Fuel cell manufacturers are constantly looking for solutions that allows for maximum performance and efficiency. That is why the development of polyphthalamide for use in fuel cells is so important: the performance boost that they can provide is incredible. Fuel cell development firm Nuvera Fuel Cells are now moving into the process of using BASF’s • Read More »
Archives: Fuel Cells
Durability Issue Addressed for Hydrogen Car Fuel Cells
August 2, 2020 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Durability Issue Addressed for Hydrogen Car Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.As one of the most promising green technologies that we have, the use of hydrogen fuel cells in cars is a huge deal. This could be the industry change that allows us to move into an era whereby we can move away from having to use expensive, non-sustainable sources for fuel. However, one problem that • Read More »
A case for chemelectricity
April 20, 2020 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on A case for chemelectricity | Filed in: Critics, Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel, Hydrogen Fuel Production, Hydrogen Fuel Storage, Myths.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Many of us who saw the hydrogen transition coming over two decades ago are frustrated by writers today who feel obliged to apologize for the vast amount of hydrogen that goes into fertilizer and petrochemicals. Many of these folks probably feel they have to mention it because so many have • Read More »
Hexagonal Perovskites Could Revolutionize Fuel Cell Technology
April 4, 2020 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hexagonal Perovskites Could Revolutionize Fuel Cell Technology | Filed in: Fuel Cells.For some time now, much research has been put into coming up with new fuel cell technology solutions. With the importance of such technology for the future of the planet, it makes sense that people will want to make progress ASAP. The latest innovation in the fuel cell tech industry comes from the University of • Read More »
Can we just acknowledge the “hydrogen transition”?
December 1, 2019 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Can we just acknowledge the “hydrogen transition”? | Filed in: Advocates, Fuel Cells, History, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure, Myths.by guest blogger, Stan Thompson Let’s limit the damage to hydrogen progress caused by “friendly fire.” Good reportage, scholarship and fair play do not require that every article point out that most hydrogen comes from extracted carbon. It’s true, it’s undeniable—but it’s totally irrelevant. The vast amounts of hydrogen produced from hydrocarbons to make petrochemicals, • Read More »
From Russia to Charlotte and back: a hydrail odyssey
November 15, 2019 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on From Russia to Charlotte and back: a hydrail odyssey | Filed in: Conferences, Fuel Cells, History, Hydrail, Hyrail.by guest blogger Stan Thompson Everything seems to have a Ukraine connection these days. Why not hydrail (H2 fuel cell rail traction)? Per Wikipedia, in 1880, several years before Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, a Ukrainian engineer named Pyotr Pirotsky introduced the world’s first electric “tram” (European for “streetcar”) in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Soon Pirotsky connected • Read More »
Cheaper Fuel Cells for Cars Courtesy University of Waterloo
June 23, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Cheaper Fuel Cells for Cars Courtesy University of Waterloo | Filed in: Fuel Cells.The University of Waterloo has done a fine job of coming up with a robust idea for cheaper fuel cell for cars. This could mean that we spend less on fuel cell cars, and get greater efficiency and makie the world a safer, more environmentally-friendly place. According to Xianguo Li (pictured below), the Director of • Read More »
Ultrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper
March 7, 2019 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Ultrathin Nanomaterials Will Make Fuel Cells for Cars Cheaper | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Scientists at Johns Hopkins University have developed new fuel cell materials that are based on nanomaterials. Extremely flexible nanomaterials are able to lower the cost than what it is available on the current market. The scientists have established a manner in which the reactivity of ultrathin nanosheets is boosted. The study was published in Science. • Read More »
Time for a hydrogen Lindbergh flight
July 30, 2018 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on Time for a hydrogen Lindbergh flight | Filed in: Fuel Cells, Hydrail, Hydrogen Aircraft, Myths, Uncategorized.by guest blogger Stan Thompson (a version of this blog first appeared in my Mooresville Tribune column) Still hanging in the air is the sensationalism smoke (“Oh, the humanity!”) from the 1937 Hindenburg myth. It’s polluted the true hydrogen story for about 80 years too long. Maybe it’s time to clear the air by whistling-up • Read More »
First presentation ride aboard Alstom’s German hydrail train
April 15, 2018 | By Stan Thompson | Comments Off on First presentation ride aboard Alstom’s German hydrail train | Filed in: Fuel Cells, History, Hydrail, Hydrogen Economy, Infrastructure, News.by guest blogger Stan Thompson A major milestone in railway history was passed on April 13, 2018, when Alstom Transport’s Coradia iLint hydrail [hydrogen fuel cell rail] train made a “presentation ride” from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt, in the federal state of Hesse, Germany. From my point of view it was a bittersweet occasion for two • Read More »