On Aug 20, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]> wrote:

>> Other Hydrogen systems use the hydrogen as fuel for the ICE. 
> 
> I'm not aware of any of these, but would certainly be interested in learning 
> about where it is being done.

Regular gasoline engines are, for the most part, equally happy burning 
stoichiometric mixes of gasoline, propane, or hydrogen gas. Replace the fuel 
delivery system to provide that mixture to the combustion chambers and the rest 
will run just fine.

There are caveats. Energy density is different, so power production differs. 
Compressibility of the gas mixtures differ, so you need different timing for 
optimum results. And hydrogen does really nasty things to metals and gaskets 
with prolonged exposure.

But the basic mechanics are the same.

Wikipedia has a good article for a starting point:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_internal_combustion_engine_vehicle

Note that this doesn't apply to diesel engines...but, with those, you can 
substitute jet fuel, kerosene, or olive oil for diesel with (similarly 
relatively) minor necessary modifications.

Cheers,

b&
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