Interesting. query, rather than storing water, why not collect condensate from the burning fuel, since water is one of the prime releases into the air?
On 12/9/07, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here is an often overlooked but surprising point regarding hydrogen as > fuel. Actually two linked points. > > 1) As long as we must burn fossil fuel, or even biofuel to meet our > transportation needs, then there will always be a significant advantage > to burning some hydrogen at the same time. There is no better catalyst > to use to accomplish a complete burn of hydrocarbons than a small amount > of free hydrogen - and this is especially true of diesel combustion. > > 2) At the same time there is no reason to manufacture hydrogen in a > separate operation or to store it in the automodible. The best approach > is to carry water, and then to either reform the H2O with the fuel (i.e. > variations of the Pantone approach) or to split the H2O using the best > thermo-electro-chemical process. > > In this way we can reduce the amount of biofuel which needs to be burned > considerably - by up to half - by using H2 - but not as the prime fuel, > instead as a combustion catalyst. > > The bottom line would be that if one needed an auto engine capable of 40 > kWhr in order to achieve acceptable performance on the highway, lets say > it is a small engine which burns biodiesel (especially algoil) -- then > the an output of 42-44 kWhr would be provided, along with a larger > alternator, so that 2-4 kWhr of electric energy could be parasitically > employed. This electric input is used along with heat and chemistry, to > split water (steam) which has been preheated by the exhaust. Ideally > some CO2 is reintroduced into the steam at this point. > > The H2, O2 and intermediary chemicals produced in situ by the > thermo-electro-chemical process are then immediately reburned and never > need to be stored. > > The flame speed and mobility of hydrogen at the start of combustion is > such that a complete burn is assured in a fraction of the time which is > required for heavy oils. There is also synergy, which has become fairly > well-documented by the mounting evidence. Much of that evidence was > mentioned in the "Pantone threads" a while back on vortex, but there is > a video and other information on this site, which is useful. > > http://peswiki.com/index.php/Video:Water_as_Fuel_(via_ZPE) > > Jones > > > -- That which yields isn't always weak.
