What is the potential of HHO as a new energy source?

[-RA-]

Denny Klein has (allegedly) discovered a way to turn H2O into HHO with very considerable energy output. I think this is a different process to the other 'salt water energy' thread so i'll start a new one here. It does look impressively powerful, in just three seconds he turns a large ball of metal into glowing liquid state. When he burns something with it, afterwards it turns straight back to water!, which is the part i find amazing about it. I'm not sure what to think, seems to good to be true.

 

[mgb_phys]

He splits water into H2 and O2 with electricty and then burns them in a torch.
Not exactly new, for prior art on burning H2 + O2 see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster

The problem is that it takes a lot more electricity to split the water than you get back and both H2 and O2 are tricky to handle.

 

[-RA-]

so this sort of energy output is not exceptional then?

 

[mgb_phys]

Nope oxy-hydrogen torches are quite common - they are hotter than oxy-acetylene and are easier to cut some steels with because the oxygen helps a slag form.

They tend to get used for small scale jewellery work because they are easy to control and the oxygen burns off some impurities as you work.

 

[-RA-]

looks pretty impressive though, i wouldn't mind a tool in my garage like that!

Is the electricity required for this supplied by typical mains power then? it doesn't mention how the electricity to produce this effect is produced i don't think.

 

[CEL]

looks pretty impressive though, i wouldn't mind a tool in my garage like that!

Is the electricity required for this supplied by typical mains power then? it doesn't mention how the electricity to produce this effect is produced i don't think.

In order to split water you need a DC power supply.

 

[russ_watters]

This is a hoax. Consider what HHO could possibly be. It is a molecule with two hydrogens and one oxygen. There is another name for that and another way of writing it...