Being an engineer, with an engineering mind, wonders why there is not a rail spur to the plant that makes the "Totally green hydrogen" and load it directly into rail cars, which are then pulled as a hydrogen fuel trail to a spur where empty fuel cars are decoupled and full fuel cars are coupled with fuel line connection made and train is back in service without delays... But, that would require the use of logic, instead of government funding, I suppose..
On Mon, Jul 3, 2023 at 7:44 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jul 2023 12:59:27 -0400 Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/hydrogen-train-quebec-city-1.6888891 > > From the article: > > Where does the hydrogen come from? > > Harnois Énergies, based in Quebec City, produces the hydrogen using an > electrolyzer, which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen using > electricity. Because the electricity is from Hydro-Quebec — which is > 94 per cent hydro-generated, five per cent by wind and almost fully > decarbonized — the resulting hydrogen is considered green. > > Such nearly ideal arrangements are far from universal, nor does it > mention the efficiency of the electrolyzer. > > Alstom approached the company to supply hydrogen as it was able to > bring the gas to the pressure needed for the purposes of this project. > > A diesel-powered truck carries the hydrogen to the train station for > refuelling. > > An interesting juxtaposition of technologies ... > > But Harnois says the fuel would ideally one day be produced on site. > > For refueling, the full hydrogen tank on the truck is connected to the > empty tank on the train, and the pressure difference causes the > hydrogen to flow from one to the other. A regulator controls the flow > so it doesn't get too hot. The fuelling takes about an hour. > > I wonder how long the predecessor train took to fuel. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
