BoyntonStu
08-05-2008, 09:41 AM
From email sent to me from another forum:
BoyntonStu
http://hhohuntsville.com/
it has a forum you can sign into and supposed to have a live chat
every sat at 8 cst though i do like the way he set up the diy section.
Though he also has a point about no glass in the engine compartment
you never know when a rock will get kicked in there. i know i have
found rocks lodged in some odd areas just popping the hood to check
fluid levels.
AND i especially liked it when i found this on one of thier topic Q&A:
This is the second most question I hear: How much HHO is needed to
run your engine on 100% HHO...
This is a little easier question to answer believe it or not, because
there has been a formula created to give you a really good starting
point...
To see how much hho is needed to power an engine, consider a 1000cc
engine running at 1000rpm and calculate what volume is likely to be
required...
To determine a possible ball-park figure, the 1000cc (1000cc = 1-
Liter) engine capacity is drawn into the engine when two revolutions
are completed...
So, 1000cc's or 1-Liter will be taken in 500 times per minute...
That's exactly 500LPM...
But, only 1% of that volume needs to be hho gas and the remaining 99%
can be air...
So, the amount of hho gas needed per minute is 500 Liters divided by
100 which is 5 LPM of HHO...
Note:
This figure does not take into account the increased fuel needed for
loaded engine conditions, low-efficiency engines, and a host of other
practical issues, so it would be wise to assume some much larger flow
rate - say 4 times that amount for a heavily loaded, low-efficiency
engine, under poor conditions or - 20 LPM...
Most automotive experts say that an engine running at speed, only
succeeds in replacing 85% of the cylinder contents...
If this is correct, then only 85% of that 20 LPM will be needed to
run a 1000cc engine at 1000 RPM's... That works out to 17- LPM...
Remember this amount will have to be added for every 1000 rpm
increase...
EXAMPLE:
You want to run your home emergency generator on hho only...
Your generator has a 16hp B/S engine that is governed at an operating
RPM of 3600
FORMULA:
A 16hp B/S engine has an intake volume of - 480cc's...
480cc's running at 3600rpm's = 1,728,000cc's or 1728 - LPM, divided
that by two = 864LPM...
Now that we've found the volume needed lets see how much hho will be
needed to run this engine on hho only...
864-lpm divided by 100 (1% hydroxy - 99% air) will give us our hho
needs, this works out to - 8.64-LPM
8.64 - LPM will most likely run this engine, however, engine load and
other circumstances may require this figure to be adjusted by up to
four times this amount...
BoyntonStu
http://hhohuntsville.com/
it has a forum you can sign into and supposed to have a live chat
every sat at 8 cst though i do like the way he set up the diy section.
Though he also has a point about no glass in the engine compartment
you never know when a rock will get kicked in there. i know i have
found rocks lodged in some odd areas just popping the hood to check
fluid levels.
AND i especially liked it when i found this on one of thier topic Q&A:
This is the second most question I hear: How much HHO is needed to
run your engine on 100% HHO...
This is a little easier question to answer believe it or not, because
there has been a formula created to give you a really good starting
point...
To see how much hho is needed to power an engine, consider a 1000cc
engine running at 1000rpm and calculate what volume is likely to be
required...
To determine a possible ball-park figure, the 1000cc (1000cc = 1-
Liter) engine capacity is drawn into the engine when two revolutions
are completed...
So, 1000cc's or 1-Liter will be taken in 500 times per minute...
That's exactly 500LPM...
But, only 1% of that volume needs to be hho gas and the remaining 99%
can be air...
So, the amount of hho gas needed per minute is 500 Liters divided by
100 which is 5 LPM of HHO...
Note:
This figure does not take into account the increased fuel needed for
loaded engine conditions, low-efficiency engines, and a host of other
practical issues, so it would be wise to assume some much larger flow
rate - say 4 times that amount for a heavily loaded, low-efficiency
engine, under poor conditions or - 20 LPM...
Most automotive experts say that an engine running at speed, only
succeeds in replacing 85% of the cylinder contents...
If this is correct, then only 85% of that 20 LPM will be needed to
run a 1000cc engine at 1000 RPM's... That works out to 17- LPM...
Remember this amount will have to be added for every 1000 rpm
increase...
EXAMPLE:
You want to run your home emergency generator on hho only...
Your generator has a 16hp B/S engine that is governed at an operating
RPM of 3600
FORMULA:
A 16hp B/S engine has an intake volume of - 480cc's...
480cc's running at 3600rpm's = 1,728,000cc's or 1728 - LPM, divided
that by two = 864LPM...
Now that we've found the volume needed lets see how much hho will be
needed to run this engine on hho only...
864-lpm divided by 100 (1% hydroxy - 99% air) will give us our hho
needs, this works out to - 8.64-LPM
8.64 - LPM will most likely run this engine, however, engine load and
other circumstances may require this figure to be adjusted by up to
four times this amount...