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This article is about the Water Fuel Cell invented by Stanley Meyer. For fuel
cells in general, see Fuel cell.
The water fuel cell is a device invented by American Stanley Meyer, which he
claimed could convert water into its component elements, hydrogen and oxygen,
using less energy than can be obtained by the subsequent combustion of those
elements, a process that results the reconstitution of the water molecules.
Thus, if the device operated as claimed, the combustion cycle would start and
end in the same state while extracting usable energy, thereby violating the
first law of thermodynamics and allowing operation as a perpetual motion
machine. Meyer's claims about the Water Fuel Cell and the car that it powered
were found to be fraudulent by an Ohio court in 1996.[1]
Similar devices have been promoted by others (see Water-fuelled car): there is
no evidence that any of these devices operate as claimed.
Construction
Meyer's device consists of stainless steel plates arranged as a capacitor, with
pure water acting as the dielectric. A rising staircase of direct current
pulses is sent through the plates at roughly 42 kHz, which is claimed to play a
role in the water molecules breaking apart with less directly applied energy
than is required by standard electrolysis.
Its name not withstanding, the water fuel cell is not a true fuel cell. It
would be an electrolytic cell, as it is claimed to produce hydrogen from water
and not the opposite.[2]
Meyer's water-fueled car
It Runs on Water is a video with Stanley Meyer which purports to show a car
powered by this fuel cell.[3] Meyer claimed that he could run a 1.6 liter
Volkswagen dune buggy on water instead of gasoline.[1] He replaced the spark
plugs with "injectors" to spray a fine mist of water into the engine cylinders,
which he claimed were subjected to an resonant frequency. The fuel cell would
split the water mist into hydrogen and oxygen gas, which would then be
combusted back into water vapor in a conventional internal combustion engine to
produce net energy.[1]
Meyer demonstrated his vehicle for his city's local station Action 6 News and
estimated that only 22 US gallons (83 liters) of water was required to travel
from Los Angeles to New York.[4].
Lawsuit
In 1996, inventor Stanley Meyer was sued by investors to whom he had sold
dealerships, offering the right to do business in Water Fuel Cell technology.
According to The Times, Meyer claimed in court that his invention "opened the
way for a car which would 'run on water', powered simply by a car battery."[1]
The car would even run perpetually without fuel since the energy needed to
continue the "fracturing" was low enough for the engine's dynamo to recharge
the car's battery.[1] His car was due to be examined by the expert witness
Michael Laughton, Professor of Electrical Engineering at Queen Mary, University
of London and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. However, Meyer made
what Professor Laughton considered a "lame excuse" on the days of examination
and did not allow the test to proceed.[1] The Water Fuel Cell, on the other
hand, was examined by three expert witnesses in court who found that there "was
nothing revolutionary about the cell at
all and that it was simply using conventional electrolysis".[1]
On the basis of the evidence the court found Meyer guilty of "gross and
egregious fraud" and ordered to repay the investors their $25,000.[1]
Death
Stanley Meyer died at the age of 57 after eating at a restaurant on 21 March
1998. An autopsy report by Franklin County, Ohio coroner William R. Adrion
concluded that Meyer, who suffered from high blood pressure, had died of a
cerebral aneurysm.[6] Conspiracy theories persist, however, that he was
poisoned, and that oil companies and the United States government were involved
in his death.[7][8]. It is argued that this was done to suppress the
technology, in spite of the fact complete plans remain available online[9]. To
date, no one has used them to produce a working prototype.
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