The Gas Station Program

Our newest member of the fuel saving family for Large Diesel engines ONLY - the Pail-O-Power - a carry away one hose installation that lets you immediately drive away a few miles per gallon better.

How to get one

The Generation-1 Onboardfueling.com System shown with optional ladder

Onboardfueling.com, a U.S. manufacturer of a compact, on-board, on-demand electrolyzer that produces hydrogen for mixture with conventional hydrocarbon fuel (gasoline, diesel or propane), The systems just like the one shown on the right from a competitor - Hy-Drive Technologies, a Canadian company currently embroiled in litigation with another Canadian firm that is an on the fly Hydrogen system manufacturer - HFI are expensive, over $15,000 and only gives about a ten percent improvement in mileage. The Pail-O-Power is a proof of concept product for skeptics. (conditions and restrictions apply)

The addition of appropriate amounts of hydrogen into the primary fuel charge improves the ignitability of the mixture, and increases flame speed and combustion stability. Results include more complete combustion, offering improved fuel economy and fewer emissions.

The Onboardfueling.com Hydrogen Generating System gets it's energy required for electrolysis from the standard electrical charging circuit, but since it only take 1.2 volts at 77 degrees to split water, the power draw is minuscule. In the economy Onboardfueling, system the resulting hydrogen and oxygen is delivered pre-turbo to the intake manifold. It requires a simple high amp alternator upgrade included in the price. Strangely enough, our competitors have not published how much Hydrogen gas their unit(s) produce - when it is required by Federal Law. Perhaps that is because our competitors are foreign companies not located in the United States and subject to U.S law. That is because the design and operating suggestions of the competitor's units illustrate an incomplete understanding of the Hydrogen Generation, Generator and Engine operation issues. They just know it works "somehow".

An electronic pressure switch keeps the gas pressure constant, to maintain a constant flow of hydrogen and oxygen produced from ordinary water. Unlike the competitors, the Onboardfueling system uses regular water - and filters the resultant precipitants, not Distilled water which is actually then a "fuel cost" because you have to buy it also like fuel.

The HGS operates only when the engine is running and produces hydrogen and oxygen on demand. Gases are never stored in any tank.

Onboardfueling.com has seen run a variety of tests with the following results:

1996 Mercedes Benz bus in Chile demonstrated a 50% reduction in emissions;
Volkswagen TDI testing by California Environmental Engineering showed reductions in particulate matter from 57.3% to 70.0%, reduction in fuel consumption by 15% and reduction in oxides of Nitrogen - a.k.a - NO_x levels by 24% to 36%;
Cummins NTC-400 tests by California Environmental Engineering showed lower amounts of exhaust emissions and measurable reductions in fuel consumption and exhaust temperatures. Particulate matter was reduced by 11% and carbon monoxide was reduced by 74.5%; oxides of nitrogen were reduced by 11; in fact Eldorado Bus company in Riverside makes a Low-E CNG bus that uses a Cummins Diesel engine that uses this same bi-fueling technology to power a Diesel engine completely on CNG and uses the Diesel fuel as only a "liquid spark plug"
Tests in Alberta showed improvements of fuel economy improved from 3.6% to 14.6% during horsepower analysis tests on the chassis dynamometer conducted at the Cummins Alberta facility. Steady-state dynamometer fuel economy increased by 5.6%. Average of all the road data showed an increase in the fuel economy of 5.5% over 12,800 km and 176 hours of HGS operation;
Leeds Transit of Elgin, Ontario has installed HGS units on its buses and has experienced emissions reductions and fuel savings from 16% to 20%.

Onboardfueling.com uses patented and patent pending technology licensed directly from the inventor which allows the company to provide a better product at a lower cost because their engineer is one that developed the new electrolyzer. Trust it to be true when it is said - the secret is in the electrolyzer.

HGS applications include trucks and buses as well as stationary generators. The economy version for a commercial truck unit sells for only $4,995.00 where the same type of unit from Hy-Drive is C$11,600 and it makes LESS gas than does the Onboardfueling unit all other things equal, and with current fuel prices, Onboardfueling.com calculates a payback period of less than a few tank fulls of fuel.

