Koda's Theoretical Inventions

Water as Fuel
Water (H2O) is made up of the elements hydrogen and oxygen. Both are used as
rocket fuel. You may recall that the Hindenburg airship was filled with hydrogen gas
and a spark caused it to burn to the ground in just seconds. Oxygen is required for
any flame or combustion to occur.
When an electrical current passes through water, the hydrogen and oxygen become
separated and escape as gasses. This process is referred to as electrolysis. You can
demonstrate a simple form of electrolysis by holding the connection end of a ninevolt battery in a glass of water. Tiny bubbles will begin to form on each electrode,
oxygen on one and hydrogen on the other. Higher electrical current will cause the gas
to form much more rapidly.
I have seen a demonstration for school kids on TV where they cranked the handle of a
small generator a few times then pushed a button to ignite the hydrogen/oxygen gas
released from the water. This caused a small explosion which blew a ping pong ball
high up through a clear plastic cylinder.
These facts indicate that it may be possible to build a motor that runs on water. A
battery would be used as a source of electrical energy which would separate the
hydrogen/oxygen into gases. The gasses would then fuel an internal combustion
engine, which would power a generator to continously recharge the battery as well as
deliver useable mechanical energy. If this sort of motor can be made to work, the
energy crisis on this planet will be over forever.
Whether or not this device would produce more energy than that required to separate
the gasses, and thus produce useful work, depends upon the efficiency of the gas
separation process. Just as it would be impossible to light a large block of wood by
holding a single match directly under the center of the block, if the bottom and sides
of the block were first shredded into thin strips, that single match would then be
capable of igniting the wood. In the same way, it may be possible to use a smaller
amount of energy than expected to separate water into gases.
It has been demonstrated that in addition to electrical current passing through water,
ultrasonic vibrations and radio waves are also capable of breaking the molecular
bonds in water to release the hydrogen and oxygen. The design below uses a
combination of ultrasonic vibrations and pulsed electrical energy (which just happens
to produce radio waves as well) as a means for increasing the efficiency of the gas
separation process. Below that are links to info on this and other forms of "free"
energy, including videos of cars reported to run on water.

Ultrasonic Electrolysis
The above illustration shows the principle of how a combination of pulsed low
voltage electricity and ultrasonic vibrations may result in the efficient production of
hydrogen and oxygen gas from water. The device could be used as a constant source
of hydrogen to fuel an internal combustion vehicle, or perhaps as a hydrogen injector
at each cylinder. In other words, this device is intended to enable cars to use water as
fuel, as well as power generators and provide essentially free, non-poluting energy for
the entire world.
The resonant frequency of water is ~42.7khz. When water molecules vibrate at this
frequency they tend to become unstable. In the above illustration a piezoelectric
crystal is glued to the base of a hollow metal dome, which is attached to a flexible
material (in this case, rubber). When stimulated by electric current the crystal will
vibrate, which in turn will vibrate the hollow dome. The dome is surrounded by
water, which will vibrate at the same frequency. This vibration will cause the water
molecules to disassociate into hydrogen and oxygen gas. (Some literature indicates
that water will disassociate at frequencies near 2.4mhz so this device also assumes
that possibility.)
At the same time an electrical current is passed through the water, between the dome
and the outer (metal) wall of the device, in pulses occurring at the resonant frequency
of water. It is well known that water will separate into hydrogen and oxygen gas in

the presence of an electrical current (hydrolysis) but it generally requires 3 times as

