And although the idea has some merits, I’m not sold. Infact I think the suggestion here is rather dubious. The clip suggests that somehow you can get energy out of water by simply breaking it into component parts (hydrogen and oxygen) and then putting it back together. This perpetual motion engine violates the principal of conservation of energy.
If such a system were to work in this way, then it would revolutionize the entire field of physics.
Electronegativity is the measure of how strongly an atom holds onto electrons. Generally you release energy when you put atoms of high electronegativity in combination with atoms of low electronegativity. If you look at the electronegativity of various elements, you see that oxygen has a very high number and only floride has a higher electronegativity. So if you desire to release hydrogen and then recombine it with something to have a net energy release, you would need to include floride in the reaction chamber.
I looked at scematics of the proposed “engine”. It appears that this engine is infact powered by a battery that runs a “control circuit”. The control circuit simply performs electrolysis and the liberated gas mixture is burned in an internal combustion engine. So the battery is the true source of energy, not the watter.
Ms. Julia
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:46 am
Oh cool you put the e-mail I sent you on your blog. I knew you would find that interesting!
Ben
June 9th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
I looked into this…
And although the idea has some merits, I’m not sold. Infact I think the suggestion here is rather dubious. The clip suggests that somehow you can get energy out of water by simply breaking it into component parts (hydrogen and oxygen) and then putting it back together. This perpetual motion engine violates the principal of conservation of energy.
If such a system were to work in this way, then it would revolutionize the entire field of physics.
Electronegativity is the measure of how strongly an atom holds onto electrons. Generally you release energy when you put atoms of high electronegativity in combination with atoms of low electronegativity. If you look at the electronegativity of various elements, you see that oxygen has a very high number and only floride has a higher electronegativity. So if you desire to release hydrogen and then recombine it with something to have a net energy release, you would need to include floride in the reaction chamber.
I looked at scematics of the proposed “engine”. It appears that this engine is infact powered by a battery that runs a “control circuit”. The control circuit simply performs electrolysis and the liberated gas mixture is burned in an internal combustion engine. So the battery is the true source of energy, not the watter.