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"Scientist claims to have cracked water-fuel secret
JOHOR BARU: A car that runs on water and petrol? That would be a
breakthrough technology in these times of escalating fuel prices.
And one man says it can be done.
Dr Halim Mohd Ali, 40, claims he can reduce fuel consumption by
half with the Hydrogen Fuel Technology (HFT) or hydroxene.
Dr Halim, director of Hydrogen Fuel Technology (M) Sdn Bhd, said
hydroxene uses water as a complementary fuel.
POWERING AHEAD: LM Star Autoworld president Abdul Uza Sheikh
Mohamad (right) and Dr Halim speaking to reporters on the hydroxene
technology in Johor Baru yesterday.
Water molecules are split into hydrogen and oxygen through high
compression nano-technology before being pumped into the fuel line,
he said.
The new fuel mixture of petrol or diesel, hydrogen and oxygen is
then injected into the engine where combustion takes place, he
said at the launch of hybrid cars by LM Star Autoworld Sdn Bhd
here.
Dr Halim, who has a research centre in Putrajaya, said that he
first patented hydroxene four years ago and would be re-filing the
patent in the next two months.
He said that although he has received offers to sell the
technology, some offers amounting to US$26mil (RM95.7mil), he had
no intention of letting foreign parties get hold of it.
As simple as it sounds, Dr Halim is quick to add that the
technology is difficult to copy, as it has a secret recipe which
very few people know about.
There are only 12 people in the world who know how hydroxene works
and even then they only know 70% of the technology, he said,
adding that the core aspects of the technology remained with
him.
Dr Halim, who has a doctorate in Physics from Birmingham
University, said over RM12mil had been spent on hydroxene research
and development in the last four years.
About 40% of the funding came from overseas, including Europe and
the United States.
Dr Halim said the technology had been tested on some 200 Proton
cars, as well as on a vehicle used by Prime Minister Datuk Seri
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. "
