[Stoves] Re Alexis Belonio article

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Crispin

Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:
> Dear Kevin
> 
> That is what separates frauds from people like Garth to are actually doing 
> it properly.  What I found interesting was a consistent 'effect' reported by 
> people for generating increased efficiency in hydrogen production.

Certainly, this is what good Science is all about... "doing the 
do-able". Good Science does not claim to have done the impossible.
> 
> Garth is splitting the water electrically inside the engine, that's all. 
> Now we have a general claim to be splitting water in a hot fire.  Is that 
> real?

Certainly, splitting water in a hot fire, in the presence of carbon, is 
real!! However, I do not know if the temperature of a "hot fire" would, 
or would not, be sufficient to dissociate 2H2O into 2H2 and O2.

I suspect that water reduction, or water dissociation, could have a 
positive effect on biomass combustion processes, by permitting the 
formation of intermediate compounds that would burn better, or more 
completely.

Best wishes,

Kevin
> 
> Thanks
> Crispin 
> 
> 
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