Performance Analysis of Hydroxyl (HHO) Gas Addition on a Gasoline Generator

Abstract

The research explores the use of hydroxyl (HHO) gas as a renewable energy source due to the over-reliance on fossil fuels in conventional engines. An HHO cell is designed to produce hydrogen gas used in conventional generators. The cell uses electrolysis of water and potassium hydroxide as a catalyst. The HHO gas is generated with ordinary water without any catalyst and the detailed results of the reaction and analysis are presented. The goal is to develop and test-run an electrolytic cell on a gasoline engine (spark ignition engine) and measure the variation of its parameters in comparison to that of a gasoline engine. The efficiency, performance, power output, and emission are tested under load. This study comprises detailed work on the performance analysis of the HHO cell on the conventional generator, establishes the relationship between the variation of the KOH catalyst against time to produce the HHO gas, the relationship between the variation in voltage and how it directly influences the rate of gas production. Warm water, which is raised above room temperature, is used to verify the above-stated relationships, check if it holds and check the more efficient means of operating the electrolyte based on the temperature of the water used. An increase in the temperature of the water above room temperature leads to more gas production, thereby increasing the efficiency of the HHO cell in gas production. When HHO cell is operated with ordinary water without a catalyst at room temperature, it is observed that the reaction forms a cloudy around the plates of the cell, but the reaction is not turbulent with no significant amount of gas produced, as compared to that of the presence of potassium hydroxide (KOH), which serves as a catalyst to speed up the rate of the reaction and enhance the production of the HHO gas. This clearly shows the need and importance of the presence of a catalyst in the reaction. HHO cell is operated with salt (NaCl) as a catalyst in replacement for potassium hydroxide (KOH) to check the reaction and the rate of gas production. The reaction observed is metal rusting, though it is turbulent a bit more than that of the presence of KOH solution.