Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a heat exchanger for hydrogen storage tanks that will help manufacturers take one step closer towards commercialization of hydrogen cars. Filling up a hydrogen car in 5 minutes while giving it a range of 300 miles are the goals of many manufacturers. One of the problems associated with metal […]
Continue ReadingA recent study by Dutch researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that metal hydride hydrogen tanks are actually 40 to 60-percent lighter than a battery pack on an electric vehicle. The study proposed using light metal alloys comprised on magnesium, titanium and nickel for the hydrogen tanks. By using the technique of hydrogenography, Gremaud was able […]
Continue ReadingA Toyota Prius hybrid retrofitted to run on liquid hydrogen by researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has traveled 650 miles on one tank. The researchers have designed a cryogenic tank without the typical boil-off problem as is present in other current low temperature liquid hydrogen tanks. The cryogenic tanks hold 150 liters of […]
Continue ReadingC.En (Clean Energy) of Israel has discovered a new way to store hydrogen that will aid in the acceleration of rolling out hydrogen cars en mass to the public. While other manufacturers are using heavy metals, carbon fiber or metal hydrides to store hydrogen gas, C.En has figured out a way to use glass to […]
Continue ReadingBMW has announced a breakthrough in hydrogen storage for automobiles. The BMW Hydrogen 7 can now use cryo-compression to store either gaseous or liquid hydrogen inside super-insulated tanks. Before this breakthrough, the liquid hydrogen being super-cooled in the tank was subject to the “boil off” effect where a tank of fuel could evaporate in just […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, General Motors drove their Sequel fuel cell vehicle across New York state to show the world that hydrogen-powered cars and SUVs can have a range of 300-miles. This week, the Toyota FCHV broke this mark by traveling 348 miles from Osaka to Tokyo on a single tank of hydrogen with 30-percent of […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, I was contacted by Michael Jehan from MCP technologies who said his company has developed a novel magnesium hydride storage solution for hydrogen to be used in automobiles with internal combustion engines (ICE). The MgH2 solution uses nano-structure powders to absorb the hydrogen then release it as needed for the vehicle. I asked Mr. […]
Continue ReadingHydrogen storage is a tricky beast at best. Currently, in the transportation industry, storing hydrogen in automobiles is accomplished either through liquefying the gas or compressing it. In order to store liquid hydrogen, it must first be super-cooled to -423 F. Cars that carry liquid hydrogen systems (cryogenic) have the issue of hydrogen boil off, […]
Continue ReadingJust what does constitute a hydrogen car, is a question I’ve been pondering lately. Most so-called hydrogen cars use either compressed or liquefied hydrogen in their tanks to power the vehicle. But, there are several other cars that are filled with natural gas, methane or even gasoline and use reformers to extract the hydrogen and […]
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