Open AccessDesign and Analysis of Water Motor Vehicle with Electrolysis Process
Author(s) -
Abhishekh Kumar,
Ankit Jain
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of mechanical and industrial engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2231-6477
DOI - 10.47893/ijmie.2012.1073
Subject(s) - hydrogen , flammable liquid , hydrogen fuel enhancement , high pressure electrolysis , ignition system , gasoline , electrolysis , hydrogen fuel , electrolysis of water , automotive engineering , environmental science , process engineering , waste management , chemistry , engineering , electrolyte , electrode , organic chemistry , aerospace engineering
In our vehicle, the power plant (engine) will use hydrogen as well as gasoline for all the various functions which the vehicle or any part of it, may be called upon to perform. If by chance there is shortage of hydrogen, our vehicle will switch over to gasoline mode. We chose water because water is a binary compound that occurs at room temperature and is widely used as solvent. Hence we decided to separate out hydrogen and oxygen from H₂O. And also it will make our vehicle echo friendly. As hydrogen is a non metallic univalent element which is highly flammable diatomic gas whereas oxygen is anon-metallic bivalent element which is non flammable diatomic gas, we will use hydrogen in order to provide the necessary energy to run our vehicle. Because of hydrogen’s high flammability and low ignition energy, we are using Mazda’s Winkleengine in order to avoid pre ignition of hydrogen. Hydrogen will be obtained with the help of electrolysis process and this process will be done with the help of solar energy. We have designed our vehicle to run on water, because after studying about electrolysis process we concluded that ocean water would increase the rate of electrolysis. Hence we decided to run our vehicle on.