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Motoring revolution hopes to make cars run on water

January 12, 2012

After more than 30 years in the motor industry Richard Bird has developed a system that could quite literally change the world – one which allows cars to run on water.

His Hydrotechnix business provides a unit which once fitted to any internal combustion engine, cuts the use of fuel by between 20 and 50 per cent and emissions by up to 95 per cent.

He believes vehicles could eventually run on water alone.

All the user has to do is keep a small tank topped up with ordinary bottled water.

An electrolyte will need replacing once a year but the system makes engines cleaner and more efficient.

Burghfield Common-based Mr Bird, 50, who has run his own car and motorcycle garages in the past, sees an exciting future for Hydrotechnix but is very keen to exploit the mentoring and advertising he has won through Local Business Accelerators.

He said: “Everybody wants to invest but I don’t want to go down the Dragons’ Den route of giving 40 per cent away because I don’t have to do it. I’m just an ordinary guy.

“At the moment the main benefit is about saving fuel.

“There is a 20-to-50 per cent saving – but to me the biggest benefit is the emissions reduction.

“We had a call from an MoT centre the other day where a customer had not told them a unit was fitted. They had the car running but nothing was coming out of the exhaust. The emissions reduction is phenomenal.”

The product has TUV approval, the strictest approval system in the industry, and liablity insurance from Lloyds of London. Mr Bird has interest from taxi firms and Reading Buses and now has to decide from among countless options for how to take his business forward.

He said: “I am at the top of the mountain and I could go in 360 directions.”

But Mr Bird says he faces an additional problem – vested interests and the potential losses in revenue for governments and oil companies because the system is so revolutionary.

He added: “We should be embracing this but governments and oil companies don’t want it.”

Visit http://hydrotechnix.com.

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"But Mr Bird says he faces an additional problem – vested interests and the potential losses in revenue for governments and oil companies because the system is so revolutionary"

He added: “We should be embracing this but governments and oil companies don’t want it.”

If this is viable, it is not surprising..... there is no profit in it for them, only lost tax and revenue. As his success and fame grows, Mr Bird needs to be watchful, these are powerful forces indeed.....

Nwaka Ola
09/02/2012 at 12:38

Nwaka Ola
09/02/2012 at 12:12

Give over, the TUV have given this product their full approval, surely they would have declined any such product which did not meet standards or made false allegations? You really need to stop being pessimistic fools and think logically, if it does not work how have so many people benefited from having this fitted and why are the authorities and insurance companies allowing this? "Laws" have been broken for years, they are not exact facts but idealistic scientific rules. Take Jordan and the heels she wore, they completely obliterated the law of physics - get over your "facts" and wake up to reality!

EasyTiger!
03/02/2012 at 11:09

HYDROTECHNIX, how much HHO does your device generate and how much powere does it use to do so? Do you still maintain that "All the electricity coming from your cars alternator is in fact, free energy."?

To quote Mongomery Scott, "Ye cannae meddle with the laws of physics".

N Tropy
23/01/2012 at 15:46

HYDROTECHNIX We fully appreciate your understanding of the Laws of Physics. The problem with these is usually there are so many other factors involved (and other laws) that it really is not that simple. Let me give you an example. LAW of thermodynamics basically states: You cannot create more energy than what it takes to create that energy in the first place, FACT. However that is a very closed, one-dimensional law. A Supercharger, as fitted to many vehicles like Mercedes (Kompressor) is used to improve the efficiency of an engine. This unit is driven off of the crankshaft and therefore uses power and more fuel. How then can it make more benefits to the engine in terms of efficiency? This then surely breaks this law for it to work? Basically it force feeds extra air (oxygen) into the engine to improve the combustion. We are doing the same with our gas (33.3% Oxygen) is entered into the engine where it has the same effect, to improve the combustion. We have over 9000 pages of scientific evidence, including our testing With Dr Stephen Samuels, one of the worlds leading experts in combustion and thermodynamics of Oxford Brookes University which proves it works. If you go to www.sae.org you can download his paper on the effects of HHO on a diesel engine where he states,... a small amount of oxy-hydrogen gas injected into a diesel engine will SIGNIFICANTLY reduced emissions and improve fuel efficiency. It is said we are a nation of Sceptics and we have found this to be true. The rest of the world is waking up to this, why can't the UK. Over 3 million people have this fitted to their vehicles in the US, 100,000 government vehicles in South Korea have it fitted. On our training courses, people come from all over the world to train here, why not the British? It is unfortunate but these awards and general awareness will help. To say ..it cannot work therefore I don't want it fitted to my car, is a shame as we give a 30 day, no quibble guarantee and your money back. What more can we do?

HYDROTECHNIX LTD, Reading
18/01/2012 at 18:24

Nice try! A small amount of energy is taken from the engine via the alternator to produce a small amount of H2 and O2 (dubbed HHO) which is burned along with the fuel. The claim is that the added H2 and O2 causes the ordinary fuel to burn more efficiently so improving overall economy by reducing the amount of unburned fuel exhausted to the atmosphere which also reduces emissions.

This is a sufficiently plausible argument to persuade those who wish to be persuaded, and if you fit this system, no doubt your fuel economy will improve as your driving style changes subconsciously to justify your purchase.

The website is generally well written and presented but unfortunately says "A common fallacy is that it takes more energy to produce the HHO than the energy it releases." This is not a fallacy, this is a fact. It then goes on to clain that you can produce HHO with very little power. Yes, you can produce very little HHO with very little power. The site then goes on to say "All the electricity coming from your cars alternator is in fact, free energy." This is either a novel definition of the word 'fact' or is a lie.

All in all, well disguised bunkum.

N Tropy
16/01/2012 at 11:58

I am no mechanic and can't tell you how it works but I can tell you that it does work. I can't change a tyre but I can fill my car up with fuel and top up water levels. I have had one of these HHO boxes (made by Hydrotechnix) fitted on my car for over 3 years. When I put my car through it's MOT, the emissions were almost no existent. I also save money as I don't have to fill up so often (with diesel). I too was skeptical about this working at first but I am very glad I decided to read up on HHO on the net. I also spoke to other people who had already had it fitted to their car. I think personal recommendation is one of the best ways to find out if something is worth buying. I wouldn't run my car without one now.

suejean, READING
15/01/2012 at 19:47

So he has a system that takes petrol / diesel / whatever, converts it to motion energy, about 25% efficient, which is converted to electricity, about 90% efficient, which is used to convert water to hydrogen and oxygen, about 60% efficient, which is converted to motion energy, about 25% efficient.

That is somehow better than just using the petrol to drive the wheels directly?

Contrary to what he says on his website, if you electrolyse water and burn the gas to get back to water, you will end up with less energy than you put in.

As with any claim that requires the laws of physics to be broken, I would look at it very sceptically; in at least as much detail as the neutrino experiments are being studied to see if they really do go faster than light.

I know he doesn't want to go to Dragon's Den, but as far as investing in it, or buying one of them is concerned, I'm out.