Florida's very own water fueled car.

Here's a truly original home-grown Florida concept - add a water-generated gas to your fuel to boost its energy efficiency.
A company in Clearwater has patented a Hybrid Hydrogen Oxygen System (HHOS) that uses a gas generated from water as a fuel additive in a standard gasoline or diesel engine.

The company, Hydrogen Technology Applications Inc., has applied its system in two prototype vehicles — a 1994 Ford Escort Wagon and a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup.
Its 'H2O 1500 Aquygen™ Gas Generator,' produces what the company describes as
"a combustible gas made from water that is a safe, cost-effective, environmentally-friendly alternative to and enhancer of fossil fuels."

Test results are so encouraging that HTA says it is in talks with one auto manufacturer as well as the U.S. military.
The company says that with only slight modifications to the standard combustion engine it can increase your car's horsepower while also boosting fuel economy (miles per gallon) by 20-30 per cent. In the process, emissions are dramatically reduced, including CO2.

"Because the HHOS is evolutionary, not revolutionary, it utilizes the time-tested technology of the internal combustion engine and the existing refueling infrastructure," the company's website claims. "The HHOS could save billions of dollars in redesign and retooling costs compared to fuel cells."

The company's 'Aquygen™ gas' is produced inexpensively from water and is generated on demand by the vehicle. The gas was originally developed by HTA's founder, Denny Klein, as a substitute for oxyacetylene used in welding and metal cutting. The company says it can be used as an additive to any standard fuel.
The system is still in development and the company has yet to produce any retro-fit kits.

From HTA's website:

* the HHOS enhances proven technology, i.e, the internal combustion engine, which has been proven reliable over trillions of miles for more than 100 years.
* the HHOS can be retrofitted on millions of existing gas and diesel fueled vehicles.

This may all sound somewhat fantastical to the average reader, but it's worth noting that HTA's system of separating hydrogen from water using electrolysis has been around for years. Major companies including Shell are working on similar hydrogen gas technology. We recently quoted Shell's U.S. president, John Hofmeister, speaking at the lunch in Miami where he described a potential water-for-hydrogen energy future.

Here's what he said:
"In our Amsterdam laboratory we are producing hydrogen from water. That's our ultimate goal. That would be a remarkable solution to the world's energy requirements for mobility; to produce hydrogen from water where the only waste product from the fuel cell automobile would is water vapor. It's like perpetual motion, or an indestructible energy source.

Now, we have a long way to go for that to be economic and we need to keep working on technological breakthroughs to make it possible to do it at the commercial application level.
In addition to that we see other sources of hydrogen, whether it's from biofuels or nuclear sources, but in the beginning most hydrogen will probably come from hydrocarbons."

The main difference with HTA's HHO System is that it uses a hybrid technology rather than the stand alone hydrogen fuel cell technology currently being developed by auto manufacturers. HTA's Aquygen gas also appears to be far easier and safer to store on board. While it does not eliminate the need for gasoline, it does radically improve mileage while decreasing emissions.

“I always believed that water held the solution to the world's energy problems," says Klein. "I have made it my life's work and our company's mission to solve that problem.”

Click here to view TV reports on the company by CNN and Fox.

I encourage our readers - especially those who understand hydrogen technology - to let us know what they think of HTA's system and its potential commercial viability.

- David Adams

Comments

[paminator]

Water is not a fuel. It is the result of burning hydrogen. The water-powered car is actually running off the electrical charge stored in batteries that are then used to electrolyze water to make hydrogen that is then burned. Since more than 60% of electricity in the US comes from burning coal, you have just invented a complicated and inefficient coal-burning car.

[S.A.]

For those interested, Denny Klein's website has finally been updated:
http://hytechapps.com/

Spring 2008 for the car. You can buy the welder now.

[Sylvie LG Pollard]

Epoch Technology Corp are a company in Taiwan who make HHO generators for several applications. So this gas is being produced and it is being used and therefore cannot be a sham! The only reason we are not driving our cars on water instead of petrol or diesel, is because the government can't tax you on water and the petrol companies wouldn't be able to make profits from you anymore. I think it's pretty obvious don't you?

[paminator]

The closest thing I've seen to a machine running on water was on a Futurama episode, where a robot was powered using a water wheel. If you buy the water fuel claim, then I have a business opportunity for you as well. I have invented a way to unburn CO2 directly from the atmosphere. With it, we can run our cars simply by sucking CO2 out of the air and using it to power the engine. The tailpipe exhaust would have a fresh pine scent.

[globoterra]

If you're an avid PS3 gamer, then you know the importance of saving your progress for future game play.
Pls, help me!

[johnandrews52]

Can we run our car with water and gas?
Can anybody tell me is the HHO Gas is real working or is another scam?

[ronaldcollins]

hi there, I use water to fuel a car as a supplement to gasoline. In fact, very little water is needed, only one quart of water provides over 1800 gallons of HHO gas which can literally last for months and significantly increase your car fuel efficiently, improve emissions quality, and save money. I found the way through this site http://www.runcarsonwater.us i really recommend it to everybody, it's a nice ebook where you can find the instructions on how to do it! take a look.

[paminator]

johnandrews52- save your money. This is a bald-faced scam. The car battery is charged by burning gasoline in your engine. The battery charge is used to electrolyze water into hydrogen and oxygen with about 60% efficiency. The hydrogen is then added to your gas line and burns in the engine. Water does not provide any energy. Claiming any improvement in mileage is equivalent to claiming a perpetual motion machine.

[Dale Cunningham]

From an Inventor

To:
All the disinformation people of the world. Before you open your mouth insert foot in it and then learn about the topic your going to discuss. Then and only then can you take your foot out. I do not know about all the people reading this , but I personally wish all these disinformation people would take a powder. I personally know, and have experienced these types of devices and they work. In case you did not know water is H2O..... Duh.... what is in this water? Candy? silica? chocolate?..
I think these folks are all working for BIG oil! What do you think? Why is this type of information not getting front page news every day. IT is because your news media editors are taught to censor it and you do not hear much about it...... WE DO NOT HAVE FREE SPEECH.

[Desmond]

G'day, I would like to know how i might invest in Mr. Klein's HHO producing technology?

[Amongst the Crowd]

This idea would change everything. Keep working on it. Those who speak negatively about this project must not feel the pinch of the current economy. We need a change don't despise these, guys encourage them.

[Vicky]

Where are the online cheap kits? What happened to doubling your fuel mileage? I love the idea, I want to DO IT NOW!

[Vicky]

Oh, by the way, I DO ALREADY get almost 600 miles/tank in my 2006 VW Golf TDI! 40-50 mpg, better end with biodiesel!