Abstract

Oxy-Hydrogen gas is an alternative fuel to be used alongside gasoline or with other fuels for its feature of having high octane number and also increases the energy produced per mole of fuel during ignition process. In the present study, Oxy- hydrogen (HHO) gas is produced by electrolysis process and is being supplied with gasoline fuel into intake manifold of 99.27cc single cylinder (Bajaj CT100) gasoline engine. In electrolysis process distilled water with two parallel plates, made up of brass alloy having 10mm distance between them and Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) as catalyst is used for the production of HHO gas. The numbers of performance parameters that evaluated in the present study are carbon monoxide emission (CO), carbon dioxide emission (CO2), unburnt hydrocarbon emission (HC) and production rate of HHO gas. The main variables taken in this work are quantity of distilled water, Potassium Hydroxide (KOH) pellets and distance covered. Experimental results show that maximum production rate of HHO gas is 150.72ml/min, when the quantity of potassium hydroxide pellets 12g/l is used respectively. Reduction in various pollutants like carbon monoxide emission (CO) is 42%, hydrocarbon emission (HC) is 16% and carbon dioxide emission (CO2) is 28%. Utilization of HHO gas with gasoline is also helpful in the reduction of fuel consumption up to 26% respectively.