Could you attach a hydrogen flow to the carburetter of a petrol engine to power it?
-- so the hydrogen replaces the petrol vapours , mixes it with air , into the combustion chamber. Obviously a bit more complicated. But in theory could it be done? has it been done?got any info?
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Hey Bob,
Apparently, Yes, it can be done. it can be a lot easier than you might think as well. If you hold a flow of hydrogen to the carburettor, the hydrogen will be drawn into the chambers and combust, powering the engine. There are a couple of major problems with this though. First, you need a source of hydrogen, which means driving around in an H bomb effectively. If you were to use water, and make hydrogen that way, the vehicle would have to be very very big to produce enough hydrogen to allow the combustion to work, so even though it can be done in theory, it's not safe or is not feasible just yet.
As soon as someone works out how to get the hydrogen from water more efficiently, they will probably be the new Einstein (or shot by oil tyrants)
In theory it may be done after a lot of tweaking
But you need a lot of compressed hydrogen, and also avoid mixing that stuff with air. Also you need to have something to keep the hydrogen compressed
If you mean to use the petrol carburetter, the answer is no. An engine can, of course, be run on any fuel-gas but a specially designed gas carburetter is needed. A hydrogen fed engine has been operated (as long as fifty years ago!) but only as a research project as far as I am aware.
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Answers:
Hey Bob,
Apparently, Yes, it can be done. it can be a lot easier than you might think as well. If you hold a flow of hydrogen to the carburettor, the hydrogen will be drawn into the chambers and combust, powering the engine. There are a couple of major problems with this though. First, you need a source of hydrogen, which means driving around in an H bomb effectively. If you were to use water, and make hydrogen that way, the vehicle would have to be very very big to produce enough hydrogen to allow the combustion to work, so even though it can be done in theory, it's not safe or is not feasible just yet.
As soon as someone works out how to get the hydrogen from water more efficiently, they will probably be the new Einstein (or shot by oil tyrants)
In theory it may be done after a lot of tweaking
But you need a lot of compressed hydrogen, and also avoid mixing that stuff with air. Also you need to have something to keep the hydrogen compressed
If you mean to use the petrol carburetter, the answer is no. An engine can, of course, be run on any fuel-gas but a specially designed gas carburetter is needed. A hydrogen fed engine has been operated (as long as fifty years ago!) but only as a research project as far as I am aware.
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