Now a days i heared that water itself can be used as fuel in ordinary vehicles.Is it true?And how it works?

Question

Now a days i heared that water itself can be used as fuel in ordinary vehicles.Is it true?And how it works?

Answer 1

It is true, it is invented by a Filipino, but due to lack of government support, he sold the invention to other country.

Answer 2

Not true.

There is a widespread scam about a device that uses the car's electricity to break water down to H2 and O2, which is then injected into the engine. This is a total scam.

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Answer 3

Water powered vehicles do not exist.  Even Hydrogen powered vehicles, are indeed, not water powered.

In a hydrogen powered vehicle, energy must be generated from an initial power source, and used to break down the water into hydrogen and oxygen before the hydrogen can be used for fuel.  To create the hydrogen, you must use electrical energy derived from an external source, most likely which is initially obtained from an electrical generator that is probably fueled by oil, natural gas, or coal. And the energy needed to produce the hydrogen is much more than the energy that you get out of the hydrogen.  So folks, as of today, hydrogen powered vehicles are still really powered in most cases by fossil fuels!!!!!!

No one really likes to talk about that in the news, do they? Simply put, a hydrogen powered vehicle is ultimately a less efficient use of our fossil fuel resources than a  hybrid or conventionally powered gasoline vehicle.  The ONE and only thing it does is shift the pollution caused by a combustion engine from the point of useage, to the point of energy production, ie,. the location of the power plant.  And it also needs more fuel, due to losses in power lines and the additional process of creating the hydrogen, than simply putting gasoline into a relatively efficient gasoline engine, and using it right there in your automobile.

Any environmentalist that thinks a hydrogen fuel vehicle is better for the environment is absolutely 100% WRONG.

You are causing a larger carbon footprint on the planet by using hydrogen, just shifting it from your car to another location!!

When anyone says the only output from running a hydrogen powered vehicle is just water vapor, they are just wrong.  Yes water vapor from the exhaust pipe, but about 8 times more pollutants at the initial power generation location.  So all you California guys who think it helps are just moving your LA pollution to someone else's backyard.

Ahh, NIMBY, Not In My Back yard, what a wonderful but certainly hypocritical way to solve an issue!  Just like not drilling for oil here in the US and instead, buying oil from the middle east where there is little or no attention paid to the environmental issues. Or the added environmental danger and impact caused by shipping oil thousands of miles across the ocean using massive ships that are burning tremendous amounts of fuel to make each trip!

I have actually seen a demo of a car that apparently uses water directly as a fuel.  In this case, the vehicle simple has a small hydrolysis device on the vehicle.  The problem is that this device is powered by on board batteries, which are used to power the hydrolysis mechanism, and when they run out, you must re-charge them from the power lines.  And NO, you can not re-charge the batteries from the power you generate from the hydrogen, there is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine in physics! You don't know how many people don't understand that!

Here's the kicker, the hydrogen vehicle is a neat trick, but if you used the batteries directly to power the electric motors, it would be about 60% more efficent!!  You are still back to square one, producing your energy from an oil powered generator somewhere on the grid, and using it still less efficiently than if you just gassed up your current vehicle .

My thesis here is simply put, a hyrdrogen or water powered vehicle will use more fossil fuel and cause more pollution and a larger carbon footprint than a conventional gas powered vehicle.  The only benefit is that the driver "feels better about himself" because he never sees the smoke comming out of the tailpipe of never actually stops and tanks up on gasoline.

People really need to look at and understand the implications of some so called revolutionary new technologies that seem to be so great.

Hydrogen fuel cells are nothing more than a temporary storage meduim for power, not the source itself.  You still need to start the power generation somewhere else.  And most of that comes from fossil fuels.  Until we build many more Nuclear power plants to change the initial source from fossil fuels, and to re-charge our hydrogen powered or battery powered vehicles, we are gettng no where, and actually making things worse.  How about some wind power?..that really does work to generate electricity and caues no carbon footprint?  Get over the NIMBY thing again about messing up you view.  This is the way to go and has been used all over the world for years.  From the old Dutch twindmills to the praries of the US, the new high tech windmills can produce inexpensive and pollution free electricity that can power our homes, industries and re-charge our electric or hydrogen powered cars. Lets just do it.

Answer 4

The real fact is that, the technology is very much in place.

But the size of the plant is huge that there is no space in the car to accommodate it. The research has been going on to reduce the size of the treatment plant for separating water into Hydrogen & oxygen.

Answer 5

I don't know correctly. But i think that by splitting the hydrogen from water and utilising the atmospheric oxygen it can be used as fuel.

Answer 6

I have seen at least one video on YouTube showing how you can use water to run a car. But the car is not your ordinary car, but is modified with arrangements to convert water to hydrogen by electrolysis and then use the hydrogen to run the car. It is a futuristic car. Many companies are developing cars which run on hydrogen,  as hydrogen is going to be the source of energy of the future.  Lot of development is required before everybody can buy such cars. You may get more details by visiting my blog on hydrogen economy at          http://gblogger-hydrogeneconomy.blogspot...

Answer 7

No, you may have misunderstood the commercials. A couple of automakers have a hydrogen fuel cell car available, and the emissions are water instead of exhaust. But I can see where you might have thought that.

They are too expensive for most people right now, and production capacity is very limited... three year lead out for BMW?

But a stanley steamer might be okay :)

Answer 8

yeah, a new car is invented in japan called H2O. it runs about 80 km for a litre of water. it works on the principle of generating electricity. the water will flow from the tank to the engine, in the engine there will be a small turbine which will start to rotate when water falls on it, by this electricity is produced and by this electricity car will run.

Answer 9

heyy

water is not used as a fuel

but heavy water is usd as a fuel

(in heavy water,hydrogen atom is replaced by deutarium)

Answer 10

here check this article out or go to source

We've seen plenty of promises about water-powered cars (among other things), but it looks like Japan's Genepax has now made some real progress on that front, with it recently taking the wraps off its Water Energy System fuel cell prototype. The key to that system, it seems, is its membrane electrode assembly (or MEA), which contains a material that's capable of breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen through a chemical reaction. Not surprisingly, the company isn't getting much more specific than that, with it only saying that it's adopted a "well-known process to produce hydrogen from water to the MEA." Currently, that system costs on the order of ¥2,000,000 (or about $18,700 -- not including the car), but company says that if it can get it into mass production that could be cut to ¥500,000 or less (or just under $5,000). Head on past the break for a video of car in action courtesy of Reuters.

Answer 11

What they are talking about is splitting the water molecules back into hydrogen and oxygen.  These gases will burn and can be used for fuel.  The problem lies in that it takes so much energy to split the molecules and the amount of gases needed to provide enough power.

The kits that are being advertised now, will only assist in reducing the amount of fuel that is needed.  I haven't tried it, and don't expect to try it, but I wouldn't think that it would actually be that big of an increase in fuel economy to make it worth the trouble to install the system.

good luck.

Answer 12

It is said that  hydrogen can be used as a fuel. water is made of hydrogen and oxygen,H2O.Then why cant be hydrogen is separated from water and used as a fuel?

Answer 13

not true as yet. only stories.