Hydrogen vs Gasoline: Power Explosion in IC Engines

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The discussion centers on the power explosion potential of hydrogen compared to gasoline in internal combustion engines (ICE). Hydrogen exhibits significantly higher heat energy output than gasoline, making it a superior fuel in terms of explosive power. However, the current challenge lies in the production and availability of hydrogen, as it requires energy-intensive processes to extract from hydrogen compounds. This limitation hampers its practical application in ICEs compared to readily available gasoline.

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which gas has more power explosion in internal combustion engine...hydrogen or gasoline...
 
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There is a wiki link that tells you the amount of heat energy in various fuels. You will see that there isn't a simple, full, answer to your question but Hydrogen is way out on its own compared with other fuels. Problem is that there are no sources of Hydrogen available and it has to be produced by putting energy to some process for getting it from Hydrogen compounds.
 

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