Japanese researchers have discovered a lightweight and robust material for storing highly compressed hydrogen gas. Other metal hydride tanks are typically heavy, adding a lot of weight to the vehicle and bringing down the MPGe’s. According to The Engineer, “Lightweight interstitial hydrides – compounds in which hydrogen atoms occupy the spaces between metal atoms – • Read More »
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Titanium-Doped Aluminum Breakthrough in Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cells
October 27, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 3 Comments | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Hydrogen Fuel Tanks, Uncategorized.There’s been a lot of research in materials sciences in finding cheaper alternatives in which to store hydrogen or use as catalysts for hydrogen reactions. Most of this breakthrough technology perpetually seems to be 10 to 20 years away before commercialization. This is why when I heard about what the researchers at the University of • Read More »
RC CAR dAlh2Orean Uses Aluminum + H2 + Fuel Cell
April 21, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Right now there are several radio controlled (RC) hydrogen powered cars on the market. Three of them are the HCell 20, the H2Go and the H-Cell RC. But, there is another hydrogen fuel cell RC that I would like to talk about that has just been developed and is a little unique. First of all, • Read More »
Purdue Using Aluminum and Seawater to Create Hydrogen
October 8, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Purdue Using Aluminum and Seawater to Create Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In 2007, I had talked about Purdue University using aluminum, gallium and fresh water to produce hydrogen. This technology still has promise. Today, however, Purdue has put a slightly different spin on the same goal using aluminum, plus a liquid alloy of gallium, indium and tin to produce hydrogen from seawater. Why is this different? • Read More »
Hydrogen Peroxide and Aluminum as Super Fuel for Cars
March 11, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Here’s a blast from the past. I want to take you back to 1999 when the Gillette Mach 3 Challenger motorcycle broke the land speed record running on hydrogen peroxide and aluminum and hit the record mark of 365 miles per hour at the Bonneville Salt Flats. In the past, I’ve talked many times about • Read More »
Aluminum Super Atom Creates Hydrogen from Water
March 4, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 6 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Over the past few years, I’ve talked many times about the merits of combining aluminum and water to create hydrogen. Researchers have been working on using aluminum both inside and outside the car for such hydrogen on demand production. Some of these methods involve using either an aluminum alloy or aluminum, water and some other • Read More »
College Students Make Case for Aluminum and Water to Create Hydrogen
December 1, 2009 | By | Comments Off on College Students Make Case for Aluminum and Water to Create Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Education.Engineering students at Northeastern University took first place in the Chem-E-Car Competition that took place in Nashville, Tennessee. The vehicle that they called the Aluminator used a combination of water, aluminum foil and sodium hydroxide to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen was then pushed through a fuel cell along with ambient air, which powered the wheels • Read More »
Ammonia or Aluminum May Be Key to Hydrogen Production
August 5, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked many times about either using ammonia or aluminum compounds as a chemical carrier for hydrogen and large scale production of H2 gas. Now scientists in separate facilities are excited about their findings in both of these areas. Researchers at the DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have discovered that combining ammonia borane (H3NBH3), • Read More »
DOE’s SRNL Cracks Aluminum Hydride Alane Code
July 7, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on DOE’s SRNL Cracks Aluminum Hydride Alane Code | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.I’ve talked in the past many times about using aluminum hydrides, magnesium hydrides or other hydrogen chemical storage methods such as sodium borohydride. Now, the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and their Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) have cracked the code on reusable aluminum hydrides, which they refer to as “alane” to store hydrogen • Read More »
Aluminum and Water Create Hydrogen According to Penn State
January 28, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Researchers at Penn State University have discovered that combining aluminum and water will create hydrogen. Now, in many ways this is nothing new since I’ve talked about similar science before over the past couple of years. In fact, I’ve talked about Hydrogen Power, Incorporated’s AlumiFuel technology for their H2Go hydrogen on demand system that was • Read More »