[TR] Fw: Hydrogen fuel.

[Dave1massey at cs.com]

In a message dated 8/1/2008 4:38:34 PM Central Daylight Time, 
bengeult at comcast.net writes: 
> A more appropriate reference for this discussion would be
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_fuel_injection
> 
> The Brown's Gas injection process doesn't replace the normal fuel 
> mixture as in the
> water-fuelled car article, it merely adds free hydrogen to the fuel 
> mixture.  This allows the
> car to run a much leaner mixture under certain conditions (like idle or 
> low load) with a
> corresponding improvement in both fuel economy and emissions.  
> Unfortunately for
> the people who just fabricate their own unit, it takes extensive 
> modifications to the
> ECU's air/fuel mixture map to take full advantage of the system.
> 
Now that makes sense.  Teh question is, how frequently can it be used.  They 
talk about at idle conditions but very little fuel is used during idle (except 
in LA rush hour traffic).  If this effect can be utilized during cruise 
conditions where most cars spend most of their time it can be of real benefit.

But, as you say, the ECU needs some serious reprogramming.  Otherwise there 
is no significant reduction in gasoline consumption and hence no benefits.

Dave