Method for producing hydrogen gas on board and on demand for automotive use as a gasoline replacement

Abstract

This invention is a method for using electricity to break water down to its gaseous components of hydrogen and oxygen for use as a replacement fuel for the gasoline engines currently used in automobiles. The gas produced by this invention is known as HHO, but is also referred to as Brown's Gas and hydroxy. This invention is capable of producing HHO gas in sufficient quantities to be the sole fuel for the gasoline engine. This invention is designed to be installed in the automobile so that the HHO is generated as needed. The invention is scalable to meet the differing fuel demands of various engines.

1 . Given that fossil fuels are limited in quantity and are generally assumed to be highly polluting as a fuel source for internal combustion engines, this invention will alleviate the need for fossil fuels to be used as a fuel source for motor vehicles using a gasoline powered internal combustion engine. This invention uses electrolysis to create hydrogen and oxygen (HHO gas) from a distilled water/sodium hydroxide solution on demand and in sufficient quantities to be the sole fuel source for a gasoline powered internal combustion engine. This invention is completely scalable based on the size and fuel demand of the engine and the travel range desired. Scalability is possible by increasing the size of the individual cells, increasing the number of cells, or increasing the electrical supply or a combination of all three. This invention differs from other methods of producing HHO gas because of the configuration of the HHO producing cells. By isolating the electrolyte in each cell from the electrolyte in all the other cells, each cell is able to use all of the electricity to produce HHO gas without heating the water. 
     
     
         2 . A secondary benefit to implementing this invention is that a large number of components currently installed in motor vehicles for the purpose of fuel economy and emission standards will be unnecessary as the combustion of hydrogen in an internal combustion engine produces, as a byproduct, water instead of hydrocarbons, CO, CO2, etc. In addition, automotive designers will have more flexibility in vehicle design because they will not have to provide the fuel tank protection that is currently required as this invention produces HHO gas as needed, and does not contain the 10-40 gallon equivalent of flammable fuel that is contained in the current gasoline tank. Any spill resulting from a collision can be diluted with water so as not to be a threat to the environment, people, or animals. 
     
     
         3 . This has the benefit of reducing the costs of design, construction, and maintenance of a motor vehicle.