Transportation applications using practical Hydrogen-On-Demand systems

Our literature search shows vastly fragmented scientific results for use of Hydrogen-On-Demand (HOD) in mainstream automotive and transportation applications. These seemingly disconnected advances in electrochemistry, power electronics, electromagnetics, material coatings and plasma physics have possibly contributed to the slow progress in the development of safe, reliable, affordable and scalable HOD solutions. Despite the availability of `hydrogen boost kits´ available in the market that deliver anywhere from 5 to 15 percent reductions in fossil fuel consumption, there have been no successful demonstrations of commercial automotive and stationary engines or generators which operate substantively from on-demand, water-based sources. Hydro Phi has successfully developed practical working prototypes of various transportation vehicles that use HOD to drive significant fuel and emissions reductions. This paper outlines an approach to the development of these applications. Theory for contact glow discharge electrolysis is presented. Results for hydrogen-enriched combustion are reviewed as they pertain to greenhouse gas emissions.