Florida's very own water fueled car.

[Disgruntled70sHab]

There are some skeptical comments cited on the website below the article but it's an interesting concept.

October 12, 2006

Florida's very own water fueled car.

Here's a truly original home-grown Florida concept - add a water-generated gas to your fuel to boost its energy efficiency.

A company in Clearwater has patented a Hybrid Hydrogen Oxygen System (HHOS) that uses a gas generated from water as a fuel additive in a standard gasoline or diesel engine.

The company, Hydrogen Technology Applications Inc., has applied its system in two prototype vehicles — a 1994 Ford Escort Wagon and a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup.
Its 'H2O 1500 Aquygen™ Gas Generator,' produces what the company describes as
"a combustible gas made from water that is a safe, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly alternative to and enhancer of fossil fuels."

Test results are so encouraging that HTA says it is in talks with one auto manufacturer as well as the U.S. military.

The company says that with only slight modifications to the standard combustion engine it can increase your car's horsepower while also boosting fuel economy (miles per gallon) by 20-30 per cent. In the process, emissions are dramatically reduced, including CO2.

"Because the HHOS is evolutionary, not revolutionary, it utilizes the time-tested technology of the internal combustion engine and the existing refueling infrastructure," the company's website claims. "The HHOS could save billions of dollars in redesign and retooling costs compared to fuel cells."

The company's 'Aquygen™ gas' is produced inexpensively from water and is generated on demand by the vehicle. The gas was originally developed by HTA's founder, Denny Klein, as a substitute for oxyacetylene used in welding and metal cutting. The company says it can be used as an additive to any standard fuel.

The system is still in development and the company has yet to produce any retro-fit kits.

From HTA's website:

* the HHOS enhances proven technology, i.e, the internal combustion engine, which has been proven reliable over trillions of miles for more than 100 years.
* the HHOS can be retrofitted on millions of existing gas and diesel fueled vehicles.

This may all sound somewhat fantastical to the average reader, but it's worth noting that HTA's system of separating hydrogen from water using electrolysis has been around for years. Major companies including Shell are working on similar hydrogen gas technology. We recently quoted Shell's U.S. president, John Hofmeister, speaking at the lunch in Miami where he described a potential water-for-hydrogen energy future.

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[MC Habber]

Having looked at the website I suspect this is a scam. The claims about "HHO gas" are rather fantastic and I'm reminded of this site about "Dihydrogen Monoxide," aka water. Any chemists want to weigh in?

The first comment on that blog said this:

The hydrogen efforts of Shell, Honda, BMW, and other major companies aside...it's painfully obvious that hytechapps is actually a fraud. I contacted the company as a potential investor, and found that no one there knows a thing about science or thermodynamics. Their old website hinted that they had discovered a more efficient electrolysis process...but in person they will tell - with a very straight and serious face - that they've broken the laws of physics and chemistry, and that they are creating energy out of thin air.

If you confront them at all about any aspect of their theory, they will get very combative and start insulting you, instead of actually defending their project. I would recommend that everyone avoid being suckered into this scam, and invest their money in real projects, like Tesla's electric cars.

[Disgruntled70sHab]

That was what I was referring to in the initial post, MCH. It's good he spoke his mind but I noticed the very next comment was from someone in the company challenging him to contact them again.

I also noticed the article was dated for 2006. The concept is good but I'm wondering why this hasn't been given more attention.

Cheers.

[franko]

disgruntled70shab said:

I also noticed the article was dated for 2006. The concept is good but I'm wondering why this hasn't been given more attention.

The big oil companies. Its a consipracy. ;D

[Cranky]

Wow, another company that can defy thermodynamics.

From what little they offer, I understand what they are doing but in the end, they are not doing much. They use the engines alternator capacity to convert water into hydrogen and then burn the hydrogen. It's completely BS. They already consumed the energy in creating the electricity. By NOT burning that energy, they would get better gas mileage. Reality of thermodynamics is that every time you convert one form of energy into another, you have loses.

This is a scam....like the "hydrogen economy".

However......

If they combine it with my patented "cold fusion dildo technology" they may be able to shaft a few more investors...........