Getting back to a more down to Earth use of Hydrogen, we hear about using Hydrogen to fuel cars. It is hard to compress and store hydrogen and finding ways to make it easier for the everyday person to use Hydrogen in a fuel cell would be good. Hydrogen solid storage - Are we going to hear more about this?
Google started a new service, "BUZZ" and I was looking at some posts by folks on my Gmail List.
I noticed a comment about a video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com - where it talks about a way to make Hydrogen in your home and store it in a solid form that can be used to free up Hydrogen to use in a fuel cell that in turn can produce electricity to run a motor.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/
If you watch the video you will see the products from the company, Horizon, and a demo of using stored Hydrogen in a small radio controlled car.
Here are a link to information about the 'HYDROSTIK' refillable solid-state hydrogen cartridges, the 'HYDROFILL' home hydrogen refueling unit for the HydroSTIK, and a MiniPAK "Personal Power Center", that can be used to recharge our many electronic gadgets.
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http://www.horizonfuelcell.com/electronics.htm
HYDROSTIK - The fuel cartridge used in the MiniPak called HydroSTIK has a battery-like form factor and contains a special metal alloy that allows hydrogen to be stored in a solid-state, as part of the metal alloy matrix inside the cartridge. In contrast with ordinary compressed hydrogen tanks, the pressure inside the canister is very low, making this device the safest and most practical means of storing hydrogen. The HydroSTIK has the additional advantages of being refillable (from pressurized gas bottles, or from water-electrolysis based devices), non-toxic, eco-friendly, and competitive on cost/performance with existing battery devices. Each HydroSTIK can store 15Wh of energy, enough for 2 to 3 charges of a 3G smartphone, or 4-6 charges for average cellphones, which is more than what present primary and rechargeable batteries are able to offer at equivalent cost.
HYDROFILL - The HydroFILL is a "world-first" small-scale home hydrogen station that allows consumers or retailers/distributors to refill solid state canisters in a simple way, using water and electricity as only input. By adding water, and plugging the HydroFILL into a electrical wall-socket (or a solar panel), consumers can generate hydrogen and store it in a solid form automatically in HydroSTIK cartrridges. Once full, the battery-like "solid-state"HydroSTIKs can be unplugged from the HydroFILL and placed into the MiniPak (or other fuel cell devices) to deliver power via a USB port.
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And this is about a company in the USA that has a number of 'Green' products including storing Hydrogen in a solid form.
http://www.ovonic.com/pdfs/new_fuel_cell_presentation.pdf
http://ovonics.com/
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http://www.ovonic.com/PDFs/featured_solutions/ovonic_hydrogen_fueled_car_092805.pdf
Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle Powered With Ovonic® Solid State Hydrogen Storage
A practical first step on the road to a hydrogen-fueled future Rochester Hills, Mich., September 21, 2005
There is no doubt that hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels of the future. The only remaining questions are how and when America’s transportation fleet will make the leap to this clean, renewable energy carrier. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ: ENER) is convinced that the when is soon and the how is by means of a methodical transition from today’s fossil-fueled vehicles to cars and trucks engineered for hydrogen propulsion. To take a long stride forward on this path, ECD Ovonics and its partners successfully completed a demonstration project to modify a commercial gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle to run on hydrogen utilizing a new low-pressure, metal hydride hydrogen storage system developed and manufactured by Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, LLC.
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Some more information just to make sure the word gets out that there are ways to store Hydrogen that may prove to be useful to the general public.
- LRK -
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http://ovonics.com/ib_hy_hydrogen_portablecanisters.cfm
Ovonic Hydrogen Systems is proud to be the first manufacturer of metal hydride storage systems authorized by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to offer a family of portable canisters that can be transported with hydrogen. This authorization allows ready-to-use charged canisters to be shipped to and transported by you and your customers. A copy of our DOT special permit must accompany shipment of the canisters.
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This next link contains information from 2005 and before. It takes time for new technologies to make it to market and of course there needs to be a market. Electric cars have been around since the beginning of car history but they have not made it to the mass market. Now we have been seeing the high price of oil and gasoline so the Hybrid car is gaining acceptance. There is more talk about using Hydrogen as a fuel but handling Hydrogen presents problems, if not real, at least in the public eye. You have watched the shuttle launches with fueling of LOX and un-filling when something isn't just right. Even if using gaseous Hydrogen there is the problem of storing enough in a car's tanking system to have a suitable range. Storing Hydrogen in a solid state looks interesting. Will we hear more about it?
