TechnoNews - USA - Hydrogen to boost mileage by 30%
USA -consumerguide.com, by T.O. Whenham -Apr 5, 2006: -- The problem with hydrogen as an alternative fuel source up to this point has been availability... Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a new technology that creates its own hydrogen. It uses a fast response on-board reformer to generate a small amount of hydrogen from gasoline. That hydrogen is then added to the air/fuel mixture of a normal engine. The improvement comes without an increase in the NOx emissions that are a problem for diesel engines... That mileage improvement comes from a device that is, in prototype form, just 18 inches long and 4 inches wide and just bolts onto the engine. Auto industry supplier ArvinMeritor is working with MIT to perfect the technology. The first production application may still be four years away...
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