Water Car. is it true?

Question

Is it true that cars can now run on water? can you give me any reliable sources for me to read

Answer 1

No, cars cannot run on water.  Water does not burn and thus cannot be used as a fuel.  Hydrogen can be recovered from water through either electrolysis or by reacting the water with hydrocarbons.  At the present time the second process is more economic and is the process used for commercial hydrogen production.  The hydrogen can of course be burned and used as a fuel.  But, more energy is used to recover the hydrogen than is produced when the hydrogen is burned.  Thus, you need an outside energy source.

Denny Cline's "invention" is just another example of a perpetual motion machine.  It is a scam, stay away from it.

Answer 2

I think that is true

This Source have developed devices that use a little electricity out of your car’s battery, to separate water into a gas called HHO (2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen). HHO, also called Brown’s Gas or Hydroxy, burns beautifully and provides TONS of energy - while the end product is just WATER! Mobile Magazine says HHO provides the atomic power of Hydrogen, while maintaining the chemical stability of water.

Answer 3

no.

Water is 2 parts Hydrogen to one part oxygen ( H2O). If you separate out the hydrogen you can use it as a fuel; but by the time you have used the energy to separate out the hydrogen, you have a net loss.

water is incompressible; if you have water in your cylinders the piston will either blow out the rings or the manifold trying to compress water.

Answer 4

It is partially true.  Denny Cline has invented a process for converting water into HHO gas using a form of electrolysis he is patenting.  He has retrofitted a couple of cars to use this gas as a fuel additive.  This car does not run on water.  He basically had to get a larger alternator for the increased electric load the vehicle requires for electrolysis to produce the HHO gas.  The main power source for this car is still gasoline, the HHO is just a supplement.  He is claiming an increase of 20-30% fuel economy on this vehicle.  

His patent hasn't been awarded yet, but I will be keeping an eye on it to see what he is doing different in his electrolysis.

Answer 5

Actually, the car you are now driving will run on water.  It is a little known secret that if you just add two aspirin to five gallons of water it will turn into gasoline.  (Why does this stupid question keep popping up?  Have you ever tried to burn water?  The energy required to separate hydrogen and oxygen is much greater than the energy generated.)

P.S.  Oh yah - I forgot - the only reason we don't have water cars is because Bush and his oil buddies have burned the secret plans for them.

Answer 6

About Richard P's post.  Wouldn't a turbo/supercharger vehicle see a larger gain since the air charge is heated as it is compressed?  I am not sure, it just seems that it would.

Answer 7

Actually... there IS a car out there that runs on water. Its like a water car boat type thing. I seen it on a television show, Discovery maybe. I don't have any sources or link to the information though.

Answer 8

There is a technology that made car run in water... not just car but also plane.. (use your browser)...

The biggest problem though it is available... the Energy Politics does not want people to use it because it can destroy the economy of every country.

Imagine how many trillions of dollar gets into the tax dollar? Think again if you beleived that our govt. really cares for its people... huh... better look at the big picture.

H2o is not the answer... it is H3O... instead of plain water it is heavy water... deuterium in other word..

it contains heavier oxygen than ordinary water. it can be found in the deepest part of the sea... try searching for the Philippine deep.. the deepest sea.. where deuterium is stored and can be retrieved.

Our modern science can get it but no govt. want to do it because it can hurt the oil tax dollars...

Answer 9

The problem at the moment seems to be fuel storage and energy density.

Hydrogen cars in development are using supercooled cylinders but the problem is - how do you keep it cool? Storing the H2 in Metal hydride seems a good way to go, as it is considerably safer if ruptured. - who wants to turn from a popsicle to a flame grilled whopper with a squeeky pop if there was an accident ?

There is development to generate H2 by feeding Aluminium wire into superheated water, then recycling the AL203 afterwards. This transfers the energy input  to an external source - so is ideal for vehicles. If wind or hydro power is used for the processing of the Aluminium, then the reactions would be environmentally sound.

Honda are working on a co-fuelled engine using their rotary engine principle, and they have a cool film demonstration of this.

However, the US military have experimented by injecting water vapour into the air stream on generator sets. The results are startling. They were achieving 70% reduction in fuel use, but at this ammount were suffering water contamination of sump oil.  This was in effect a means of CHARGE COOLING, and is available as a mod to most cars.

Cars without turbos or intercoolers will benefit the most, as the fuel mix is cooled on induction. Ignition is improved by better fuel distribution - caused by the waterdroplets turning to steam, and vapourising the fuel on their surface. Temperatures are slightlty reduced but not noticably, but the main effect is to increase pressure differential and therefore BHP.

Better still is to inject a mix of ethanol and water (first used to prevent freezing) or for the ultimate - use Hydrogen peroxide injection.  - It's like pouring liquid air into your cylinder, as it contains more oxygen than water, and leaves no residue other than water.

I will not take any responsibility for broken engines burning rocket fuel thanks.

Answer 10

If all cars ran on water, it would be more harmful to the environment as they would emit more water vapor, which is the strongest green house gas. Water is not harmless, it affects the environment in many ways, also if we used water for cars and transport, there would be a shortage of water for consumption.

It is possible to convert any car to run on water, you have to ask yourself why this hasn't happened yet in new cars-probably because manufacturers realise the consequences of running cars on h20. There is a BMW that runs entirely on water but it is £300,000.

Try googling: 'run car engine on water'

Answer 11

Unfortunately it takes approximately 4 times as much energy to split the hydrogen and oxygen from water as you get back when you use the hydrogen and oxygen to run the car.

This is not a fuel source. It is a net fuel waster.

Answer 12

Maybe,if the hydrogen can be seperated before it enters the compression chamber.

Answer 13

U will not get something for nothing.

Answer 14

The energy density of water = 0.  You would need stored chemical energy, to convert to kinetic energy.  If the stored chemical energy = 0, then you go nowhere.

Answer 15

No.  Because, ultimately, water is hydrogen gas that was already burned in the atmosphere eons ago.