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Using hydrogen to store carbon, and vice versaFebruary 12, 2010
One example was the "Physics for energy storage" session, where I attended the final talk, entitled "The physics of energy storage and the role of hydrogen," given by Andreas Züttel
To be honest, I thought I was going to get something different from what was presented, but it was interesting nonetheless, mainly because of one idea: hydrogen's potential role in carbon sequestration.
Starting with the natural energy cycle of the planet, Züttel showed where and how current human fuel usage fit into the big picture. This was not illustrated to highlight environmental issues, but rather that we use something like 85 million barrels of oil per day, while nature makes eight barrels per day. Looking at production statistics and reports on oil finds, Züttel is pretty convinced that we are already at peak oil and even believes ----more---
Given this, it is pretty simple to show that we can't grow GDP indefinitely without drastically changing how we get energy. As Züttel puts it, we have to move from energy carriers, like petroleum, to energy fluxes, like sunlight. And that isn't easy. In fact, what we have to learn to do is to efficiently store energy fluxes in energy carriers, which brings us back to hydrogen.
Züttel then spent some time going over storage techniques for hydrogen, and they are all pretty bad. Liquid hydrogen is very difficult and dangerous, while gaseous hydrogen doesn't have enough energy per kilogram of gas to be worthwhile. Metal hydrides are better, and can achieve energy storage densities greater than liquid hydrogen. But their volumetric storage density is poor, with the exception of aluminum hydrides, which are often unstable and sometimes explode—exactly what I want in the back of my car.
An alternative is to store hydrogen as... wait for it... hydrocarbons. Simply put, electrolysis is a pretty efficient process, and hydrocarbons have great energy density and are quite safe. The problem is not getting the
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Feb 13th 2010Is there real progress happening
on the hydrogen highway?
So, does Peter Wells, who recently wrote an article called "Hydrogen highways: the concept becoming reality," rely on the hydrogen fantasy themes we discussed recently? Not so much, at least at first. He even admits that the current state of hydrogen availability is "sparse and geographically constrained." Wells' article begins with a simple list of hydrogen projects that have been completed or are being finished now. Wells lists hydrogen corridors in Norway and Japan, California and Germany, to name just four the eight he found, and it's kind of cool to see them listed in one place. Whether or not these stations are a good idea or not we're not going to get into right now, but at least there's a bit of reality entering the hydrogen proponent's vocabulary. Thanks to Roy B. for the tip!
h2, h2 car, h2 highway, H2Car, H2Highway, hydrogen, hydrogen car, hydrogen fuel cell, hydrogen highway, HydrogenCar, HydrogenFuelCell, HydrogenHighway
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2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehiclewith Norwegian specifications in HyNor
2009 Mazda Sports Car RX-8 Hydrogen RE
2009 Japan Mazda Motor Corporation (HIROSHIMA) declared that it has built the prototypal Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle with Norwegian specifications, developed specifically for participation in HyNor, Norway’s national gas project. The prototypal unit module take part in ceremonies marking the authorised opening of HyNor’s gas stuff stations.
Mazda united to collaborate with HyNor on the project in Nov 2007 and began validation of the RX-8 Hydrogen RE’s dynamical performance on Norwegian open anchorage in October 2008.
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February 13, 2010
That high efficiency is largely thanks to the indium phosphide clusters being better at grabbing photons than organic molecules. "Think of them as a butterfly net for catching photons," said Nann.
By the standard measure of the probability that a material will absorb a photon that hits it, each cluster is 400 times better at netting photons than organic molecules used in previous systems.
"That's why it works so well," said Nann. He and colleagues now plan to refine the system, including lowering the cost by making it with less expensive materials.
http://www.indiatalkies.com/2010/02/scientists-sunlight-water-hydrogen-tirelessly.html
February 13, 2010
Scientists use sunlight and water to make hydrogen tirelessly
London: Scientists have come up with a new technique that can use sunlight and water to make hydrogen tirelessly.
According to a report in New Scientist, the technique, developed by Thomas Nann and colleagues at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, can convert 60 per cent of sunlight energy absorbed by an electrode into the inflammable fuel.
To generate the gas, Thomas Nann and colleagues at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, dip a gold electrode with a special coating into water and expose it to light.