HGS systems are currently being tested by 50 fleets in Canada and the US, representing 7,600 trucks.

Hydrogen-Enhanced Combustion Engine Improves even Gasoline Fuel Economy by 20% to 30%

An HECE test engine

Work being done by ArvinMeritor and MIT on enhancing gasoline combustion with a small hydrogen gas stream is pointing toward a potential estimated improvement in gasoline fuel economy of 20% to 30%, depending upon the baseline engine, where ArvinMeritor has already described their progress with the Hydrogen-Enhanced Combustion Engine (HECE) concept, as applied to an SUV-class 3.2-liter V6 test engine.

The premise of HECE, on which the research collaborative has been working for a number of years, is that the addition of a small amount of hydrogen to the cylinder charge can allow homogeneous charge ultra-lean-burn combustion engines to operate much leaner than otherwise possible.

That in itself is not a new discovery. The ArvinMeritor/MIT unit has an on-board, compact plasma reformer that can take a fraction of the conventional fuel, reform it in real-time and add the resulting hydrogen-rich gas to the remaining fuel-air mixture flowing into the engine.

In the plasma fuel reformer, air is metered into a plasma generator located upstream of a combustor. High voltage is applied to the air stream, forming high-temperature plasma. This high-temperature plasma torch flows into the combustor, initiating vigorous combustion of a rich fuel-air mixture. Within the plasma fuel reformer, partial oxidation reactions occur in the high-temperature gas phase created by the plasma, eliminating the need for a reforming catalyst.

This is esoteric stuff - but what it does is replace the catalytic converter with the plasma reformer and then scavenges the Hydrogen from the left over Hydro-Carbons and then burns then too !!

The shift of combustion limits with hydrogen-enhanced combustion.

Adding hydrogen gas to the homogeneous fuel charge improves the ignitability of the mixture, and increases flame speed and combustion stability. In theory, the combination of a lean-burn engine with the plasma reformer could support an ultra-lean and turbocharged engine that would reduce NO_x emissions to the point of not requiring aftertreatment in the exhaust stream.

Researchers at the Sloan Automotive Laboratory at MIT also discovered that both hydrogen and carbon monoxide (both products of the partial oxidation process of the reformer) act as octane enhancers. Adding the reformed fuel gas to the engine thus also supports a substantial increase in compression ratio.

Once an engine is developed that operates ultra-lean, is turbocharged—or super-charged—and is better able to withstand engine knock, engine downsizing while maintaining performance becomes a credible option that can lead to significant additional fuel economy and performance benefits.

Such an ultra-lean-burn, high compression-ratio, turbocharged HECE could exhibit the following characteristics:

Extremely low engine out NO_x emissions requiring little or no exhaust emissions control
Reduced pumping losses (~5-10% efficiency gain)
Improved thermodynamics (~10-12% efficiency gain)
Reduced friction (downsizing) (~5-8% efficiency gain)

results ArvinMeritor is targeting release of the HECE for approximately 2008.

<<== What the competition shows as customer claims with a LOWER gas producing, HIGHER PRICED UNIT

So, . . . Well for right now . . .

Hundreds of semitrailer trucks zipping along North American highways are now powered in part by hydrogen. These 18-wheelers make hydrogen as they go, eliminating the need for high-pressure, cryogenic storage tanks or hydrogen filling stations, which, by the way, don't yet exist.

These truckers aren't just do-gooders. They like a Hydrogen Bi-fueling system because it lets them save fuel, get more horsepower and, as a bonus, cause less pollution.

"We're saving $700 a month per truck on fuel," said Sherwin Fast, president of Great Plains Trucking in Salina, Kansas. The company tried the Hydrogen system on four trucks and ordered 25 more. Then they discovered the flaw in our competitor's units - and as of 2/4/07 has reported that they are taking them off. We suspect these Canadian units get low on water, get hot from electrolysis and then boil it to make "steam" rather than produce Hydrogen. We have actually seen these units and cannot see how they won't do that. Specifying to use distilled water is a tip-off. Somebody there in Canada doesn't understand electrolysis. We solved that problem and in fact knew of it from the start, and designed our product to avoid that scneario.