- LRK -
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http://www.greencar.com/articles/ovonic-h2-prius-showcases-solid-hydrogen-storage-technology.php
Ovonic H2 Prius Showcases Solid Hydrogen Storage Technology
As the “hydrogen highway” vision takes form through incremental technology advancements and demonstrations on many levels, much of the glory is captured by hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. It’s true that they’re marvels of technology and are deserving of this attention. As shared in Green Car Journal’s Summer 2005 issue (“Hydrogen/Where We Are on the Drive to the Future”), automakers have come a long way and these vehicles are so good, they make it seem effortless to drive on this most environmentally positive fuel. But that’s far from the case.
snip
Stanford Ovshinsky
This story begins and ends with Stanford Ovshinsky, an inventor of rarified stature who, many decades ago, made discoveries involving amorphous and disordered materials that created a whole new area of materials science. He was recognized with a Time Magazine “Heroes of the Planet Award” because of this work and how it led to many breakthrough applications, including his patented nickel-metal-hydride batteries (he and the company he founded, Rochester Hills, Michigan-based Energy Conversion Devices, hold the patents). As it turns out, this work has also led to the ability to store hydrogen in solid form at low pressure, a technology being developed by ECD business unit Ovonic Hydrogen Systems.
This is no small thing. Before we can buy a hydrogen-fueled vehicle in the showroom, some big technical hurdles need to be overcome in the lab, and one of the biggest is hydrogen storage. A hydrogen vehicle’s range depends directly on how efficiently this fuel can be converted to motive power and, more fundamentally, how much fuel can be stored on-board. Range will be especially important in the early years of hydrogen vehicle commercialization since a refueling infrastructure will still be in its infancy.
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Then there’s the approach offered by Ovonic Hydrogen Systems’ solid hydrogen storage, a concept so clever and intriguing it seems improbable…yet it works. A tank containing powdered metal alloys is filled with hydrogen at a relatively low 1,500 psi. Removing heat during the process causes the metal to absorb hydrogen like a sponge, and a new material called a metal hydride is created. Hydrogen stored in solid form like this is in a safer state and can be stored within a tank at a lower 250 psi. On-board systems determine when hydrogen is needed by an engine or fuel cell, providing heat to reverse the process so gaseous hydrogen is released from the hydride and into the fuel system. In an interesting phenomenon, a greater volume of hydrogen can be stored in the same size cylinder with metal alloy than without it, a consideration that provides better driving range.
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Well there you go. Happy tanking. If you don't see this again, maybe one will need to look into who controls our energy sources. Just an added thought, could we use some Hydrogen solid storage tanks at a Lunar Base?
Ooops, maybe I shouldn't be thinking such Lunar Thoughts.
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lrkellogg
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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HYDROSTIK - The fuel cartridge used in the MiniPak called HydroSTIK has a battery-like form factor and contains a special metal alloy that allows hydrogen to be stored in a solid-state, as part of the metal alloy matrix inside the cartridge. In contrast with ordinary compressed hydrogen tanks, the pressure inside the canister is very low, making this device the safest and most practical means of storing hydrogen. The HydroSTIK has the additional advantages of being refillable (from pressurized gas bottles, or from water-electrolysis based devices), non-toxic, eco-friendly, and competitive on cost/performance with existing battery devices. Each HydroSTIK can store 15Wh of energy, enough for 2 to 3 charges of a 3G smartphone, or 4-6 charges for average cellphones, which is more than what present primary and rechargeable batteries are able to offer at equivalent cost.
HYDROFILL - The HydroFILL is a "world-first" small-scale home hydrogen station that allows consumers or retailers/distributors to refill solid state canisters in a simple way, using water and electricity as only input. By adding water, and plugging the HydroFILL into a electrical wall-socket (or a solar panel), consumers can generate hydrogen and store it in a solid form automatically in HydroSTIK cartrridges. Once full, the battery-like "solid-state"HydroSTIKs can be unplugged from the HydroFILL and placed into the MiniPak (or other fuel cell devices) to deliver power via a USB port.
