Hey there guys, I see you're into vaporization
I see some nice approaches, and I'm glad that you share them. I have extensively read about ALKANE cracking and usage of catalysts, pressure and temperature to complete the cracking. To avoid writing all that I know on this subject, all over again, I'll paste you two messages that I wrote to our friend gotoluc and a guy named tsimonin. Luc, I hope this is OK with you, since I know you're planing on building GEET-like device.
My YouTube message to "gotoluc":
Hi Luc,
since you're making GEET type device, please take a look at a work of a YouTouber named "tsimonin" (
http://www.youtube.com/user/tsimonin). He did a lot of R&D on fuel vaporization and heat treatment of it.
Also, this is the mail I sent to him. I do not know whether he received it, or not, so simply send me some response to this mail. Here it goes:
I've read an year ago C.N.Pogue's patents, and eventually seen George Wiseman's instruction of the Hyco2A cold vaporizer - just look for it on YT or GoogleVideo. That gave me some ideas about additionally heating the petrol vapors, even before I've seen Paul Pantone's GEET technology. Most recently I've seen Allen Caggiano's FIVS III carburettor.
It's a device shaped like a tube (H 12" x W 3.5"), with a screw-on lid on the bottom and a screw-on cone on it's top. The cone is connected to a copper line, which is coupled to a pressure reducer. Inside, the cylinder is plated in Platinum, because it causes petrol molecules (chemical group called alkanes) to fall apart. Inside, there are also 4 nickel plated Neo magnets (high temperature endurable) placed in a shape of a cross. In between them the petrol passes and further brakes down. Petrol is sprayed in the cylinder by a high pressure petrol pump (200-250 PSI). It is preheated by an 950W heating element, so when it is sprayed into the cylinder with a 250 PSI pump, it reaches some 750 deg.F, but does not explode, because there's no sufficient oxygene niside
Then, it vaporizes instantaneously and enters the strong magnetic field, where it decomposes additionally to form methane gas and alcohols (see alkane cracking on Wikipedia). At all times the vapors are in contact with the Platinum and Nickel, which act as catalysts in alkane cracking process. Here's a link:
http://www.schuldenbuerger.de/FivsGenIIIA.htm . Look around the site (click on every button to get the appropriate pictures), because it is not well organized.
So, here's a small concept drawing (done in MS Paint, so it isn't really great, but not bad either
), with the engine viewed from the top and an HHO cell. Tube design (configuration +nn-nn+) is such that the innermost and outermost tubes are welded together to form the bubbler, as you can see in the drawing. The produced HHO is introduced into the innermost hole (of the smallest diameter tube) in an ordinary fashion (as it is always done with bubblers), in order to preserve space under the hood.
I added a copper line, that's supposed to return some of the exhaust gases into the fuel bubbler, their amount can be controlled via needle valve (this part can be excluded, if it presents a potential problem in the system). I also added another needle valve for fresh air intake, which can(should) be heated to further enhance the vaporization. I didn't draw the fresh air warming system, because it would make the picture even more complicated, but it can be done, as you already know, by coiling it around the exhaust lines etc.
After the fuel vapors have been created, they move towards the exhaust pipe, that goes under the engine (painted in blue color), and coil around it to pick up heat, and then they proceed upwards towards the carburettor (I didn't draw it, instead I drew two adjacent circles, which represent the beginning of the intake manifold, just under the carburettor).
HHO and fuel vapors should meet in the carburetor, in some way. This should be determined by the particular type of the carburettor, as it is a matter of convenience.
I was really pleased to see that your work is very similar to my concepts, and hereby I offer you my point of view on the subject. You are free to use them in any way.
Further I think, we should use nickel plating (because it is cheaper than platinum plating) and magnetic fields to crack the fuel completely.
Best of luck!
http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=concept1xz2.pngHope this helps in some way
Good luck.
And now, my letter to "tsimonin":
I've read an year ago C.N.Pogue's patents, and eventually seen George Wiseman's instruction of the Hyco2A cold vaporizer - just look for it on YT or GoogleVideo. That gave me some ideas about additionally heating the petrol vapors, even before I've seen Paul Pantone's GEET technology. Most recently I've seen Allen Caggiano's FIVS III carburettor.
