I have a small story from Mahabharata to repeat. MODs: This is NOT OT. So please let it be.
During the Mahabharata war, in one episode, Jayadratha killed Abhimanyu in the Chakravyuha by deceit. Abhimanyu's father Arjuna then vowed to kill Jayadratha before sunset that day, or burn himeslf to death on a pyre if the vow was not fulfilled. Knowing that there is no way avoiding certain death without hiding, Jayadratha went to hide, not to be seen till evening time.
Krishna played a trick there - He used his Sudarshana Chakra to obscure the sun, so everyone believed it was dusk already, and the sun had set. Arjuna, disappointed that he could not fulfil his vow, was circumambulating the lit pyre before entering it. Jayadratha, gleeful that his life was safe, and Arjuna, on the other hand was dying, came there in person to witness the spectacle.
When Krishna saw Jayadratha, he removed the Sudarshana Chakra to reveal the sun in all its evening glory, and alerted Arjuna - "Arjuna, see, here's the sun and here's Jayadratha!" Arjuna did not waste a moment - just grabbed his bow and arrows and dispatched Jayadratha to hell in a single shot of his arrow!
Moral of the story is - Sometimes one has to be a bit cruel to be kind, a bit harsh to be gentle, and a bit hawkish to get the truth out.
I am not arrogant, or provocative by blind habit, or boastful by nature. I was maybe all this on this thread for a small while to bring out the willingness/unwillingness of the proponents of HHO to really explain the principle behind the technology. We did not see any explanation, even under grave provocation. So now it is reasonable to assume that the explanation simply is not there at all.
@Banwariji, sorry, it was a long explanation/apology/justification, while you explicitly uninvited it! But I find it necessary to give you all a background of why this was done.
@Anjeel, the last but one para of your post summarizes why you did not see any improvements with HHO. I have gone through a lot of stuff on the net on this, but I find that the whole exercise is unremunerative from the thermodynamics POV.
Yes I am an armchair scientist. But I don't see this as a handicap. A thorough prior homework will let you choose to spend your resources on the most important points that are guaranteed to give you good results, with minimal investment. This is the reason why I could achieve my new year resolution of 23 kmpl out of my car while not doing any crazy mods at all. All the while I contemplated these mods, but then carefully weighed my options, and saw whether it was necessary for my goal attainment. I said NO to almost all crazy mods I came across, even those I could do with minimal efforts. (folding side mirrors - perfectly justified, could be done, but I found my driving was a bit unsure with mirrors folded, so promptly unfolded them). I do not hesitate when I am sure I can and should make changes (pumping up tyres to 50, and then 55 PSI - CW crowd was screaming mad when I told them. But I am cool with it)
@Rohit, I admire your steadfastness, and willingness to confront. Thanks buddy!
Explanations done and over with, Let us continue the topic - Can anyone please detail out the various energy budgets and transformations that play a role in HHO assist, and can the mileage boost that is claimed be numerically predicted/justified?
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