Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Offers information, news and opinion covering the hydrogen fuel production methods being developed.
Percival Zhang and his team of Virginia Tech researchers have come up with a method to create massive amounts of hydrogen using plants. This hydrogen from biofuel method uses the second most abundant plant sugar xylose along with a customized enzyme and polyphosphate to create pure hydrogen. According to Virginia Tech, “To liberate the hydrogen, […]
Continue ReadingIs iron the new platinum? Two new research studies seem to think so. Now, I’ve talked about iron many times over the years as one of the platinum-free elements in fuel cells and during electrolysis to produce hydrogen. Two different research teams from the Canada and the U. S. have conducted independent research on low […]
Continue Readingby guest Blogger Stan Thompson Before 2014, the Caribbean island nation of Aruba will roll out the world’s first fleet of hydrogen hybrid, self-powered, rail transit vehicles. Los Angeles, CA, transit manufacturer TIG/m Modern Street Railways is building both the streetcars—resembling heritage open trolleys—and the hydrogen production infrastructure needed to power their fuel cells. Energy […]
Continue ReadingThe silver bullet in hydrogen production may actually be made out of titanium dioxide. At least this is what Associate Professor Darren Sun at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is saying. Under the category of the “Best Thing Since Sliced Bread and Ginsu Knives” Professor Sun has invented the Multi-use Titanium Dioxide (TiO2). When combined with […]
Continue ReadingTwo researchers from the University of Delaware, Erik Koepf and Michael Giuliano spent a couple of months in Switzerland working on a novel sunlight-driven water-splitting device. The initial tests proved that solar fuel (aka hydrogen) could be produced using sunlight, mirrors (no smoke), a reactant and water. According to the University of Delaware, “Koepf’s reactor […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Buffalo researchers have discovered that hydrogen on demand may be accomplished simply by adding water to nano-particle sized silica. The researchers believe they can produce more hydrogen using this method that other common methods such as using aluminum. According to the University of Buffalo, “In a series of experiments, the scientists created spherical […]
Continue Readingby guest blogger Stan Thompson Toronto (Ontario) Canada will be the location of the Eighth International Hydrail Conference (8IHC) on 11 and 12 June, 2013. The venue and the first of the slate of presenters will be announced shortly. The International Hydrail Conferences are annual gatherings of academic, government and rail industry experts to expedite […]
Continue ReadingI’ve talked about the many advantages (and few disadvantages) of using ammonia borane (NH3BH3) in the past as a chemical carrier for hydrogen. Universities all over the world have been working on simple, effective and cheap methods to turn ammonia borane into hydrogen gas. Now, student researchers from the University of Trento, Italy and the […]
Continue ReadingI have to give credit to Audi for thinking ahead in regard to where the automotive industry is headed. Not only is Audi thinking about the ideal transition to hydrogen but the interim step of natural gas vehicles as well. And that is why in Germany Audi is the first car manufacturer in the world […]
Continue ReadingNeil Young once sang, “It’s better to burn out than it is to rust.” But that’s not how the researchers at Technion see it in regard to hydrogen production. The Technion team from Israel is using a combination of solar energy, photoelectrolysis, iron oxide (rust), and ultrathin films at a nanoscale to produce hydrogen cheaply […]
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