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Oxytane Explained
"Oxytane is an electrolyte designed to reduce or eliminate charge separation and electrostatic build-up generated in flowing fuel."
Huh ?????
OK... first, let's review the classic automotive combustion process.
Fuel flows from your tank to the piston combustion chamber through a series of conduits and processes designed to separate individual fuel molecules from one another as completely as possible by the time they are ready to ignite. During this "flow" process, the fuel builds up static electric charge as it moves through the various fuel lines and other fuel flow conduits.
The ulitmate goal for efficient fuel combustion, never achieved - of course, is to isolate each fuel molecule so it can be next to several oxygen molecules. The spark from an electrical source (say... the spark plug) then initiates a chain reaction that causes fuel molecules to release energy (heat / volume expansion) by combining (violently) with their oxygen neighbors... thereby creating '(horse)power' and torque.
In reality, it is not an explosion... but rather, a controlled rapid 'burn' of the fuel and oxygen molecules. The ideal mixture in automotive applications is 14.7:1 - that is... 14.7 parts air (with oxygen molecules) to 1 part fuel.
So... where does the Oxytane fit it?
First, understand that - on average - fuel is only 40% to 60% "consumed" by the standard automotive combustion process. Some of it is impeded during the fuel flow process. The remaining, unburnt fuel 'exhausts' into the air - causing pollution and wasting energy. While some of this is recaptured ('scavenged') by rather 'dated' emission control systems (now mandated for virtually all street vehicles), almost half of the fuel you pour (and 'pay') into your tank is never efficiently combusted. In addition, friction and power loss along the drive train further reduces the amount of usable energy to only 12% to 20% of its potential.
It has been this way for over 100 years. As long as the automotive industry has been around... the actual 'energy conversion' process still remains rather primitive and inefficient, as a 'controlled burn' of fuel in an enclosed space with the heated gases transferring the energy to useful form via pistons, crankshafts, and transmissions. The fundamental physics and processes of automotive propulsion have not changed that much since the late 1800's.
...and the Oxytane????
In 'lay terms,' Oxytane reduces the fuel molecules tendency to cling together in clumps and adhere to the side of engine components by acting as a liquid ground to bleed off the electrostatic charge. This causes fuel molecules to separate from engine components and from one another more readily as they are subjected to the venturi and atomization ("misting") processes that occur in your engine's carburetor or fuel injector systems.
This 'improved separation' of fuel molecules delivers more fuel to the combustion point and puts more fuel next to oxygen molecules... thereby insuring greater, more complete fuel combustion. This more complete burning of fuel, caused by the Oxytane static grounding chemistry, results in greater power, improved fuel mileage, reduced emissions and other benefits as noted previously.
Static Electricity!
While static electricity is not the only deterrent to 100% efficient fuel combusion ~ the effects of static electricity are well recognized as one of the leading challenges to combustion physics. Static electricity is responsible for:
- inefficient fuel burning caused by fuel molecules clinging in 'less combustible clumps,'
- damaging engine deposits that impair smooth piston/drive train movement and waste exhaust processes, and
- impaired fuel delivery due to fuel molecules changing properties and clogging needle jets and throttle bodies.
Oxytane, available for marine applications from Marine Services, used in very small quantities, chemically alters fuel molecule properties ~ causing these impairments to significantly attentuate and dramatically improve your overall combustion process and engine maintenance experiences.
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