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http://www.eskimo.com/~ghawk/rotary.html
ry Hydrogen Engine -- From New Zealand.
A clean-burning rotary hydrogen engine is being worked on by a group in New Zealand. Here's a statement from the principle member of the team, Wolf Brinsbury:
STEAM ENGINE WITHOUT A BOILER
As hydrogen is much hotter than our present fuels, we are looking to turn this into an advantage rather than a problem (as it has been considered in ordinary internal combustion engines, causing an overheating of valves). What we propose with our rotary engine is to use this higher temperature of the hydrogen as a catalyst or trigger.
We use water injection along with a small amount of hydrogen. On igniting, the heat turns the water vapor into high pressure steam on each power stroke. We are not looking at power being derived from the hydrogen. It will be from the steam with the hydrogen as the internal heat source. This being the reverse of the present steam engine, where a large body of water is heated externally. We use a small body of water internally.
To dissociate the hydrogen and oxygen in water without electrolysis requires a temperature of 800 degrees F. Water per volume expands 1700 times during that change, exerting tremendous force. This force is elastic, not like the hammer blows of the internal combustion engine. The diesel engine obtains its heat from high compression of the air reaching temperatures of 1000 degrees or more. This though, creates back pressure which is power loss on the up stroke. With hydrogen and water we eliminate this. I cannot use the term "stroke" as we have no piston, a round rotor revolves in a circle in one direction.
Our first aim is to move into the marine field. We are looking to get away from the burning of fossil fuels and the pollution of this planet. The oil companies are naturally limited in their lifespan.
http://www.eskimo.com/~ghawk/rotary.html
ry Hydrogen Engine -- From New Zealand.
A clean-burning rotary hydrogen engine is being worked on by a group in New Zealand. Here's a statement from the principle member of the team, Wolf Brinsbury:
STEAM ENGINE WITHOUT A BOILER
As hydrogen is much hotter than our present fuels, we are looking to turn this into an advantage rather than a problem (as it has been considered in ordinary internal combustion engines, causing an overheating of valves). What we propose with our rotary engine is to use this higher temperature of the hydrogen as a catalyst or trigger.
We use water injection along with a small amount of hydrogen. On igniting, the heat turns the water vapor into high pressure steam on each power stroke. We are not looking at power being derived from the hydrogen. It will be from the steam with the hydrogen as the internal heat source. This being the reverse of the present steam engine, where a large body of water is heated externally. We use a small body of water internally.
To dissociate the hydrogen and oxygen in water without electrolysis requires a temperature of 800 degrees F. Water per volume expands 1700 times during that change, exerting tremendous force. This force is elastic, not like the hammer blows of the internal combustion engine. The diesel engine obtains its heat from high compression of the air reaching temperatures of 1000 degrees or more. This though, creates back pressure which is power loss on the up stroke. With hydrogen and water we eliminate this. I cannot use the term "stroke" as we have no piston, a round rotor revolves in a circle in one direction.
Our first aim is to move into the marine field. We are looking to get away from the burning of fossil fuels and the pollution of this planet. The oil companies are naturally limited in their lifespan.
