There are many reasons why people are looking for alternative ways to lower their dependence on fossil fuels. There’s the recent economic downturn and also the bigger issue of global warming. While technology to fully eradicate fossil fuel use in vehicles is more than two decades away, there are many options available today that can help us improve fuel economy and gas mileage in our vehicles.
One of the more promising technologies out there is Hydro Assist Fuel Cell otherwise known as HAFC. It is a system, meaning there is more than one technology and more than one theory governing how it works.
To make it easier to understand, imagine that your car is an energy generation plant. Like all electric plants, it uses fuel, in this case, petrol. This fuel burned in the engine is what makes the car go forward. Aside from the forward motion, it also creates power for the stereo, the lights, the signal lights and electrical system. The HAFC system uses the energy created by the engine to make the system more efficient.
HAFC technology extracts a hydrogen-oxygen gas mixture from regular water by ionization. It uses the energy from the car’s electrical system and battery. This hydrogen-oxygen mixture, called Brown’s Gas, is added to your fuel before being sent to the combustion engine.
This Brown’s Gas is then added to the fuel before it is combusted in the engine. Brown’s gas extracted from water enriches the fuel mixture, allowing you to pump less fuel into the engine yet you get the same (if not greater) amount of burn, thus improving you vehicle’s gas mileage.
This system also uses powerful magnets to ionize the gasoline to produce smaller molecules that burn rapidly and cleanly. It is a common mistake that gasoline burns. Gasoline does not burn, however gasoline vapor does. Gasoline is made inert to lessen the chances of it exploding. Before it is burned in the engine, the liquid gas is turned into a fine mist and pumped into the car’s combustion chamber. Mist is still mostly liquid. HAFC technology turns it into a gas, and the system breaks it down further to make it burn more. This result in a more explosive mixture, means more power, and less emission, using less fuel. That is the reason why LPG cars that run on Liquefied Petroleum Gas are more popular, economical even.
Although more proof is needed, various studies have already shown that the HAFC system can save you a minimum of 50% in gas expenditures. This dramatic increase in mileage and fuel economy is expected will vary vehicle to vehicle, and depending on the uses the vehicles sees.
What is amazing about this system is that it will work on all existing gasoline-burning cars. No more converting you car into LPG fuel driven system; and unlike conversions to LPG fuel, there will be no need for modifications, only added components that will not burden the car. It is also compatible with other emerging technologies such as Pre Ignition Catalytic Converter technology, which should be available to you soon.
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