Clusters of indium phosphide 5 nanometres wide on its surface absorb incoming photons and pass electrons bearing their energy on to clusters of a sulphurous iron compound. This material combines those electrons with protons from the water to form gaseous hydrogen.
A second electrode - plain platinum this time - is needed to complete the circuit electrochemically. Organic molecules have been used before to perform the same feat.
But, they are quickly bleached by the sunlight they are collecting, rendering them inefficient after a few weeks. The inorganic materials used in the University of East Anglia's system are more resilient.
Their first generation proof of concept is "a major breakthrough" in the field, thanks to its efficiency of over 60 per cent and ability to survive sunlight for two weeks without any degradation of performance. "In fact, the 60 per cent figure is probably a worst-case scenario
This is still a preliminary study," said Nann.To generate the gas, Thomas Nann and colleagues at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, dip a gold electrode with a special coating into water and expose it to light.
Clusters of indium phosphide 5 nanometres wide on its surface absorb incoming photons and pass electrons bearing their energy on to clusters of a sulphurous iron compound. This material combines those electrons with protons from the water to form gaseous hydrogen.
A second electrode - plain platinum this time - is needed to complete the circuit electrochemically. Organic molecules have been used before to perform the same feat.
But, they are quickly bleached by the sunlight they are collecting, rendering them inefficient after a few weeks. The inorganic materials used in the University of East Anglia's system are more resilient.
Their first generation proof of concept is "a major breakthrough" in the field, thanks to its efficiency of over 60 per cent and ability to survive sunlight for two weeks without any degradation of performance. "In fact, the 60 per cent figure is probably a worst-case scenario
That high efficiency is largely thanks to the indium phosphide clusters being better at grabbing photons than organic molecules. "Think of them as a butterfly net for catching photons," said Nann.
By the standard measure of the probability that a material will absorb a photon that hits it, each cluster is 400 times better at netting photons than organic molecules used in previous systems.
"That's why it works so well," said Nann. He and colleagues now plan to refine the system, including lowering the cost by making it with less expensive materials.
http://www.indiatalkies.com/2010/02/scientists-sunlight-water-hydrogen-tirelessly.html
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2010/02/13/hydrogen-highway-plan-fuels-drive-for-greener-m4-91466-25824564/
Feb 13 2010
She said: “Wales will be a flagship for what I hope is the start of a major move away from the use of fossil fuels for transport and in buildings.”
She hoped hydrogen-powered cars and public transport would be using the Welsh stretch by 2015. Last September, seven manufacturers – Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault-Nissan and Toyota – published a joint statement saying they “strongly anticipate that from 2015 onwards a quite significant number of electric vehicles with fuel cell could be commercialised”.
Ms Davidson also revealed the University of Glamorgan would play a key role in the new strategy aimed at stimulating major car manufacturers to produce hydrogen and other alternative fuel cars.
The university has been awarded £6.3m to its project Cymru-H2Wales, building on the university’s expertise in the field of hydrogen energy to develop new processes, products and services.
The university will look at developing:
Hydrogen production from renewable electricity;
hydrogen fuel cells for use in clean, green vehicles;
the strategic build-up of Wales’ hydrogen refuelling infrastructure;
and biological hydrogen production (using bacteria).
The university has already produced a “Tribrid” minibus which can be fuelled by hydrogen, lead acid battery or ultra-capacitators. It plans to expand the fleet
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2010/02/13/hydrogen-highway-plan-fuels-drive-for-greener-m4-91466-25824564/
Hydrogen highway plan fuels
drive for greener M4
Feb 13 2010
THE M4 in South Wales is to become a “Hydrogen Highway” with a network of alternative fuel stations stretching between Swansea, Cardiff and Newport.
Under the pioneering scheme, announced yesterday, the region will be at the vanguard of greener road transport in the UK.
The idea is to have silent, hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars using the motorway by 2015 giving off just water vapour in contrast to the harmful emissions of the cars of today.
Wales has been designated a Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) for hydrogen and low-carbon fuel technologies such as natural gas and bio-methane.
South Wales will link with Bristol, Swindon, London and the Midlands to create UK’s longest alternative fuel routes, with a range of a refuelling points at strategic sites. There will be electric plug-in facilities, hydrogen, compressed natural gas and bio-methane-filling points.
