SALT WATER ENGINE-The POWER Of IDEA!
SALT WATER
ENGINE
Author – S. SHAALINI
Everyone knows that most of
the engines of any vehile that we use in our day to day life like motor bikes,
cars, bus and auto, runs on petrol or diesel.
These gasoline is considered to be fossil fuels that is non-renewable which
on combustion process emits number of air pollutants like carbon dioxide and
sulphur dioxide in large amount, even renewable source like ethanol would
result so that are harmful to human health and other organisms and discharges
into air that we breath in.
Engine with
Salt water?
Salt water engine is the best
alternative to serve the environment by eco-friendly in nature. Yes, what you understood is right. Salt water can be used as a fuel that could
be the next feasible alternative of oils.
India proves to be one of the biggest importers (3rd) of oil
that imports nearly 83% of oil from Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The country spent an estimated Rs. 8.81 lakh
crore (US$ 130 billion) to import 228.6 million tones of crude oil in just 1
year (2018-2019).
A 63 year old former
broadcast engineer, John Kanzius with an incredible idea who proposed that salt
water burn at high temperature. Kanzius admitted himself that this idea of him could not be
considered as an energy source for vehicles out there, as more energy is used to produce the RF signal
than that can be obtained from the burning gas. He also stated in July 2007 that he never
claimed his discovery would replace oil, asserting only that his discovery was "thought provoking."
While the world is covered
70% of water, pure water is still being rarely found naturally for our
consumption. Pure water (H2O)
is composed of hydrogen (2H2+) and oxygen (O-), whereas
salt water is loaded with sodium (Na+) and Chloride (Cl-)
with few other quantities of magnesium (Mg2+), sulphate (SO42-),
potassium (K+) and calcium (Ca2+). Didn’t you pop up with a question asking,
The reason is, hydrogen is
flammable and oxygen is inflammable. You can combust the hydrogen initially but
you need oxygen supply to sustain the combustion process. We all know this from a simple trick that we
learned in our early classes, when a lighted up candle goes off, when covered
with a glass jar due to insufficient oxygen in air.
The same logic applies
here.
So, the hydrogen has to be separated from
H2O. This can be done by
electrolysis. This is what that
application as proposed by John Kanzius.
What is
Electrolysis?
Electrolysis is the process
of passing an electric current through water for exchanging the negative and
positive ions using cathode and anode for separating the positive H+ ions from negative O- ions.
By this process, hydrogen atoms
were to be splitted up and made released to get ready for burning it up. This was termed as Aquygen in 2006 by
Hydrogen Technology Applications (HTA’s) President, Denny Klein, a gas made up
of hydrogen that is separated from water by an electrical shock.
Why salt water
and not pure water?
High amount of sodium and
chloride in salt water are the good conductor of electricity and carry current
that is charged ions. In the
electrolysis process, sodium and chloride acts as conductor to shift the ions,
where oxygen to cathode and hydrogen to anode.
This is why salt water is chosen over pure water which is widely
available in our planet.
Practical
obstacles
1.
As Denny Klein said, hydrogen gas when mixed with
gasoline, creates more efficient fuel, that improves gas mileage upto one and a
half times and reduces pollution. But,
as being a highly volatile (easily evaporated), when sent to mix up with fuel
in tank, it has a high risk of explosion.
Of course, the aftermath never going to be like bed of roses for you.
2.
If we decide to use the liquid hydrogen, recombined
with oxygen, it is must to remember that liquid hydrogen have to be stored at
high pressure. This may also have the
power of setting up lives at high risk.
3.
Another flaw would be the lesser amount of energy as
an output ratio than the input ratio consuming much of it.
The
Nanoflowcell QUANT E
SPORTLIMOUSINE – The Change Maker!
The QUANT e-Sportlimousine has been
produced by NanoFlowcell AG that reflects automotive technology, an electric,
eco-friendly sports car which is absolutely emission free. It was lauched back 2014 in Geneva Motor Show
that proved to work on salt water and nothing more that.
Working
Technology
This works on a technology
called flow cell battery that can safely and stably store significant amounts
of energy which is five times that of lithium-ion batteries. They uses saltwater, that is liquid
electrolyte fuel which is taken in a pair of 200-litre tanks, where one is
positively charged while other is negatively charged. These tanks was separated by a membrane where
still it passes the other and react with each other, resulting in the
productivity of electricity up to 600V.
There were designed four motors where each was assigned to power each
wheel, that offers a maximum output of
680kW and about 920hp. In order to
recharge the car, it is as simple as swaping the used electrolytic fluid for an
other extensive usage, which can be charged outside the vehicle. The volume of two full tanks is over 3 times
that of a SUV that provide the car to reach the distance of 600km, which is why
its not just a car, but Power Car.
Now, this is not an one night effort that led to the
turnover of the million heads over there.
Remember! This is all begun with a failed experiment that ignited the
power of idea, where the spark caught like a wildfire. Now, what are you waiting for? The world is
given to you million years ago. What’s
the version you gonna give it with?
Take your chance now! Comment below if you want me to write on any interesting topic that fascinates you!!
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