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Several Companies with New technologies Coming Online
Nov 15th
These different cards are coming online that are using, individually, some of the smartest efficent technologies available.
#1, the Fuel Vapor Car, utilizing ancient vaporization technology to fully convert liquid gasoline into a gaseous form. Its a misnomer that gas is a gas, its not, its a liquid. On gaseous gasoline explodes, therefore injecting liquid, no matter how fine the mist is clearly obsurb. With vaporization the entirety of the liquid fuel is converted to a gaseous form. This requires a completely novel injection system, typically referred to as direct injection. The Fuel Vapor Car averages around 100 MPG, and that just making the engine use fuel correctly; what if the fuel is enhanced?
#2, the Scorpion Supercar, is using hydrogen fuel enhancement technology. The very same technology that is talked about on www.waterfuelconverters.com, is being implemented by Ronn Motor Company. They will use onboard electrolyzers, to produce hydrogen, to increase the flame velocity of gasoline as it burns in the engine. The increased flame velocity all the timing of the engine to be advanced, and the compression ratios to be increased. The faster flame velocity narrows the combustion timeframe, allowing more of the fuel to combust at the optimum crank angle before the TDC mark. This translated into a directly proportional increase in power output; if 2.5% of fuel combusts after TDC, but is not burning before, then the engine will produce 2.5% more energy.
#3, the Chevy Volt, is utilizing the most intelligent form of the hybrid design. The gasoline engine has no business being directly connected to the vehicles transmission. Variance in its RPMs has a negative impact on efficiency, therefore the RPM must be fixed at the optimum value. The only way to do this is not have it connected to the drive train. The engine, in the Volt, will be producing electricity at the most efficient RPM value. As a result when the gasoline engine is operating the MPG is theoretically maximized with regard to efficient electricity production. The combination of how the vehicle will produce electricty, and the full electric drivetrain results in a stage 2 hybrid vehicle that will get more gas mileage than anything previously on the road made by a major auto manufacturer.
In Time
May 7th
Automotive fuel enhancement systems are notorious around the internet. Because of assembly, installation, and tuning requirements the technology has laid dormant relative to society at large. Concluding that the technology is not ready for mainstream is required to justify lack of widespread implementation.
The following is a list of Journal Articles in Mainstream Publications that highlight the time and effort that past researchers have put into using hydrogen based fuels to enhance carbon fuel combustion.
Update Heavy-Duty Engine Emission Conversion Factors for Mobile6: Analysis of BSFCs and Calculation of Heavy-Duty Engine Emission Conversion Factors, United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA420-P-98-015, May 1998
Lax and Rucker, Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Fuel Economy and Consumption Trends, Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 810023, February, 1981
Houseman and Cerini, Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Technology, On-Board Hydrogen Generator for a Partial Hydrogen Injection Internal Combustion Engine, August 1974, SAE Paper # 740600
Kong, Crane, Patel and Taylor, NOx Trap Regeneration with an On-Board Hydrogen Generation Device, March 2004, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2004-01-0582
Welch and Wallace, Ortech International and University of Toronto, Performance Characteristics of a Hydrogen-Fueled Diesel Engine with Ignition Assist , October 1990, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 902070
Hoekstra, Van Blarigan and Mulligan, University of Central Florida, Sandia National Labs and Florida Solar Energy Center, NOx Emissions and Efficiency of Hydrogen, Natural Gas, and Hydrogen/Natural Gas Blended Fuels, , May 1996, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 961103
Tunestal et al., Lund Institute of Technology and Swedish Gas Center, Hydrogen Addition For Improved Lean Burn Capability of Slow and Fast Burning Natural Gas Combustion Chambers, October 2002, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2002-01-2686
Ochoa, Dwyer, Wallace and Brodrick, University of California at Davis, Emissions from Hydrogen Enriched CHG Production Engines, October 2002, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2002-01-2687
Fontana, Galloni, Jannelli, and Minutillo, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Cassino, Performance and Fuel Consumption Estimation of a Hydrogen Enriched Gasoline Engine at Part-Load Operation, July 2002, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2002-01-2196
