If the H@ is used in a fuel cell then it should be ok. Cracking gasoline
ot get the H2 is as problematic as the other issues with H2 becaus eyo
ar left with a a esidue that has to be dumped somewhere, lots of carbon
and the other stuff that is in gasoline. Or a special belnd of gasoline
that does not have the sulphur, and additives in it. O far it is just a
gimmick. As to H2 itself, very volitile. We had a free hydrogen
explosion at the Rocketdyne plant in Santa Susanna diring th eApollo
days. H2 was bieing boiled off and because it si so cold i thung on the
ground mixing with the O2 in the air, then KABOOM. H2 is also the
lightest moleculae and gravity willnot hold it to the earth. I tis lost
to outerspace. So runnig the H2 systems delpetes the water supply on
earth. Albeit very slowly and onl;y if it leaks intot he atmosphere. And
it will. If you want a good exampleof how exp;osive H2 is, see if you
can fill a baloon wiht it. Then stand well back and ignite it with a
cigarette on a very long stick. The boom will make your ears ring! H2
is very nearly explosive at at all levels of concentrations. Imaging a
car with a wrecked fuel tank of h2 and a spark...much worse, IMHO, than
gasoline...
mayf
Bryan Savage wrote:
> H2 worries me because
> 1) It's very hard to keep it from leaking. (no, I'm not worried about
> fire.)
> 2) No one has addressed what will happen when we have several cubic miles
> of H2 being dumped in to the atmosphere every DAY.
>
> We have learned the hard way about CO2 and other byproducts of the
> petroleum fuel process. The byproducts of the H2 fuel process are
> harmless,
> but what about H2 it's self????
>
> Bryan
>
>
> drmayf wrote:
>
>> MIke, all,
>> H2 can be used as a regular fuel as well ala a carb or efi. With the
>> injectors it would require some special units however. H2 can also be
>> used in a fuel cell to make electricty to run an electric drive or
>> tracton motor. It could also be used to make fire to heat a boiler
>> and make steam to drive a car. Now where in Wendover would we go to
>> get a bucket of high octane H2, lol...
>>
>> mayf
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