Do H2 and O2 in the air intake improve internal combustion engine efficiency?
Firstly, you would not likely get any significant volume of H2 and/or O2 by doing this. You’d need a larger container than just a jar, larger electrodes, and more power (volts and watts) to get a significant amount of H2 and O2. Secondly, pumping H2 and/or O2 directly into a regular petrol/gasoline engine can destroy the engine, catastrophically so (read: anything from blown gasket to fireball). Hydrogen (H2) burns EXPLOSIVELY, and oxygen (O2) causes almost anything to burn faster, hotter, and potentially explosively. That’s why racers pump nitrous oxide (N2O) into their engines instead, the nitrogen acts as a buffer to the combustion process. Atmospheric O2, petrol/gasoline, N2O, and additional petrol/gasoline can cause significant engine power gains when properly calibrated, but not any extra fuel economy. N2O systems cause additional fuel to be injected into the cylinders to burn with the additional oxidizer (N2O) and therefore INCREASE FUEL CONSUMPTION instead of fuel economy. When
