WATER POWERED CAR

IS IT ACTUALLY POSSIBLE?

BY-
SHANTANU(2K12/AE/77)
TUSHAR CHAWLA(2K12/AE/89)
 WHAT IS WATER FUELLED CAR?

A water-fuelled car is a hypothetical automobile

that uses water as fuel or produces fuel from
water on-board with no energy input.
CLAIMS OF FUNCTIONING WATER
FUELLED CAR
1. Garrett electrolytic carburetor(1935)
2. Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell(1980)
3.Dennis klein(2002)
4. Genepax Water Energy System
5.Dr Ghulam Sarwar(2011)
6. Agha Waqar Ahmad(2012)
TATA MOTORS FUNDING WATER CAR
PROJECT AT M.I.T.
COMPARISON OF HYDROGEN AND
GASOLINE AS FUEL

HYDROGEN PRODUCES 2.7 TIMES ENERGY

PRODUCED PER FUEL MASS,BY GASOLINE
TECHNOLOGIES USED IN WATER
FUELLED CARS
 1.ELECTROLYSIS

•WE ARE TAUGHT THAT THIS

CAN’T WORK IN CAR DUE TO
LESS ENERGY PRODUCED
•ON BOARD ELECTROLYSIS IS
USED.
2. JAPANESE WATER CAR
• ELECTRICITY POWERED (300W) CAR WAS MADE.
POWER GENERATION WAS SIMILAR TO NORMAL
FUEL CELL.
• MEA(Membrane Electrode Assembly) WAS USED TO
PRODUCE HYDROGEN FROM WATER INVOLVING A
“CHEMICAL REACTION”,BUT DIDN’T REVEAL THE
REACTION.
• GENERATOR WAS USED TO TAKE HYDROGEN FROM
WATER,THEN RELEASE ELECTRON AND GENERATE
ELECTRICAL POWER.
• PERFORMANCE:1 LITRE80 KM@80KMPH
3. WATER FUEL CELL-STANLEY MEYER
Electrolysis:
H2O + E1  H2 + O2

Combustion:
H2 + O2  H2O + E2

Energy:
E1 > E 2

• MEYER CLAIMED THAT HEAT RELEASED WAS GREATER

THAN ELECTRICAL ENRGY USED,THIS VIOLATES 1ST &2ND
LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS.
• IT MAY NOT BE ACTUAL FUELL CELL BUT AN
ELECTROLYTIC CELL.
4. HYDROGEN BOOSTERS
• ON-BOARD ELECTROLYSIS FUEL CELLS:
-HYDROGEN AT CATHODE AND OXYGEN AT
ANODE
-1-3% ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION i.e. KOH
• BROWN’S GAS : H2 AND O2 MIXED IN 2:1 RATIO ,
BURNS CLEAN AND PRODUCE HIGH COMBUSTION GAS ,
CALLED E-GAS OR BROWN GAS.
• AFTER PRODUCTION OF H2 AND O2 FROM
HYDROGEN BOOSTERS , BROWN GAS IS FORMED, THAT
CAN’T BE STORED BUT READILY BE USED AS FUEL.
ADVANTAGES OF HYDROGEN BOOSTERS
• INCREASES ENGINE LIFE
• IMPROVES GAS MILEAGE
• CLEAN EMISSION
• VERSATILE: CAN WORK WITH ANY IC ENGINE
• ACTS AS OCTANE BOOSTER TO FUEL MIXTURE
• INCREASES HORSEPOWER OUTPUT OF ENGINE
HYDROGEN BOOSTER AS A
PERORMANCE ENHANCER
5. WATER TO GAS TECHNOLOGY
• ELECTRICITY IS USED TO CONVERT WATER
INTO HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN,BURNT TO 2:1
RATIO THEN LEADS TO HHO FORMATION.
• HHO GAS IS BURNT TO PRODUCE ENERGY
AND EXHAUST WATER VAPOURS.
ADVANTAGE:-NO CHANGE IN IC ENGINE IS
REQUIRED.
 ASSEMBLY OF WATER TO GAS
TECHNOLOGY
• A 950 CC QUART SIZED FILLED WITH DISTILLED
WATER, AND A BIT OF BAKING SODA.
• THIS SETUP PRODUCES BROWN’S GAS AND
THAT IS FLOWED INTO ENGINE INTAKE
MANIFOLD OR CARBURATOR.
• IGNITION SWITCH IS CONNECTED BETWEEN
BATTERY AND DEVICE TO RESTRICT SYSTEM
FROM PRODUCING HYDROGEN WHEN ENGINE
IS OFF.
WATER TO GAS TECHNOLOGY IN CARS
 H.F.I. SYSTEM FROM CANADA
• HYDROGEN FUEL INJECTOR,ON BOARD
GENERATOR OF H2 AND O2 .
• MIXING OF INCOMING AIR AND H2 AND O2
IN INTAKE MANIFOLD.
 ADVANTAGES OF HFI SYSTEM
• SAFER,HYDROGEN AT LESS PRESSURE
• COMPLETE COMBUSTION OF EXISTING FUEL.
• REDUCES HARMFUL EMISSION.
• IMPROVES FUEL EFFICIENCY AND ENGINE
POWER.
 WATER TO GAS SYSTEMS
• UNIVERSITY OF CALGORY:
ON BOARD ELECTROLYSIS,WITH ADDITIONAL
HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN INPUT FROM
OUTSIDE.
• SOME OF ENGINE OUTPUT ENERGY WAS USED
IN ELECTROLYSIS PROCESS.
 CONCLUSION
• LOT OF FAILURE WERE ACCOUNTED BY
ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS.
• HYDROGEN BOOSTERS AND WATER TO GAS
TECHNOLOGY HAVE GREAT FUTURE AHEAD.
• ACTUAL WATER FUEL CAR HAS NOT BEEN
MANUFACTURED AND APPROVED BY THE
TECHNOLOGICAL FRATENITY.
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