Fuel Dissociation Catalyst

[Robert Harris]

The "precious metal catalyst" is probably Gold - straight from  your
wallet.  This story has been around for 50 years - power from pills -
put water in your tank etc ad nausem.  It's one of the oldest scams 
around.  Diesel - I'll believe it when J.B. Hunt puts it on his fleet. If 
catapillar formally endorse it and warrenties it and promotes and it
gets on a fleet - it might be real.  In software this sort of this is called
"Vapor Ware"  cause it ain't real yet.   And remember - the true early
innovators are the guys running around with the arrows in thier back.

If the first ingredient ain't Habanero, then the rest don't matter.
Robert Harris <bob at bobthecomputerguy.com>


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> From: Richard Cartledge <fac51 at innotts.co.uk>
> To: DIY EFI List <diy_efi at coulomb.eng.ohio-state.edu>
> Subject: Fuel Dissociation Catalyst
> Date: Saturday, June 21, 1997 10:09 AM
> 
> ((Quote from gasoline FAQ at URLs))
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http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk:80/internet/news/faq/archive/autos.gasoline-faq.part1.ht
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http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk:80/internet/news/faq/archive/autos.gasoline-faq.part2.ht
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http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk:80/internet/news/faq/archive/autos.gasoline-faq.part3.ht
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http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk:80/internet/news/faq/archive/autos.gasoline-faq.part4.ht
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> "Mr.Gunnerman advocates hydrocarbon/water emulsion fuels and
> promoted his A-55 fuel before the new A-21. A recent article claims a
> 29% gain in fuel economy [130], and he
> claims that mixing water with naphtha can provide as much power from an
> IC engine as the same flow rate of
> gasoline. He claims the increased efficiency is from catalysed
> dissociation of A-21 into H2 in the engine, because the
> combustion chamber of the test engines contain a "non-reactive"
> catalyst. For his fuel to provide power increases, he
> has to utilise heat energy that is normally lost. A-21 is just naphtha (
> effectively unleaded gasoline without
> oxygenates ) and water ( about 55% ), with small amouts of winterizing
> and anti-corrosive additives. If the magic
> catalyst is not present, conventional IC engines will not perform as
> efficiently, and may possibly be damaged if A-21
> is used. The only modification is a new set of spark plugs, and it is
> also claimed that the fuel can replace both diesel
> and gasoline. It has been claimed that test results of A-21 fuel
> emissions have shown significant reductions in CO2 (
> 50% claimed - who is surprised when the fuel is 55% water? :-) ), CO,
> HCs, NOx and a 70% reduction in diesel
> particulates and smoke. It's claimed that 70% of the exhaust stream
> consists of water vapour. He has formed a joint
> venture company with Caterpillar called Advanced Fuels. U.S. patent
> #5,156,114 ( Aqueous Fuel for Internal
> Combustion Engines and Combustion Method ) was granted to Mr.Gunnerman
> in 1992."
> 
> I was wondering if the 'catalyst' is likely to be platinum or some other
> metal maybe silver, tin or lead????
> I hope this becomes widespread technology before all of the world's oil
> is depleted.
> If anyone knows what the catalyst is, I would be most grateful if you
> can email me and/or post on the list and I'll give it a try.
> 
> Regards, Richard Cartledge
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