Energy Dense Water

Water makes up 60-75% of our body weight. All living things need energy to grow, breathe, reproduce, and move. A loss of just 4% of total body water leads to dehydration, and a loss of 15% can be fatal. A person can survive a month without food but cann’t survive 3 days without water.

Water Biological Importance

All living organisms need water because it plays a vital role in their day-to-day biological roles. Water acts as a universal solvent, supplier of Hydrogen/ hydroxyl ions, providing a medium for the oxidation reduction chemical reactions to occur, carrier of energy/ heat. Substances are also transported from one part of body to the other in the dissolved state. It is necessary for the organisms to maintain a certain level of water within their bodies in order to stay alive.

Why Water?

About 71 % of the Earth’s surface is water-covered. Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes as liquid, in icecaps and glaciers as sold, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers. Understanding the structure, property & behavior of water is essential for its role in biological systems.

Most of water’s roles in supporting life are due to its molecular structure and a few special properties. Water is a simple molecule composed of two small, positively charged hydrogen atoms and one large negatively charged oxygen atom. When the hydrogen binds to the oxygen, it creates an asymmetrical molecule with positive charge on one side and negative charge on the other side. This charge differential is called polarity and dictates how water interacts with other molecules.

Water allows everything inside cells to have the right shape at the molecular level. As shape is critical for biochemical processes, this is also one of water’s most important roles. Our heart is constantly working, pumping about 2,000 gallons of blood a day. By staying hydrated – that is, by drinking more water than we are losing – we are helping our heart do its job.

Water creates pressure inside the cell that helps it maintain shape. In the hydrated cell (left), the water pushes outward and the cell maintains a round shape. In the dehydrated cell, there is less water pushing outward so the cell becomes wrinkled.

Water is required for breathing. moistens oxygen for breathing. regulates our body temperature. protects and cushions vital organs. cushions joints.

HELPS TO CONVERT FOOD INTO ENERGY.

helps our body absorb nutrients. helps to remove waste & toxins from body

Energy density is defined as energy per gram of a food or drink which is be used as an indicator of the risk of overconsumption of energy. Overconsumption of energy provided by energy-dense, food and drinks increases the risk of unhealthy weight gain and of obesity-related health outcomes. Our body becomes partially dehydrated if a person goes for a morning walk without water. Maintaining energy can be as simple as carrying a water bottle around and sipping it throughout the day to stay properly hydrated.

Water Structure, Property & Behavior

Energy density of some combustible materials

Hydrogen has a energy density of 142MJ/Kg , and is soluble to an extent of 1.4mg/L. Increase of Hydrogen content by 1 ppm increases the energy content of water by about 100J/L which is feasible & sensible. Hydrogen though abundant in our environment not in free form. It’s stored in water (H2O), hydrocarbons and other organic matters. Our challenge of producing hydrogen as a fuel is efficiently extracting it from these compounds. Hydrogen can be produced from water through electrolysis.

Presence of small amounts of ionic compounds like KOH, NaCl, NaOH etc. changes the concentrations of H+ & OH- ions and changes the pH of water . Electrolysis of alkaline water causes migration of cations towards anode & liberation of Oxygen & Hydrogen gas at anode & cathode. Alkaline media favors faster migration of ions and the electrolysis process.

Pure water which has a pH of 7 indicating large amounts of hydrogen and hydroxyl ions are present a s shown

Change of hydrogen/hydroxyl ion concentrations changes equilibrium values of water and simultaneously energy state of water. Hydrogen/hydroxyl ions can be easily changed by electrolysis principle. Electrical energy added to water is used to produce Hydrogen which is absorbed in water to produce energy dense water. Solubility of hydrogen gas was measured with hydrogen selective electrodes. Laboratory studies have shown Hydrogen concentration can be increased up to 100PPM