A single system that can produce Hydrogen inside a car using common metals such as magnesium and aluminum has been developed by an Israeli company. The system solves all the obstacles related to the manufacture, transport and storage of hydrogen for use in automobiles. When it becomes commercial in a few years, the system will be incorporated into cars that cost about the same as existing conventional cars to run, and will be completely emission free.
As President Bush urges Americans to cut oil use in the wake of the recent price rises, more and more people are looking for viable alternatives to the use of oil as primary fuel for the automotive industry. IsraCast recently covered the idea developed at the Weizmann Institute to use pure zinc to produce hydrogen using solar energy. Now, a different solution has been developed by an Israeli company called Engineuity. Amnon Yogev, one of the two founders of Engineuity, and a retired professor from the Weizmann Institute, suggested a method for producing a continuous flow of hydrogen and steam under full pressure inside a car. This method could also be used to produce hydrogen for fuel cells and other applications requiring hydrogen and / or steam.
The hydrogen car is working Engineuity that the use of metals such as magnesium or aluminum, which will come in the form of a long coil. The gas tank in conventional vehicles will be replaced by a device called a metal combustion chamber and steam separated from hot hydrogen. The basic idea behind the technology is relatively simple: the tip of the metal coil is inserted into the combustion chamber metal and water vapor, which is heated to very high temperatures. Metal atoms is attached to the oxygen in the water, creating metal oxide. As a result, the hydrogen molecules are free, and sent in along with the steam engine. The solid waste product of the process, a metal oxide, will later be collected in the fuel station and recycled for later use by the metal industry.
Source: http://indiancarz.com/YaBB.pl?num=1319472396
As President Bush urges Americans to cut oil use in the wake of the recent price rises, more and more people are looking for viable alternatives to the use of oil as primary fuel for the automotive industry. IsraCast recently covered the idea developed at the Weizmann Institute to use pure zinc to produce hydrogen using solar energy. Now, a different solution has been developed by an Israeli company called Engineuity. Amnon Yogev, one of the two founders of Engineuity, and a retired professor from the Weizmann Institute, suggested a method for producing a continuous flow of hydrogen and steam under full pressure inside a car. This method could also be used to produce hydrogen for fuel cells and other applications requiring hydrogen and / or steam.
The hydrogen car is working Engineuity that the use of metals such as magnesium or aluminum, which will come in the form of a long coil. The gas tank in conventional vehicles will be replaced by a device called a metal combustion chamber and steam separated from hot hydrogen. The basic idea behind the technology is relatively simple: the tip of the metal coil is inserted into the combustion chamber metal and water vapor, which is heated to very high temperatures. Metal atoms is attached to the oxygen in the water, creating metal oxide. As a result, the hydrogen molecules are free, and sent in along with the steam engine. The solid waste product of the process, a metal oxide, will later be collected in the fuel station and recycled for later use by the metal industry.
Source: http://indiancarz.com/YaBB.pl?num=1319472396