Although hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe, it takes electricity to “split” it from other atoms such as oxygen.
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http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/401026/the_opensource_hydrogen_car_set_to_change_the_industry.html
The first departure from the conventional business plan is that the designs of the car will be released under an open source licence. This allows people to freely build on ideas and designs, speeding up innovation and enabling technologies to be quickly improved, meeting the needs of people rather than markets.
Riversimple To aid the development of the open source hardware community, Riversimple has set up the 40 Fires Foundation, an open-source hardware group that anyone can join to share expertise and develop technologies.Before any official launch, the foundation has already registered over 300 people with expertise in various areas, showing the huge potential for an open-source technology community. And this potential can be far reaching:
20th January, 2010
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2010/02/13/hydrogen-highway-plan-fuels-drive-for-greener-m4-91466-25824564/
Feb 13 2010
She said: “Wales will be a flagship for what I hope is the start of a major move away from the use of fossil fuels for transport and in buildings.”
She hoped hydrogen-powered cars and public transport would be using the Welsh stretch by 2015. Last September, seven manufacturers – Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Renault-Nissan and Toyota – published a joint statement saying they “strongly anticipate that from 2015 onwards a quite significant number of electric vehicles with fuel cell could be commercialised”.
Ms Davidson also revealed the University of Glamorgan would play a key role in the new strategy aimed at stimulating major car manufacturers to produce hydrogen and other alternative fuel cars.
The university has been awarded £6.3m to its project Cymru-H2Wales, building on the university’s expertise in the field of hydrogen energy to develop new processes, products and services.
The university will look at developing:
Hydrogen production from renewable electricity;
hydrogen fuel cells for use in clean, green vehicles;
the strategic build-up of Wales’ hydrogen refuelling infrastructure;
and biological hydrogen production (using bacteria).
The university has already produced a “Tribrid” minibus which can be fuelled by hydrogen, lead acid battery or ultra-capacitators. It plans to expand the fleet
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2010/02/13/hydrogen-highway-plan-fuels-drive-for-greener-m4-91466-25824564/
Hydrogen highway plan fuels drive for greener M4
Feb 13 2010
THE M4 in South Wales is to become a “Hydrogen Highway” with a network of alternative fuel stations stretching between Swansea, Cardiff and Newport.
Under the pioneering scheme, announced yesterday, the region will be at the vanguard of greener road transport in the UK.
The idea is to have silent, hydrogen fuel cell-powered cars using the motorway by 2015 giving off just water vapour in contrast to the harmful emissions of the cars of today.
Wales has been designated a Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) for hydrogen and low-carbon fuel technologies such as natural gas and bio-methane.
South Wales will link with Bristol, Swindon, London and the Midlands to create UK’s longest alternative fuel routes, with a range of a refuelling points at strategic sites. There will be electric plug-in facilities, hydrogen, compressed natural gas and bio-methane-filling points.
Although hydrogen is the most plentiful element in the universe, it takes electricity to “split” it from other atoms such as oxygen.
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http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/401026/the_opensource_hydrogen_car_set_to_change_the_industry.html
The first departure from the conventional business plan is that the designs of the car will be released under an open source licence. This allows people to freely build on ideas and designs, speeding up innovation and enabling technologies to be quickly improved, meeting the needs of people rather than markets.
Riversimple To aid the development of the open source hardware community, Riversimple has set up the 40 Fires Foundation, an open-source hardware group that anyone can join to share expertise and develop technologies.Before any official launch, the foundation has already registered over 300 people with expertise in various areas, showing the huge potential for an open-source technology community. And this potential can be far reaching:
20th January, 2010The open-source hydrogen car
set to change the industry
Cars are evil, right?
But what if they ran on hydrogen,
did 300 miles per gallon,
were leased rather than owned, and were produced under an open source business model...
We have often been introduced to the car of tomorrow, but one company has now created a car with the future in mind. But it is about far more than just a car, it’s about a business model that is challenging the very architecture of the auto industry.
We have often been introduced to the car of tomorrow, but one company has now created a car with the future in mind. But it is about far more than just a car, it’s about a business model that is challenging the very architecture of the auto industry.
