I don't know if anyone saw the recent stories on Cella Energy. They're claiming to have found a new way of storing Hydrogen for fuel cells or car engines that can be pumped as beads at low pressure.
The advantages apparently are clean exhausts (water) and costs that could be as low as 20p per litre, 90p per gallon. Asuming it's not taxed as highly as petrol is, or just 60p per litre if it is.
The range apparently is similar to a tankful of petrol.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ting-cars.html
Looking at the details it isn't quite as simple as some of the reports are saying as the beads need heating to release the hydrogen. This means to use it on existing cars the fuel tank will need replacing with a fairly complex system to heat and recycle the beads. The suggestion, though, is that car engines won't need modifying.
http://www.cellaenergy.com/index.php?page=technology
Still, it sounds like very clever stuff and I'll be very interested to see how it pans out.
Mike
The advantages apparently are clean exhausts (water) and costs that could be as low as 20p per litre, 90p per gallon. Asuming it's not taxed as highly as petrol is, or just 60p per litre if it is.
The range apparently is similar to a tankful of petrol.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...ting-cars.html
Looking at the details it isn't quite as simple as some of the reports are saying as the beads need heating to release the hydrogen. This means to use it on existing cars the fuel tank will need replacing with a fairly complex system to heat and recycle the beads. The suggestion, though, is that car engines won't need modifying.
http://www.cellaenergy.com/index.php?page=technology
Still, it sounds like very clever stuff and I'll be very interested to see how it pans out.
Mike