This is from a bloke I used to work with...clever fella.
From: Proff Allen and Julie <fiero128@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 13, 2023, at 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: testing
To: Christian Raith <c.c.l.raith@gmail.com>
The hydrogen system was first thought of when diesel and petrol went up to $2 a litre back in the early 2000s. i talked to a local NRMA mechanic and he told me that in a diesel engine only 67% of the fuel is burnt, the remaining 33% was the black smoke that went out the exhaust, clogging up the muffler and EGR valve and the CAT converter.
Only 2 weeks after i purchased the 98 Hilux, i was driving up a steep hill west of north Richmond (Bellbird Hill) on Bells Line of Road, seeing orange headlights behind me in the mirror. The orange headlights were due to the black soot smoke i was releasing from my exhaust.
In a petrol engine according to the NRMA guy, 87% of the fuel is burnt. because this leads to smog and other harmful chemicals outside in the air.
The fuel injectors block and have a life span. At the time my 1998 Hilux, was known to have the need for the injectors to be removed and cleaned often. This was to cost me $160 for each and if i needed to replace the injectors they were priced at $2400 each. I needed to make a set and forget device to enhance the burning of the fuel.
Know enough about electronics, frequency resonance and chemical reactions. i emails a few in the USA and came up with a system that sends an RF signal through the water. I was unemployed so i had a very tight budget.
Over a few weeks i had enough to make this from scrap and what was available. The first system was copper. it worked buy i found the iron was being dragged from the water.
I added caustic soda to lower the resistance of the water to DC so the water would draw a current and added vinegar so the iron would not stick to the electrodes. Copper prices and copper had a better life span but not good enough. I was recommended to try stainless by the guys in the USA. So, I did. upgrading to marine grade a few weeks later when I could afford it.
I was so sceptical that this was going to be a waste. but I proceeded. gone this far did not want to stop trying.
Before this was installed, my Hilux was to empty a 60litre (about twice the volume of a toaster oven) diesel tank at 350km. I was so unhappy. my top speed going up bell bird hill was 20km per hour. could not afford to sell the car and had to make it right and cheaper to run.
After the installation, a 60-litre tank took me 800 to 1000 km and 45 km up the same hill.
I knew I had something good.
I had to tidy it up and make it sellable.
So, I did.
I saw others doing the same thing all over the country and they were charging $2500 and higher. There is no way I can charge that.
I had to make it cheaper and safer without making it inferior quality.
The electronics is in a metal case about the side of a packet of cigarettes (I don't smoke so it is a guess}.
The cells are PVC pipes to prevent any explosion in the case of an accident and it is cheaper.
The EPA and NRMA both require the system to be turned off when the engine is switched off, so there is a relay fitted that takes care of that.
The EPA required the system to be vented and the cells not to be in an enclosed area.
The cells are 400mm long and 100mm wide in a tube.
The electrodes are 360mm long and there are 8 in each cell.
Insulating the electrodes is fiberglass mesh.
As long as you keep the electrodes underwater the hydrogen will be produced, and all the fuel will be burnt.
The fuel injectors would last the life if the engine never needed to be touched ever.
For a motorbike, the system is a lot smaller and the cells with be placed wherever the rider wants them placed.
This system can be expanded if the fuel savings are not enough by adding more cells, the system can be adapted for larger engines, so it is not a one size fits all.
Each system is designed just for that engine. The smallest one was for a 3-cylinder driving from Brisbane to Melbourne weekly, his fuel bill went to $20, the largest was for a furniture truck and he saves 30%.
Allen
Hawkesbury Hydrogen
Berambing NSW Aust.
61412119530
61448119310
