car because of the |
| Can you really do this? To be honest: yes and no. | | | | huge amount of energy it would take to split such |
| While it is impractical to run a car on nothing but | | | | large amounts of water, it can be used to provide |
| water, it is possible to use water to boost fuel | | | | enough hydrogen to boost fuel efficiency when |
| efficiency and lower harmful emissions. | | | | mixed with regular gasoline. |
| Hydrogen from Water | | | | Installing a Hydrogen Gas Saver |
| As is commonly known, water is a simple molecule | | | | The hydrogen gas saver is a simple device to build, |
| made from two hydrogen atoms bound to a single | | | | being little more than a water tank with positive and |
| oxygen atom. The process of water electrolysis, in | | | | negative electrodes and an exhaust tube to capture |
| which DC current is used to split water molecules in | | | | the HHO gas produced. Used in combination with your |
| pairs to form two hydrogen molecules and one | | | | mechanicís usual advice (keep an eye on your tire |
| oxygen molecule apiece, is commonly performed as a | | | | pressure and oil, etc), this nifty little device can save |
| science experiment in schools today. While this | | | | you gas money! |
| process is currently not widely used to produce | | | | Conclusion |
| hydrogen because the process requires more energy | | | | While we should not overstate what can be achieved |
| than can be recovered by any process that is | | | | with a hydrogen gas saver, it is plausible that such a |
| practical today, it remains the simplest means of | | | | device could produce enough hydrogen to produce |
| separating hydrogen from water. | | | | gains in fuel efficiency. |