Oxy-Hydrogen Generator for Improving the Efficiency of an Internal Combustion Engine: A Sustainable Energy Project
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Chukwu, Uwakwe; McAlister, Taylor; Moeller, Marcus
- Source
- 2020 SoutheastCon SoutheastCon, 2020. :1-2 Mar, 2020
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Hydrogen
Refining
Internal combustion engines
Control systems
Combustion
Generators
Water resources
Chemical Reaction
Electrolyzer
Electrolysis
Internal Combustion Engine
Oxy-hydrogen production
HHO
- Language
- ISSN
- 1558-058X
Sustainable energy resources are the future of 21st-century energy. This paper presents the experimental work carried out with the goal to use water to produce an oxy-hydrogen gas (a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gases) for the purpose of improving the efficiency of an internal combustion engine when hydrogen is fed into the engine's air intake. The oxy-hydrogen gas is produced by the electrolysis of water. The project has been developed to the point of producing oxy-hydrogen gas. The gas is fed into the air intake of a single-stroke combustion engine but the combustion could not be sustained due to the poor coupling of the gas into the engine unit. The students are currently refining this aspect of the project and also developing control systems for controlling the mass flow rate of the produced oxy-hydrogen gas, as well as the mechanical and the electrical components of the entire system. Although the project is still halfway to maturity, this paper shares the authors' progress so far in bringing to reality a project that promises cheap, safe, and environmentally friendly energy to the world.