I really don’t know anything about the ability of the tanks to age and develop cracks over time.
Can you expand on that? - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Aug 15, 2021, at 4:33 PM, Peter Eckhoff via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nathan, > > I was thinking of 700 bar tanks with 3 per car and several hundred > million cars (not just Camrys) being made with these tanks. As with > you, I would not want to be in or near such a car when it let go. The > longer they are in a car, they will likely age and develop cracks. > > There was a reference to a company called Plastic Kinetics that has > developed a way of storing hydrogen on thin film > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brEm4mEizns > > If this is true and viable, it "solves" one of the major road blocks > to adoption; the storage of hydrogen at reasonable pressures. > > The other major problems have been the use of platinum in creating PEM > fuel cells and the production of hydrogen. There has been a lot of > hype on the later. > > Until I can go into a dealer, buy a HFCEV, and drive to some remote > part of the country and not worry about a hydrogen supply, I'm > sticking with a BEV. > > At least with a Tesla, there were a number of occasions where the > Tesla where you can be in the middle of nowhere and recharge. > > Hope this helps. > > Peter > > >> On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 6:18 PM nathan christiansn via EV >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Manufacturing defects in a Camry? I?m not sure what you are talking about. >> No Camrys involved. Tanks get tested. If you are trying to imply that they >> are dangerous, well so is everything. Risks get managed. Some get managed >> better than others. Batteries have their own risks, too, as does any other >> energy storage mechanism. >> >> Umm… here’s the problem. Having a 5,000 PSI hydrogen storage tank sitting >> under your hood is like having 50 pounds of tannerite sitting in your trunk >> at all times. If you get into an accident and that hydrogen tank is >> damaged, the results will be catastrophic to say the least. Yes, lithiums >> have their risks too, but they are still a lot safer than a 5000 PSI vessel >> full of flammable gas. >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210815/4bbde56f/attachment.html> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to [email protected] >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