However; before that "Drivers like(d) the increased power and noticed there is a lot less black smoke coming out of the stacks," said Fast.

Water has long been known to make a diesel run cleaner. A water emulsion product called PuriNox has been certified by the EPA as an emissions reducing fuel additive; but also Lubrizol - the maker of PuriNox admits there will be a loss in power. With Hydrogen made on the fly and boosting the fuel by bi-fueling - you get an increase in power and - if the Hydrogen Generator is properly designed; you get it with almost no extra popwer consumption at the alternator.

An on the fly Hydrogen Bi-fueling system is a bolt-on, after market part that provides appropriate amounts of hydrogen into the engine air intake. Efficiency and horsepower are improved because hydrogen burns over a larger stoichiometric range causing diesel fuel to burn more completely because you use a lot less, dramatically boosting combustion efficiency.

You get more work from the same amount of fuel, because you are actually making you own fuel for immediate use as you drive

This is not a new idea. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology published research on the uses of hydrogen as a combustion-enhancing agent in the early 1970s. But the ability to make hydrogen on the go is just now catching on

The sticking point for hydrogen has always been getting it. Unlike crude oil, natural gas, wind or solar energy, hydrogen doesn't exist freely in nature. Some estimates claim it costs $5 a gallon to make hydrogen from natural gas. Yeah - well poppy-cock to that and while it might be true - why not just make it from water.

But the Onboardfueling.com system uses electricity from an engine's alternator to power the electrolysis of water to produce hydrogen as needed from small amounts of distilled water.

"That's a big advantage and a bit of a novelty," said Venki Raman, an expert on hydrogen-energy applications who started Protium Energy Technologies.

Onboardfueling.com as a manufacturer guarantees 20 percent fuel savings in the their economy model, and can fully power the engine in the high end model, which likely won't interest car companies or consumers because of the cost associated with a retro-fit or modifying an assembly line - but when you tank up with 600 gallons of Diesel at $3.00 per gallon and get only 5 to 7 miles per gallon - 20 percent is HUGE.

Trucks with the Onboardfueling,com type system produce half the amount of particulates -- microscopic, unburned bits of diesel. These kinds of systems also reduces nitrogen-oxide emissions, which are major contributors to harmful air pollution, by up to 14 percent, according to Canada's Environmental Technology Verification Program.

The Onboardfueling.com units are relatively small and cost between $4,000 and $14,000, depending on the size of the vehicle and type of system you want.

We remember the day Arnold Schwarzegger, a then budding candidate for governor announced "I'm going to covert my Hummer to Hydrogen" - can anyone produce an email a few days before the announcement? Hmmmm - a few days before? The money saved by using Hydrogen bi-fueling systems could buy many Onboardfueling.com systems, which would provide "300 times" the air-pollution reductions of one fuel-cell vehicle, and cost consumers far less to implement.

Here's how to get one

This is a fueling system and is leased - it cannot by law be sold because of road tax evasion issues. The are also IFTA issues.

AFTER filling out the three steps on http://www.onboardfueling.ws, then come back here and;

First read about the technology here at http://www.onboardfueling.com/truck_product.html

Second - remember this is the special "non-injected" version which is only about 50 candlestick [a single candlestick makes about .5 (five tenths) of a cubic inch of gas per minute] so this makes a good bit of gas 25 cubic inches of gas per minute (GEE . . . our competitor won't say how much gas their units make - and we know why . . . but later for that)

Third it is a manual unit completely

Fourth the GAS generator is automatic and sealed and takes REGULAR TAP WATER - why - more on that later - also found in our book "Running a Diesel on Next to Nothing" - you get for free and you MUST sign up for your own .WS domain here so we can have an email way to contact you for updates and reports from you. We will not accept any other email system. It costs $10 per month, and is a part of the GS program and is mandatory.