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US Patent 7052658 -
Hydrogen generation cartridge
and portable hydrogen generator
US Patent Issued on
May 30, 2006Estimated Patent Expiration Date: January 29, 2023Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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First Fuel Cell Boat Cruises Amsterdam's Canals
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US Patent 7052658 -
Hydrogen generation cartridge
and portable hydrogen generator
US Patent Issued on
May 30, 2006Estimated Patent Expiration Date: January 29, 2023Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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First Fuel Cell Boat Cruises Amsterdam's Canals December 9, 2009
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Emitting only water vapour and gliding silently through Amsterdam's centuries-old canals, a canal boat -- a popular tourist attraction -- powered by fuel cells made its debut cruise on Wednesday.
The "Nemo H2," which can carry about 87 people, is the first of its kind designed specifically to run on a fuel cell engine, in which hydrogen and oxygen are mixed to create electricity and water, without producing air-polluting gases.
"That's important in a city like Amsterdam with over 125 canal trips per day," said project manager Alexander Overdiep.
The "Nemo H2," which can carry about 87 people, is the first of its kind designed specifically to run on a fuel cell engine, in which hydrogen and oxygen are mixed to create electricity and water, without producing air-polluting gases.
"That's important in a city like Amsterdam with over 125 canal trips per day," said project manager Alexander Overdiep.
a great picture of the boat
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ballard-announces-sale-of-fuel-cell-power-modules-to-advanced-public-transportation-systems-bv-in-europe-81168507.html
Ballard Announces Sale of Fuel Cell Power Modules
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ballard-announces-sale-of-fuel-cell-power-modules-to-advanced-public-transportation-systems-bv-in-europe-81168507.html
Ballard Announces Sale of Fuel Cell Power Modulesto Advanced Public Transportation Systems bv in Europe
VANCOUVER, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLD; NASDAQ: BLDP) announced that it has received a sales order for five FCvelocity(TM)-HD6 power modules fromMichael Goldstein, Ballard's Chief Commercial Officer stated, "The deployment of our FCvelocity(TM)-HD6 power modules with APTS and other customers such as BC Transit and Transport for London mean that fuel cell-based power solutions are gaining real traction in the global mass transit marketplace, delivering GHG reductions and energy conservation benefits." He continued, "Ballard's foundation of reliability and durability are an ideal fit for our customers in motive power, backup power and distributed generation."
All the power modules will be shipped to APTS by the second quarter of 2010 and the first APTS Phileas bus incorporating a Ballard power module will be produced this year. Two Phileas buses powered by Ballard fuel cell modules will be operating in Cologne, Germany and two will be operating in Amsterdam. APTS currently has 70 Phileas buses in operation worldwide.
All the power modules will be shipped to APTS by the second quarter of 2010 and the first APTS Phileas bus incorporating a Ballard power module will be produced this year. Two Phileas buses powered by Ballard fuel cell modules will be operating in Cologne, Germany and two will be operating in Amsterdam. APTS currently has 70 Phileas buses in operation worldwide.
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Eco Factor: Concept yacht designed to run clean on hydrogen fuel cells.
The OrganiK is the work of designer Sylvain Viau of SVDesign that has been developed to boast a strong identity, heritage of vessels from the golden age and
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Eco Factor: Concept yacht designed to run clean on hydrogen fuel cells.The OrganiK is the work of designer Sylvain Viau of SVDesign that has been developed to boast a strong identity, heritage of vessels from the golden age and
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http://images.google.com/images?imgsz=small%7Cmedium%7Clarge%7Cxlarge&gbv=2&hl=en&sa=1&q=under+ice+water+wheels&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq= The Falkirk boat wheel in Scotland is the world's first and connects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal. "With a diameter of 35-meters, it boasts two axe-shaped arms and water-filled caissons boasting an 80,000-gallon capacity, capable of lifting 600-tons (combined)." The thing cost almost $35 million to build, but only needs 22.5kW to run its motors. Pretty neat, I think it's got some potential. Potential for a role in an action movie that is. I'm thinking a boat chase, and this thing going maybe 20 to 30 times faster than it normally does, and then the bad guys getting chopped up and all bloody in it. Yeah! Then the scene ends with a dolphin humping a sea otter. Someone notify the Academy Awards, I want a trophy.
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