Here's the claim:
quote:
The core of the unit is composed of a series of copper discs that are punched out and bent in a concave direction. These copper discs are packed tightly within the steel tube.
As the fuel passes through the device, it is agitated. This creates a reaction that breaks up the hydrocarbon bonds in the fuel and increases its volatility or Reid Vapor Pressure (RFP), as well as increasing the vaporization of the fuel by the injectors or carburetor.
Now, thermodynamics is going to rear its ugly head and prove this thing can't work.
It takes energy to break or make chemical bonds. Here are the bond energies of the most common bonds found in gasoline:
C-C 80 kcal/mole
C-H 98 kcal/mole
C=C 145 kcal/mole
1 gallon of gasoline at a density of 0.75 = 24.95 moles.
Using the lowest bond energy, it takes just under 2 million kcal to break one C-C bond in each molecule of a gallon of gas. That's 2.32 Kilowatt/hours or 7907 BTU per gallon.
Where's the energy input to this device?
What is being described by breaking the hydrocarbon bonds is called cracking. This takes place in a refinery at 1500 degrees F and up to 2000 psi pressure. Catalyzed cracking can take place as low as 900 degrees F and 10 psi. Copper is
not a catalyst for this type of reaction.
Here's a great site that expains the basics of refining, including cracking, hydrocracking, and hydrotreating:
http://www.osha.gov/dts/osta/otm/otm_iv/otm_iv_2.html
The energy to move the pistons comes from breaking these bonds by combustion. If this device could indeed break bonds, where does that energy go? Not sure I'd want all that heat being dumped into my fuel line. How is releasing enery from the gasoline before the combustion chamber going to help increase mileage?
I passed this description by three of our PhD organic chemists here at work. I thought that I was going to have to call an ambulance. They were laughing so hard they couldn't breathe.
If all it took to break hydrocarbon bonds was the tiny amount of agitation it might see due to this device, gasoline would spontaneously combust any time you filled your tank, it passed though the fuel pump, you shook a can of two stroke mix, drove down a bumpy road.... you get the point.
This thing is pure bee effing sheet.
Ed