New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells

News Type: Other — Seeded on Thu May 17, 2007 12:28 PM EDT

Article Source: PhysOrg.com

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The method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen - two major challenges in creating a hydrogen economy, said Jerry Woodall, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue who invented the process.

"The hydrogen is generated on demand, so you only produce as much as you need when you need it," said Woodall, who presented research findings detailing how the system works during a recent energy symposium at Purdue

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GaryO

It will be interesting to see if it is economical and simple enough to work affordably.

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#1 - Thu May 17, 2007 3:03 PM EDT

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roger3000

As far as hydrogen economy it sounds like this is very feasible. Storage of hydrogen is not feasible so generation is necessary. Aluminium is readily available hence this could really work. We need cheap energy and if we can convert our vehicles that would be awesome. Maybe we need a Manhattan project around this.

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#1.1 - Thu May 17, 2007 4:12 PM EDT

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dcuben

It boggles the mind to consider what we could create for the mutual good if we were to dedicate a "Manhattan Project"-like effort toward this end... Thanks for seeding this article, Roger3000!

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#1.2 - Thu May 17, 2007 5:47 PM EDT

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Lungfish

Fantastic. I look forward to development and implementation

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#2 - Thu May 17, 2007 4:40 PM EDT

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roger3000

I am thinking of writing an article on this and heres a teaser.

Gallium from Wiki.

Here is a vid.

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#3 - Thu May 17, 2007 5:19 PM EDT

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Steve Andrews

GREAT seed, if this really works it could be a major breakthrough.

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1 vote

#4 - Thu May 17, 2007 6:15 PM EDT

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roger3000

Damn after further review these comments shut my article down. I think the solution is electricity. Batteries and cheap juice.

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#5 - Thu May 17, 2007 6:17 PM EDT

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Steve Andrews

I tend to agree with you roger, do a search for EESTOR and a123 for some exciting news on batteries.

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#5.1 - Thu May 17, 2007 6:32 PM EDT

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roger3000

Thanks for the hints Steve and I believe MIT is working on batteries also. So now all we need is the cheap juice. Hell everthing has to be cheap or I cannot use it.

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#5.2 - Thu May 17, 2007 6:53 PM EDT

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roger3000

Thanks also for seeding this alternate energy group.

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#5.3 - Fri May 18, 2007 12:42 AM EDT

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	U.S. scientists say aluminum and gallium provide an alternative to gasoline-powered engines.	sdedic	Fri May 18	0
	An Exciting Breakthrough For The Hydrogen Economy	Reuters	Sat May 19	3

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