The water-to-oil incident was a scam that was once famous in China. The inventor of this technology, Wang Hongcheng, was a driver from Harbin. In March 1984, he claimed that the principle was to add a very small amount of water to the water. The "flammable alkyne" preparation is fully dissolved and becomes a "water-based fuel". Then water can be used as fuel at extremely low cost [1]. This technique and related articles were once published in various media. In the winter of 1985, Wang Hongcheng traveled from Daqing to perform in Beijing, Hebei, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other places.
In 1987, the State Planning Commission of China allocated RMB 600,000 to Wang Hongcheng to produce fuel at the Shengli Bus Factory in Dingzhou, Hebei Province. Soon Wang Hongcheng took the money and bought two houses in Harbin[2]. On November 22, 1992, "Hongcheng New Energy Chemical Agent Co., Ltd." was established. On January 28, 1993, "Economic Daily" published "Can Water Really Turn into Oil?" "The article stated that this is China's fifth greatest invention after the traditional four great inventions. Later, the water-to-oil technology was considered a scam and pseudoscience. In 1998, Wang Hongcheng was sentenced to 10 years in prison for using water-to-oil technology and other crimes.
In 2005, Chen Jinyi, chairman of Zhejiang Jinyi Group, brought a new version of "water to oil". He threatened to the media that a product called "Jinlun Oil" developed by Wang Xianlun, chief engineer of Jinyi Group The new high-energy fuel truly realizes "water changes into oil". It was later confirmed to be emulsified fuel. Jinyi Group invested 100 million yuan in the research and development of emulsified fuel. Some media said: Chen Jinyi is an "oil god" if he goes one step further, and he is a liar if he takes a step back.
On February 20, 2006, Wang Chengdong, a native of Northeast China, claimed to have developed "synthetic environmentally friendly vegetable liquid fuel oil", which was called "China's fifth greatest invention."
Today, turning water into oil is one of the test questions in chemistry class, which is designed to test students' understanding of the law of conservation of mass and conservation of energy.
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