Fill in the affiliate link here

Fifth at the bottom of http://www.onboardfueling.com/truck_product.html (same link as above) is a link to contact us. Use it to fill in the form and INCLUDE also your DOT and MCC number, type of mounted_unit Truck, Type of Engine and you must be the owner of the Truck (not leased or driving independent as leasing the truck, but you MAY be an independent leased to another company as an owner/operator)

The actual economy unit installed is Black and has no stairs - or we can re-mount your stairs on the front of the unit. ==>>

[the installed price was based on replacement of the existing frame step OR NOTHING in the way at all]

The GOOD NEWS is for every referral - we pay 10 percent of the sale in commissions paid directly to you, plus you get a residual also on the .WS sign ups that are also required, AND YOU - the owner - MUST SIGN THE LICENSE TO USE THE UNIT.

AGAIN - in case you do not "get" this reason it is LICENSED and not sold - is because this is a fueling device, and IF AND WHEN various governments regulate the use of items like this as the "Portable Gas Stations" that they are, we will be required to upgrade the units to incorporate Road Tax collection issues for the Motor Fuel creation and use of the Motor Fuel for State and Federal Governments and/or IFTA.

Bi-fueling an engine is not unlawful, so long as it does not INCREASE emissions; however, for a diesel that bi-fueling ratio can be as much as 90/10 and thus Road Tax issues will be substantially impacted; thus we - and nor do you - want to run afoul of Road Tax laws and/or IFTA issues.

USE the link above to read about Bi-fueling a Diesel, then click the link at the bottom of that page which looks like this Contact us if you are serious about ONBOARDFUELING or use this one if you just want to move ahead - but don't ask us the same questions that the other page would have answered if you would have read it !!

For Turbo or Supercharged Engines - they are a "natural" for most of the reasons in the Diesel section - so read the above section and then contact us after you sign up

For Naturally aspirated Gasoline type engines in vehicles - the story is a little different.

Many vehicles will DOUBLE their gas mileage and the full system will pay for itself in about 12,000 miles of driving. A supplemental complete fueling system will take a lot longer. Let's face it, if you don't drive a lot, a full unit will take a while to pay for this system in savings, but your emissions will go way down.

HOWEVER, all vehicles today are controlled by an Engine Control Module - often called an ECM or "Computer". The ECM monitors all vehicles engine functions, and in many cars the transmission as well, and the ECM is largely COMPLETELY controlled by the Oxygen Sensor as to what amount of fuel it will tell the injectors to use.

Hydrogen as the lean burn fuel it is (see Diesel section above) drives an Oxygen Sensor "crazy" because it is NOT a Hydrocarbon fuel. Also the added moisture Hydrogen causes by combustion wreaks havoc on the life and reliability of the Oxygen sensor. We have prioducts to counter these effects somewhat, but again each vehicle is different, and it all starts with a supplemental bi-fueling system for the vehicle.

These bi-fueling systems are complete for use. On Hydrogen we have gotten 72 MPG using Hydrogen made on the fly with a 4.3 Liter GM engine in an Astro Van, Here's the other vehicles this system is made for

You can bi-fuel OR solely-fuel [meaning switch completely to] with Propane (easiest and cheapest car with a Bar-B-Que grill tank and $20.00 regulator); OR Ethanol (next easiest with a Walbro 392 electric fuel pump, adjustable GM TPI regulator and secondary marine type fuel tank; OR Natural Gas (worst needing a CNG tank set up, two regulators and electric lock-off system) OR Hydrogen (your choice of CNG style system and tank for "tanked" Hydrogen or on-the-fly Hydrogen Generating system needing also the same as the Ethanol option above plus the Hydrogen Generating system - (there are other issues to solely fueling with Hydrogen) The GM ECM will largely adjust for the bi-fueling of the engine if you set flow rates and pressures right at the new injectors to balance the injector duty cycle to the type of fuel you are using and your emissions and greenhouse gas emissions will decrease. Parties who want to license themselves get a complimentary set of Hydrogen Generator fueling system plans THAT WORK for driving our injectors in this system - when you return a license which comes in the FREE BOOK (staple bound NFR) included ONLY for fully signing up under a .ws domain in our gas station program.