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A combustion engine is provided with a fuel supplementation system in which water is broken down by electrolysis into hydrogen and oxygen which are then added to the fuel delivery system. The electrolysis takes place in a chamber in which a pusher gas rises through perforated horizontal electrode pl

A combustion engine is provided with a fuel supplementation system in which water is broken down by electrolysis into hydrogen and oxygen which are then added to the fuel delivery system. The electrolysis takes place in a chamber in which a pusher gas rises through perforated horizontal electrode plates to sweep the hydrogen and oxygen from the plates as it is generated, thereby preventing the accumulation of these gases in the chamber. In addition, the electrolyte can be circulated, passing it through a filter, to increase the turbulence and agitation within the chamber. The rate at which the water is electrolyzed is varied, as by modulating the voltage applied to the plates, in accordance with the throttle position of the engine. Since gases do not accumulate in the chamber, variations in the rate at which these gases are yielded are affected substantially instantaneously. Lignite activited water can be added to the electrolyte to inhibit the formation of sludge.

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In a combustion engine including at least one combustion chamber, a hydrocarbon fuel tank, fuel delivery means for mixing said fuel with air and delivering said fuel/air mixture to said combustion chamber, throttle means for adjustably controlling said fuel delivery means, and a source of electrical

In a combustion engine including at least one combustion chamber, a hydrocarbon fuel tank, fuel delivery means for mixing said fuel with air and delivering said fuel/air mixture to said combustion chamber, throttle means for adjustably controlling said fuel delivery means, and a source of electrical potential energized by the operation of said engine, the improvement to said engine comprising: a reservoir containing an electrolyte that is at least part water; an electrolysis chamber; an electrolyte feed line leading from said reservoir to said chamber, whereby said chamber is filled with said electrolyte; a pair of electrodes disposed within said chamber and at least partially immersed in said electrolyte, each of said electrodes including a plurality of perforated horizontal electrode plates, said electrodes being electrically connected to opposite sides of said source of electrical potential, whereby said electrolyte is broken down to yield hydrogen and oxygen; voltage means for varying the electrical potential applied to said electrode plates in response to adjustment of said throttle means thereby producing hydrogen and oxygen at a rate responsive to the adjustment of said throttle means; fuel supplement delivery means for supplying said hydrogen and oxygen to said fuel delivery means; pump means for blowing a pusher gas under positive pressure through a pusher gas manifold, whereby said gas rises through said chamber and sweeps said hydrogen and oxygen from said plates; and a perforated pusher gas manifold extending throughout the entire bottom of said chamber beneath said electrodes to distribute said pusher gas horizontally throughout the bottom of said chamber whereby said pusher gas instantaneously sweeps hydrogen and oxygen from said plates and prevents a hazardous and unsafe accumulation of hydrogen and oxygen within said chamber.