07-10-2014, 01:24 PM
Abstracts: The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and rising of the oil prices has led to search for alternative fuels. In order to overcome the drawbacks of the regular petroleum fuel, it is the need of time to completely or partially replace the petroleum fuel. But alternative options to petroleum fuel are having disadvantages. An electric or compressed air driven cars cannot be used where high torque is required or using hydrogen as fuel requires very costly storage equipments. The work is an attempt to reduce the drawbacks of petroleum fuels. Electrolysis of water can give us hydrogen in form of oxy-hydrogen gas which can be used as an alternative fuel for any internal combustion engine. The work contains method design for the production of oxy-hydrogen gas. Later blend of oxy-hydrogen gas and petrol or diesel is used instead of only petrol/diesel to study the influence of the oxy-hydro gas on the performance of the internal combustion engine. Oxy hydrogen gas is an enriched mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gas bonded together molecularly and magnetically. Oxy-hydrogen gas is produced by electrolysis of water using caustic soda or KOH or NaOH as the catalyst. Presence of oxy-hydrogen gas during combustion process decreases the brake thermal specific fuel consumption and also increases the brake thermal efficiency of IC Engine. Water is one of the by-products of the combustion process which also decreases the temperature of the combustion process. It is safe to use oxy-hydrogen gas as it is not stored but is produced and used as and when required. Its effects on hydrocarbon (HC), carbon monoxide (CO) emissions, engine performance characteristics and specific fuel consumption (SFC) are to be investigated.