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And this is about a company in the USA that has a number of 'Green' products including storing Hydrogen in a solid form.
http://www.ovonic.com/pdfs/
http://ovonics.com/
- LRK -
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http://www.ovonic.com/PDFs/
Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle Powered With Ovonic® Solid State Hydrogen Storage
A practical first step on the road to a hydrogen-fueled future Rochester Hills, Mich., September 21, 2005
There is no doubt that hydrogen is one of the most promising fuels of the future. The only remaining questions are how and when America’s transportation fleet will make the leap to this clean, renewable energy carrier. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) (NASDAQ: ENER) is convinced that the when is soon and the how is by means of a methodical transition from today’s fossil-fueled vehicles to cars and trucks engineered for hydrogen propulsion. To take a long stride forward on this path, ECD Ovonics and its partners successfully completed a demonstration project to modify a commercial gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle to run on hydrogen utilizing a new low-pressure, metal hydride hydrogen storage system developed and manufactured by Ovonic Hydrogen Systems, LLC.
snip
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Some more information just to make sure the word gets out that there are ways to store Hydrogen that may prove to be useful to the general public.
- LRK -
------------------------------
http://ovonics.com/ib_hy_
Ovonic Hydrogen Systems is proud to be the first manufacturer of metal hydride storage systems authorized by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to offer a family of portable canisters that can be transported with hydrogen. This authorization allows ready-to-use charged canisters to be shipped to and transported by you and your customers. A copy of our DOT special permit must accompany shipment of the canisters.
------------------------------
This next link contains information from 2005 and before. It takes time for new technologies to make it to market and of course there needs to be a market. Electric cars have been around since the beginning of car history but they have not made it to the mass market. Now we have been seeing the high price of oil and gasoline so the Hybrid car is gaining acceptance. There is more talk about using Hydrogen as a fuel but handling Hydrogen presents problems, if not real, at least in the public eye. You have watched the shuttle launches with fueling of LOX and un-filling when something isn't just right. Even if using gaseous Hydrogen there is the problem of storing enough in a car's tanking system to have a suitable range. Storing Hydrogen in a solid state looks interesting. Will we hear more about it?
- LRK -
------------------------------
http://www.greencar.com/
Ovonic H2 Prius Showcases Solid Hydrogen Storage Technology
As the “hydrogen highway” vision takes form through incremental technology advancements and demonstrations on many levels, much of the glory is captured by hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. It’s true that they’re marvels of technology and are deserving of this attention. As shared in Green Car Journal’s Summer 2005 issue (“Hydrogen/Where We Are on the Drive to the Future”), automakers have come a long way and these vehicles are so good, they make it seem effortless to drive on this most environmentally positive fuel. But that’s far from the case.
snip
Stanford Ovshinsky
This story begins and ends with Stanford Ovshinsky, an inventor of rarified stature who, many decades ago, made discoveries involving amorphous and disordered materials that created a whole new area of materials science. He was recognized with a Time Magazine “Heroes of the Planet Award” because of this work and how it led to many breakthrough applications, including his patented nickel-metal-hydride batteries (he and the company he founded, Rochester Hills, Michigan-based Energy Conversion Devices, hold the patents). As it turns out, this work has also led to the ability to store hydrogen in solid form at low pressure, a technology being developed by ECD business unit Ovonic Hydrogen Systems.
This is no small thing. Before we can buy a hydrogen-fueled vehicle in the showroom, some big technical hurdles need to be overcome in the lab, and one of the biggest is hydrogen storage. A hydrogen vehicle’s range depends directly on how efficiently this fuel can be converted to motive power and, more fundamentally, how much fuel can be stored on-board. Range will be especially important in the early years of hydrogen vehicle commercialization since a refueling infrastructure will still be in its infancy.
snip
Then there’s the approach offered by Ovonic Hydrogen Systems’ solid hydrogen storage, a concept so clever and intriguing it seems improbable…yet it works. A tank containing powdered metal alloys is filled with hydrogen at a relatively low 1,500 psi. Removing heat during the process causes the metal to absorb hydrogen like a sponge, and a new material called a metal hydride is created. Hydrogen stored in solid form like this is in a safer state and can be stored within a tank at a lower 250 psi. On-board systems determine when hydrogen is needed by an engine or fuel cell, providing heat to reverse the process so gaseous hydrogen is released from the hydride and into the fuel system. In an interesting phenomenon, a greater volume of hydrogen can be stored in the same size cylinder with metal alloy than without it, a consideration that provides better driving range.
snip
------------------------------
Well there you go. Happy tanking. If you don't see this again, maybe one will need to look into who controls our energy sources. Just an added thought, could we use some Hydrogen solid storage tanks at a Lunar Base?
Ooops, maybe I shouldn't be thinking such Lunar Thoughts.
- LRK -
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/lrkellogg
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