Inventor Uses Hydrogen To Improve Gas Mileage
A local man’s invention may help people get more miles per gallon of gasoline in their vehicles. Ed Hula is a football coach in Buffalo, and a former science teacher.
A lot of people use their garage to fix a car that has a problem. Hula has been working in his garage to try to help fix a worldwide problem: the energy crisis.
“We’ve got to do something to help one another out, because the middle and lower class people are really feeling the bite of the gas prices right now,” said Hula.
So, after a trial and error, and testing a few prototypes on his own vehicles, Hula came up with what he calls the hydrogen-assist generator.
“We’ve got stainless steel plates in here, and when you conduct electricity through them stainless steel plates, it takes them molecules — you got two molecules of hydrogen and one oxygen — and it takes and separates them into gas,” he said.
Hula says burning the gas created through this process, called electrolysis, can give your car better gas mileage. He’s started a business and hooked up his generator to about 30 vehicles so far.
His customers have reported between 28 percent and 72 percent better gas mileage. Jim Lister is a former mechanic who stands behind Hula’s generator.
“I’ve only had mine on about 100 miles, but I just checked the gas mileage this morning and I got 5.1 miles per gallon better than what I was, plus I have more power,” said Lister.
Hula knows he’s not the first to think of hydrogen power for cars.
“I’m telling people, if they want one of these units, to buy one from me first, copy it, and make your own,” he said.
“Any time you’re installing something under the hood of a car, you need to consult a professional,” he said.
Still, Hughlett believes the inventor is on the right track.
Photo by KY3 News.
rob on June 9th, 2008 4:51 pm
how can I find out if this is the right product for me,I get 12 – 13 miles to the gallon with my 1500 dodge ram 2002,please send me more info
Mark Ramirez on June 23rd, 2008 12:27 pm
I think your work is commendable. This will be a great boon to the economy when the idea takes hold of the general public. I would like to install a kit in my truck soon.
cassy on June 23rd, 2008 6:52 pm
Its good to know that their are people who are thinking about how can we overcome the go on increase of oil.Its really a big help if we have a hydrogen-assist generator.What is important now is to encourage the people to save, conserve, and use the gas wisely.
mark holder on July 9th, 2008 8:06 am
I am in Indy and have been tinkering with a hydrogen generator on my maxda for about 2 months, and would love to talk to others doing the same. my email is mholder@iquest.net
Michael on July 11th, 2008 11:20 am
I’m curious as to the procedure that facilitates the electrolysis. With electrolysis, and all energy conversion as a matter of law, less energy is yielded than is put into the conversion. The point being that these types of products only take into account the end result of vehicle mileage, and not in the energy loss of the conversion. What this means is, if the electrolysis is facilitated by the car’s engine, there will be no gain in efficiency, if the conversion to H is facilitated by house power, you are simply substituting one fossil fuel for another, in this case, probably the coal fired power plant that produces consumer electricity. It boils down to this… all energy is potential or kinetic, and power is lost in converting potential->kinetic->potential->kinetic. that is not even considering the energy efficiency during each kinetic stage.
mark holder on July 28th, 2008 8:58 am
An update on my Mazda. My mileage has gone from an average of about 21 to about 27. Even though I have a very crude kit it seems to get the job done. I look forward to buying an off the shelf one someday at a car parts store. mholder@iquest.net
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