Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The water fuel cell is a non-functional design for a "perpetual motion machine" created by Stanley Allen Meyer (August 24, 1940 – March 20, 1998). Meyer claimed that a car retrofitted with the device could use water as fuel instead of gasoline. Meyer's claims about his "Water Fuel Cell" and the car that it powered were found to be fraudulent ...
To fuel a hydrogen car from water, electricity is used to generate hydrogen by electrolysis. The resulting hydrogen is an energy carrier that can power a car by reacting with oxygen from the air to create water, either through burning in a combustion engine or catalyzed to produce electricity in a fuel cell.
The idea of a water powered car has been around since Stanley Meyer's "water fuel cell" made it popular in the late 20th century. However, he was met with pushback from an Ohio court claiming that such an automobile could not possibly work. Meyer abruptly died in 1998 while eating at a restaurant.
Stanley Meyer, who claimed to run a car on water in 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Charles Frazer, an inventor from Ohio who, in 1918 patented a hydrogen booster which claimed to use electrolysis to increase vehicle power and fuel efficiency while greatly reducing exhaust emissions.
4 Water Powered Car. 4 comments. 5 Corrections necessary. 3 comments. 6 Renamed... 5 comments. 7 Patents. 9 comments. Toggle the table of contents. Talk: Water fuel ...
A lot of work has gone into the Water Fuel Cell article, and given the number of people who still believe in Meyer, it's worth having a separate article. However, I would support renaming it to something like "Water Fuel Cell of Stan Meyer", just so there's no ambiguity and it doesn't get diluted with lots of WP:COATRACK or OT stuff.
Fuel cell may refer to: Fuel cell, an electrochemical device; Racing fuel cell, a gasoline tank with baffles that prevent sloshing typically found in a race vehicle, but also on some street vehicles. Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell, a fraudulent device for allegedly powering a car from water; An aircraft fuel tank (see Fuel tank#Aircraft
Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell → Water fuel cell – This should be a completely uncontroversial move as the target already redirects here, but as a result of a train-wreck RM over a decade ago we're in an awkward spot here. Titles are not endorsements; by far the most common use of this term is to refer to this particular design.