Hello skeptics,
The rejection letters for the hydrogen website seem a bit as far-fetched
or understudied as the prospectus. These people say that they sell
fueling stations from hydrogen collected from an outside source and that
the fueling stations are the focus of their business plan. Since the
number one problem with hydrogen collection (as I understand it) is the
retention or storage process, then a collection system is a priority in
forwarding a hydrogen-based fuel. However, if you have blown this
person's cover with understanding "a fake premises" of material to be
collected, then you are wise to do so. However, I don't see much
discussion on the collection (storage) unit itself, which should be the
real issue. Can anyone explain the collection (storage) design
potential or any hydrogen collection/ storage design system?
I can't tell you what the deuterium scam artists are planning to do
(aside from bilking people out of money), but there are a few ways
that hydrogen can be stored. The first is as a gas, either in low
pressure containers, or high pressure cylinders. Typically, a
cylinder that supplies natural gas for a vehicle stores the gas at
roughly 34 Mega Pascals, or 340 atmospheres. Hydrogen suffers from
low energy density and only "stores" 1 / 3 the energy of an equivalent
volume of natural gas. This means that a vehicle must carry more fuel
in multiple cylinders, store more fuel at higher pressure, or suffer
even shorter ranges than are typical of a battery EV.
Hydrogen can be liquefied and stored in a dewar. This increases
energy density 100 fold, but also carries a significant energy
penalty, as liquefaction requires roughly 1 / 3 the energy content of
the fuel.
Hydrides are intermetallic compounds that store hydrogen in the
interstitial spaces between molecules, absorbing the gas when cool,
and releasing it when heated up. These are intrinsically safe, as the
reaction is endothermic and will stop quite rapidly if heat is not
continuously supplied. However, most hydrides are heavy, expensive,
prone to contamination and breakdown of the hydride particles after
cycling several thousand times. This would require them to be
replaced periodically, adding to the cost of an already expensive
storage method.
Another way of "storing" hydrogen involves linking it to another
molecule. Borohydrates have been proposed as an interesting solution
for this purpose. Carbon atoms also bond with hydrogen quite nicely.
God invented plants a long time ago that have been dutifully
stripping water molecules of their hydrogen and quietly bonding the
element with carbon from animal breath for as long as life has existed
on earth. You, of course, already know this. :-)
I hope that helps!
robert luis rabello
"The Edge of Justice"
Adventure for Your Mind
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=9782>
Ranger Supercharger Project Page
http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/
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