July 11, 2008

How Do Cars Using Water For Fuel Systems Work?

Water Fueled Cars - Overview of HHO Gas Systems

The whole world is facing a huge energy crisis. And it's not going to let up, or get better any time soon.

The price of gas has almost doubled in the US over that last 5 years, while in Europe they are expected to touch $12/gallon by the end of 2008. Looking at the current trend, there are no signs that this energy crisis will end in the foreseeable future.

And unless we change our ways, and dependence on fossil fuels, the energy crisis will spin out of control.

Infact, the entire oil crisis is quite logical given the fact that we humans have been exploiting our natural resources for the last 150 years or so. Although, at the height of industrial revolution these resources were perceived to be everlasting, we now know for a fact that this is simply not true. And there are growing concerns worldwide over the increase in green house gases due to the usage of petroleum based products.

All of this really leaves us with only one option, which is to look for alternative fuels for our energy demands. Although, the “talk” over alternative fuels has been going on since the early 1990’s, nothing concrete has been done to move forward.

Towards the end of last century electric hybrid vehicles were commercially introduced, but these were way too expensive to be an option for the average car buyer. In recent times, water driven hybrid vehicles have gained quite a popularity, and for good reasons.

It is now possible to drive your car by pouring water into your gas engine. Now this does not mean that your car will run entirely on water, but rather a small quantity of water needs to be mixed in along with gasoline to produce a clean “water gas hybrid fuel” which will power your car. So lets take a closer look as to how exactly this works.

The chemical name of Water is H2O. What this basically means is that every molecule of water consists of two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. When a car is outfitted with a hydrogen HHO gas generator system, the electricity from the car battery is used to split the water molecules (contained in the HHO generator) into two molecules - one of Hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen. This splitting of the water molecules is actually producing a gas known as Brown gas, or HHO. The chemical name for this reaction is Hydroxyl. It is this HHO, produced after hydroxyl, which provides energy for your car to move ahead while the oxygen produced in this reaction is released into the atmosphere through exhaust.

Several tests confirm that a car gets greater mileage and produces less harmful emissions if water is used to power the car instead of the usual petroleum based fuels. Plus, only a very small quantity of water is required for increasing this efficiency, and your car will run on this for several months.

There are several hho gas conversion manuals and do-it-yourself hho kits available on the market for converting your current car into a water powered hybrid car. Don’t worry about the installation of the water systems as these are very easy to install. And once installed they will not require any maintenance on your part, and in case you’re wondering, their installation is completely reversible. Hence, they can be easily removed and your car will again run on gasoline without any problem.