Hydrogen Fuel Cells Hydrogen fuel cells are what will power the ‘Hydrogen Highway’ of the future. Hydrogen fuel cells are electrochemical engines that come in several different varieties with the most common being the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells, also called Polymer Electrolyte Membrane fuel cells. PEM fuel cells use oxygen from the air • Read More »
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Venture Capitalist Bets on Iron and Cobalt for Fuel Cells
October 16, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Venture Capitalist Bets on Iron and Cobalt for Fuel Cells | Filed in: Fuel Cells.A venture capital company, the Verge Fund out of Albuquerque is placing its bets on iron and cobalt to replace platinum as the catalyst used in fuel cells. The venture capital firm formed a company called Pajarito Powder LLC to manufacture and market the new platinum-free fuel cells. The price of platinum continues to skyrocket, • Read More »
Another Hydrogen Breakthrough for Brookhaven National Laboratory
May 9, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 4 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.Yesterday I had talked about how a senior chemist, Radoslav Adzic, at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (run by the DOE) had won the 2012 Inventor of the Year Award for his work with reducing the amount of platinum needed in fuel cells. Well, today the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has some more big news this • Read More »
5 Years Later Daihatsu Still Working on Hydrazine Fuel Cell for Cars
April 17, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Fuel Cells.In September 2007, I had talked about how carmaker Daihatsu was developing a platinum-free fuel cell that uses liquid or solid hydrazine hydrate for fuel instead of gaseous hydrogen. Now, 5 years later they are still showing off their FC ShoCase concept vehicle that runs on hydrazine hydrate (N2H4H2O). I hope they are a little • Read More »
South Africa to Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Mining Locomotive
January 19, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on South Africa to Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Mining Locomotive | Filed in: Hydrail.In September 2008, I had first talked about South Africa trying to market platinum for fuel cells worldwide. You see, South Africa mines about 80-percent of the world’s supply of platinum and would like to continue selling this expensive metal long into the future. But, it hasn’t been until recently that South Africa has actually • Read More »
Argonne National Laboratory Making Discoveries in Hydrogen Production
January 4, 2012 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Argonne National Laboratory Making Discoveries in Hydrogen Production | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.The Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) has recently made great strides in cheaply and efficiently producing hydrogen. One of the long standing problems of creating hydrogen from water has been energy consumption. According to ANL, “Easier routes to the generation of hydrogen have long been a target of scientists and engineers, principally because the process to • Read More »
Have You Given Your Fuel Cell Its Vitamin B12 Supplement Today?
November 17, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Have You Given Your Fuel Cell Its Vitamin B12 Supplement Today? | Filed in: Fuel Cells.While some countries like South Africa are ramping up R&D and production of fuel cells because this country sits upon 80-percent of the world’s supply of platinum, the most expensive part of most fuel cells, many scientists are experimenting with alternatives to this costly metal. One of the benefits of switching to hydrogen fuel cells • Read More »
Tokyo Motor Show 2011 to Showcase 2 New Fuel Cell Vehicles
November 16, 2011 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Tokyo Motor Show 2011 to Showcase 2 New Fuel Cell Vehicles | Filed in: Hydrogen Cars.Tokyo Motor Show 2011 is a little more than two weeks away and there is some buzz already about the two new fuel cell vehicles that will be unveiled during the event. Even, though the Japanese tsunami put a dent in the auto industry, the show must go on, as they say and the Tokyo • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Go Organic
August 24, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Hydrogen Fuel Cells Go Organic | Filed in: Fuel Cells.Today I would like to talk about how hydrogen fuel cells are going organic. Specifically I would like to talk about how some hydrogen fuel cells use organic human waste for power and another H2 fuel cell simulates a human organ. I’ve talked about pee-power for hydrogen fuel cells before. The scientists at Heriot-Watt University • Read More »
Stainless Steel, Organic Waste & Electricity Produce Hydrogen
February 23, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Stainless Steel, Organic Waste & Electricity Produce Hydrogen | Filed in: Hydrogen Fuel Production.In the past I’ve talked about using red hot steel to create hydrogen and microbial enzymes to replace platinum in fuel cells. Now, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have discovered a way to use microbes, electrolysis and a stainless steel brush to create hydrogen from organic waste. The idea behind the stainless steel brush is • Read More »