Tully and Heywood, General Motors and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lean-Burn Characteristics of a Gasoline Engine Enriched with Hydrogen from a Plasmatron Fuel Reformer, , March 2003, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2003-01-0630
Natkin et al., Ford Motor Company and University of California-Riverside, Hydrogen IC Engine Boosting Performance and NOx Study, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2003-01-0631
Conte and Boulouchos, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Influence of Hydrogen-Rich-Gas Addition on Combustion, Pollutant Formation and Efficiency of an IC-SI Engine, March 2004 SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2004-01-0972
Allgeier et al., Robert Bosch Gmbh, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and HTI Biel, Advanced Emission and Fuel Economy Concept Using Combined Injection of Gasoline and Hydrogen in SI-Engines, March 2004, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2004-01-1270
Tomita, Kawahara, Piao, Fujita, and Hamamato; Hydrogen Combustion and Exhaust Emissions Ignited with Diesel Oil in a Dual Fuel Engine, September 2001, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2001-01-3503
User’s Guide to Mobile6.1 and Mobile6.2, Mobile Source Emission Factor Model, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Section, August 2003, EPA420-R-03-010
Frequently Asked Questions to MOBILE6, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Assessment and Standards Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, EPA420-B-013, November 2003
Kihara, Tsukamato, Matsumoto, Kon and Murase; Real-Time On-Board Measurement of Mass Emission of NOx, Fuel Consumption, Road Load, and Engine Output for Diesel Engines, March 2000, SAE Technical Paper Series Paper # 2000-01-1141
Lenz and Cozzarini; Emissions and Air Quality, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1999, ISBN 0-7680-0248-6, pages 32-33
Taylor and Gagnon, Environment Canada’s Proposed Plan for the Canadian Conversion of MOBILE6.2, Environment Canada, Pollution Data Branch and Transportation Systems Branch, July, 2003
Kreucher, Ford Motor Co., Economic, Environmental and Energy Life-Cycle Inventory of Automotive Fuels, SAE Technical Paper Series, December, 1998, Paper # 982218
He and Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, Contribution Feedstock and Fuel Transportation to Total Fuel-Cycle Energy Use and Emissions, October 2000, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2000-01-2976
Camobreco, Sheehan, Duffield and Graboski, Ecobalance, Inc., DOE National Renewable Energy Lab, USDA and Colorado School of Mines, Understanding the Life-Cycle Costs and Envrionmental Porfile of Biodiesel and Petroleum Diesel Fuel, April 2000, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2000-01-1487
Joshi, Lave, McLean and Lankey, Michigan State University, Carnegie Mellon University and US EPA, A Life Cycle Comparison of Alternative Transportation Fuels, April 2000, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2000-01-1516
J.J.J. Louis, Shell Global Solutions, Well-to Wheel Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Various Vehicle Technologies, March 2001, SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper # 2001-01-1343
Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits, Air Resources Board, California Environmental Protection Agency, State of California, Guidelines for the Generation and Use of Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits, February, 1996 p.71
Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits, Air Resources Board, California Environmental Protection Agency, State of California, Guidelines for the Generation and Use of Mobile Source Emission Reduction Credits, February, 1996 p.77
Hsu, Practical Diesel-Engine Combustion Analysis, 2002 SAE International, SAE #R-327 ISBN: 0-7860-0914-6
Fitch, Motor Truck Engineering Handbook, 4th edition, 1994 Society of Automotive Engineers, ISBN: 1-56091-378-9
Holt, Alternative Diesel Fuels, 2004 SAE International, ISBN: 0-7680-1331-3
Ross, Internal Combustion Engine Kit with Electrolysis Cell, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent # 6,209,493 , April 3, 2001
Ross, Electrolysis Cell and Internal Combustion Engine Kit, , Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Patents # 2278917 & 2349508, July 27, 1998 & June 4, 2001
Schlapbach and Zuttel, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Research and Testing, University of Fribourg, Transformation of Hydrogen into Clean Mobility Fuel Using Fuel Cells: the Storage Problem, submitted to Nature, May 29, 2001
Holt, Alternative Diesel Fuels, 2004 SAE International, January 2004, ISBN: 0-7680-1331-3, page 180
Because these articles are typically privy to only the scientific community, the general public does not read them or see them on the news. Justification of technological viability must come from mainstream authorities! It would be nice if CNN would do an Documentary about these articles!! They all are about the concept of “fuel enhancement”.