Hydrogen Generator: Run on Water, Variable Output

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A new hydrogen generator has been developed that operates solely on water as fuel and features a battery that starts and stops like a car, with a variable output. The discussion raises questions about the generator's efficiency, specifically whether it consumes more energy to produce hydrogen from water than the energy obtained from burning the hydrogen. It is clarified that while hydrogen can be generated from water, the process requires electricity, meaning water itself is not a fuel but a byproduct of combustion. The conversation highlights a potential misunderstanding regarding the energy dynamics involved in hydrogen production. The viability and value of the hydrogen generator remain under scrutiny.
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There is an invention of a hydrogen generator. It runs on water only as fuel. Battery starts and stops like a car. Has a variable output. Does anyone on this level feel it has any value?
 
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Does it use more energy to create the hydrogen from water than it gets back from burning the hydrogen back into water?
 
Melvin Schulz said:
There is an invention of a hydrogen generator. It runs on water only as fuel. Battery starts and stops like a car. Has a variable output. Does anyone on this level feel it has any value?
It sounds like you have a pretty basic misunderstanding of what someone else is claiming or they are claiming something that is not possible. Water is not a fuel, it is a waste product of combustion. You most certainly can generate hydrogen from water - it's just that that process doesn't "run on" water, it runs on electricity.
 
For simple comparison, I think the same thought process can be followed as a block slides down a hill, - for block down hill, simple starting PE of mgh to final max KE 0.5mv^2 - comparing PE1 to max KE2 would result in finding the work friction did through the process. efficiency is just 100*KE2/PE1. If a mousetrap car travels along a flat surface, a starting PE of 0.5 k th^2 can be measured and maximum velocity of the car can also be measured. If energy efficiency is defined by...

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