It's a device shaped like a tube (H 12" x W 3.5"), with a screw-on lid on the bottom and a screw-on cone on it's top. The cone is connected to a copper line, which is coupled to a pressure reducer. Inside, the cylinder is plated in Platinum, because it causes petrol molecules (chemical group called alkanes) to fall apart. Inside, there are also 4 nickel plated Neo magnets (high temperature endurable) placed in a shape of a cross. In between them the petrol passes and further brakes down. Petrol is sprayed in the cylinder by a high pressure petrol pump (200-250 PSI). It is preheated by an 950W heating element, so when it is sprayed into the cylinder with a 250 PSI pump, it reaches some 750 deg.F, but does not explode, because there's no sufficient oxygene niside
Then, it vaporizes instantaneously and enters the strong magnetic field, where it decomposes additionally to form methane gas and alcohols (see alkane cracking on Wikipedia). At all times the vapors are in contact with the Platinum and Nickel, which act as catalysts in alkane cracking process. Here's a link:
http://www.schuldenbuerger.de/FivsGenIIIA.htm . Look around the site (click on every button to get the appropriate pictures), because it is not well organized.
So, here's a small concept drawing (done in MS Paint, so it isn't really great, but not bad either
), with the engine viewed from the top and an HHO cell. Tube design (configuration +nn-nn+) is such that the innermost and outermost tubes are welded together to form the bubbler, as you can see in the drawing. The produced HHO is introduced into the innermost hole (of the smallest diameter tube) in an ordinary fashion (as it is always done with bubblers), in order to preserve space under the hood.
I added a copper line, that's supposed to return some of the exhaust gases into the fuel bubbler, their amount can be controlled via needle valve (this part can be excluded, if it presents a potential problem in the system). I also added another needle valve for fresh air intake, which can(should) be heated to further enhance the vaporization. I didn't draw the fresh air warming system, because it would make the picture even more complicated, but it can be done, as you already know, by coiling it around the exhaust lines etc.
After the fuel vapors have been created, they move towards the exhaust pipe, that goes under the engine (painted in blue color), and coil around it to pick up heat, and then they proceed upwards towards the carburettor (I didn't draw it, instead I drew two adjacent circles, which represent the beginning of the intake manifold, just under the carburettor).
HHO and fuel vapors should meet in the carburetor, in some way. This should be determined by the particular type of the carburettor, as it is a matter of convenience.
I was really pleased to see that your work is very similar to my concepts, and hereby I offer you my point of view on the subject. You are free to use them in any way.
Further I think, we should use nickel plating (because it is cheaper than platinum plating) and magnetic fields to crack the fuel completely.
Best of luck!
http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=concept1xz2.pngThis is basically all there is on vaporizing the petrol. The devices may and will vary, but the principles are the same > heat, pressure, catalysts. Look inside your car engine compartment and see how much space you have left, and accordingly to that make a simple drawing on a paper in which you'll position new components for cracking and vaporizing fuel.
A small guideline as how NOT TO overlean the mixture > If your car's idle speed on petrol is (for example) 850 rpm, and you CHANGE the fuel, the idle speed MUST REMAIN THE SAME !!! In other words, set the amount of fuel to the exact point where your car has the same idle speed as on petrol. That way, you can be sure that the engine is not running lean. However with some fuels, such as LPG (as in my car) the mixture IS right, but the LPG burns hotter than petrol (some 50-100 deg C hotter). This MAY lead to burning your valve seats, BUT it depends on the ALLOY of the valve seats. In most cars (90%) there are NO problems. Some cars on the other hand should use engine oils with INCREASED amount of PHOSPHORUS (MOTUL has an oil additive which is designed to be added if you're using LPG - it has high P content). Flashlube is also used to lubricate the valves and seats, since there's no petrol additives in the LPG. But most people think that engines designed to run on UNLEADED petrol should have no problems at all.
If you have any questions please ask. I am working on a different vaporizer right now, so the pictures above are OLD diagrams. Bye!