much electrical energy to produce hydrogen than is available from burning the
hydrogen. Efficiency is increased when the electrical current is pulsed through the
water at the resonant frequency. The combination of both physical vibration and
electrical pulsing should result in an even greater level of efficiency. The frequencies
of both the vibrations and electric pulses should be adjusted experimentally to
determine which combination of harmonic resonances are most efficient in
disassociating the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen gas.
It should be noted that there have been reports of large explosions when water is
physically disassociated using ultrasonic vibrations. The explosive force reported is
substantially greater than can be accounted for by the chemical burning of the
hydrogen (in one case this was 29,000 pounds of pressure from 3 drops of water).
Experimenters constructing this device should use appropriate caution.
I am an "idea artist" rather than a scientist, so I do not know if this device would
produce more energy than used to operate it, but I expect it will do so with great
efficiency. I have no plans to build one myself, but will be happy to discuss the mater
with anyone seriously interested in constructing the device. I believe it is likely that
similar devices already exist but have been suppressed by government, as many
inventors in this field have been murdered or silenced in other ways. If you manage
to get something to work well, my suggestion would be to publish the technical
details broadly and agressively, and hope for compensation by understanding
philanthropists.
Koda
December 1, 2007
koda@kodasplace.com
UPDATE: August 14, 2008
Here are some other ideas that may increase efficiency of the water to gas separation
process, and can be used with or without including the ultrasonic vibrations.
Using high voltage at low amperage. Rather than using low voltage as described
above it may be more efficient to use higher voltage, as higher voltage will jump
further across a gap. Just be sure to reduce amperage at the same time or current flow
will increase and reduce overall efficiency. An automotive spark plug coil produces
30,000 volts or more and might be suitable for experimentation.
Heating the water. A thermostat regulated electrical circuit can be used to control 12
volt current to an automobile cigarette lighter element to heat the water entering the
device. As water approaches the boiling point the molecules become less stable and
may separate more easily into gas.
Electrolysis of steam. If the water boils it may be possible to get an electrical current
to pass through the water vapor, which may or may not enable more efficient
separation of the molecules into gasses.
Fine mesh electrodes. If a fine wire mesh (like copper window screen) were used as
the electrodes the surface area in contact with the water would be far greater than
using a solid plate of similar size. By placing the mesh panels very close to one
another and alternating the poles so they are positive, negative, positive, negative,
etc., this would reduce resistance to current flow in the water.

Combining mesh electrodes with bubbles. If air is injected into the bottom of a
water filled area, and the mesh electrodes mentioned above were placed horizontally
above the point of air injection, the bubbles would produce random variations in the
volume of water between the positive and negative electrodes. This would act to
reduce resistance to current flow in rapid fluctuations at random locations across the
electrodes and perhaps produce more efficient separation. (Boiling the water at the
base of the device might be the best way to create the bubbles, and if steam can be
separated into gasses with electrolysis this would also do that.)
UPDATE: April 19, 2010
I received an email which made me aware that so called "cold fusion" is really just
electrolysis of water, but the "water" is deuterium (heavy water) and the electrodes
are made of palladium. Sometimes excess heat is generated and some people claim
this is caused by atoms being fused together. But the excess heat occurs only at
random times, sometimes not at all, and there is insufficient evidence to support that
fusion actually occurs.
Here is a quote from the guy who wrote to me (Brandon).
"Cold fusion is a very poorly received phenomenon where the electrolysis of water
using a palladium or other similar metal plate will very rarely spontaneously
"combust" boiling off all the water, releasing neutrons and other nuclear radiation,
and cause trace elements such as aluminum to appear on the surface of the palladium
as if the palladium was split in a fission reaction."
If seems much more likely to me that "cold fusion" is actually "cold fission" where
palladium atoms are split into smaller atoms. If aluminum is one of the byproducts,
the other would have to be selenium. Palladium has an atomic mass of 106.42 and
aluminum is 26.9815. The difference is 79.4385, and selenium has an atomic mass of
78.96. This would mean that an atomic mass of 0.4785 would have been converted to
energy, which would account for the excess heat produced.
I have been unable to locate any information where aluminum has been deposited on
palladium electrodes during electrolysis, but if this has occurred, the presence of
selenium in the water would be evidence that "cold fusion" may in fact be "cold
fission."
What this means for anyone constructing the device above is not only does one need
to be careful to avoid massive explosions, but there is a chance that nuclear radiation
may occur, which could kill the experimenter. I am guessing that no significant levels
of dangerous radiation would occur if the water is not boiling, and radiation during
cold fusion experiments has only been rarely detected, and then only in very small
amounts. I simply feel it is important to be aware of these possibilities should your
experiments produce high energy outputs.
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