Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Using Water Fuel For Cars

By Adrian Fletcher

In an effort to reduce the pain being felt by consumers at the gas stations, every possible alternative fuel source is being explored. This even includes water as you may have seen with the many water for gas products on the market. Although the name is a bit misleading, water is the resource used to create hydrogen gas through the process of electrolysis. This gas can be used to power a car provided the necessary modifications have been made. Using specialized equipment you are able to separate the hydrogen from the water and inject it into your cars fuel system.

There are two common methods for obtaining automobile fuel from water. One type uses hydrogen gas as a complement to your car's engine performance (which is powered by petroleum gas). The second typed is fueled by hydrogen gas which is produced either on or off the vehicle.

Hybrid hydrogen gas systems reduce the amount of gasoline your vehicle uses thus extending your miles per gallon while also reducing your vehicle emissions, as the combination of gas and hydrogen gives a cleaner burn, zero emissions fuel. When burned by itself with only oxygen, hydrogen emissions are just water vapor.

There are many kits that will help you use water as fuel for cars. The cheapest kits cost less than $100 and use parts from hardware stores and auto shops to help you convert your existing engine. More complex kits can cost up to several thousand dollars and include all of the parts that you will require. A true "water as fuel for cars" system will allow you car to run on pure hydrogen fuel. This system is the most expensive and labor-intensive conversion kit. Once you have finished with it, however, you'll never need to visit a regular gasoline station again. These systems take up a lot of space because they need either bulky equipment to process hydrogen or large hydrogen storage tanks to be installed in your vehicle.

In order to save gas in your vehicle you could either install a mini hydrogen plant in your vehicle for producing hydrogen or opt for a system that has the facility for storing hydrogen gas itself. However, the second option is practical only if you are located near hydrogen producing plant or fueling station. In this method, the hydrogen gas is produced in the plant or fueling station instead of in the vehicle.

Auto manufacturers like as Honda and BMW will likely feature storage tanks for extra water as fuel for cars as hydrogen fueling systems are not very common. These new hydrogen/gasoline hybrid systems will actually be the same type of gasoline engines currently in use that will be modified to allow the use of hydrogen gas as fuel.

The water as fuel for cars technology or the creating of hydrogen gas as a fuel, has existed for over one hundred of years and has been used in many different devices. It is even used in outer space. Due to various technical complications and the relative ease that existed in finding oil for gasoline, not much effort has been put into hydrogen gas technology. Given the finite nature of oil and the increase in fuel prices this could very well change in the next few years. It will be many years before hydrogen filling stations dot the nation, but you can fuel your car with water for gas technology right now.

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