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New Process to Boost Hydrogen Fuel Cell Usage

Syndicated — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:17:10 +0000

A new process is being tested by chemical engineers of Purdue University to get high hydrogen production at fuel-cell temperature-level with no catalyst use. This is full of promise for vehicles powered by hydrogen and other portable electronic items like dig-cams, medical diagnostic devices, defibrillators, cell phones and notebook computers. The research funded by [...]
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New Platinum Could Mean Cheaper, More Efficient Fuel Cells

Syndicated — Wed, 05 May 2010 06:59:41 +0000

Fuel cells are clean and green cells. They work without polluting the environment. Fuel cells are electrochemical devices that transform the chemical energy of a fuel into electricity generating water as a by-product. Fuel cells are most used in space flights but they can be best utilized in electric vehicles to reduce air pollution. [...]
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Honda Solar Hydrogen Station Introduced to Green Car Market

Syndicated — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:19:33 +0000

Honda finally unveiled their new solar hydrogen solar station and all signs point to a dramatic success. The station is smaller than previous models and enables an electric car owner to refill their fuel cell overnight. The unit should easily fit into a homeowners’ garage taking up significantly less space than previous models. The [...]
Posted in: Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel, Solar Power

Riversimple Fuel Cell Car Project Continues to Plod Along

Syndicated — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:20:50 +0000

People are getting more and more excited about green automobiles, so it was kind of surprising to see such a neutral reaction to the Fuel Cell Car by Riversimple. While this project has a very interesting slant from other cars that we have seen in this niche, it was met with a very lukewarm [...]
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New Hydrogen Storage Method

Syndicated — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:08:32 +0000

Hydrogen is an extremely environment friendly fuel as when it burns it releases only water vapor into the atmosphere, but the problem is that it is not easy to store it because it needs to be stored like other compressed gases. A new solid may solve the problem. A nonreactive noble gas called xenon [...]
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Fuel Cell Powered UAV Completes 23-hour Flight

Syndicated — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:04:17 +0000

Surveillance and communication are the lifeline of the armed forces. These days they are utilizing small UAVs for naval missions. If the armed forces are using electric UAVs, they have the additional advantage. Electric UAVs can’t be detected from the ground. The Ion Tiger has just demonstrated the likelihood of a long endurance [...]
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Adding Lithium to Hydgrogen Could Improve Production

Syndicated — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:45:26 +0000

In our energy deprived world scientists are trying to find out various elements, alloys and substances that can provide clean and green energy along with meeting our energy demands. This quest has led them to superconductors. Superconductor materials have no electrical resistance. This property paves way for electrons to travel through them freely. Superconductor [...]
Posted in: Fuel Cells, Future Energy, Hydrogen Fuel

Students to Sail Hydrogen Powered Boat

Syndicated — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:37:24 +0000

A group of bright young Rensselaer students will soon take up the Hudson River, but with a difference. They are using a boat driven by clean and green hydrogen fuel. Their boat is the 22-foot New Clermont looked after by a three member crew. It is fitted with a pair of 2.2-kilowatt fuel cell [...]
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New Hope for Hydrogen Storage

Syndicated — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:18:07 +0000

It seems simple but if put it into practice then we can develop real potential for hydrogen fuels. A new method of “recycling” hydrogen-containing fuel materials could pave the way for commercially viable hydrogen-based vehicles. An article published in world’s leading chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, makes a claim about recycling hydrogen-containing fuel materials. Los [...]
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New Advances in Hydrogen Fuel Catalysts

Syndicated — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:52:34 +0000

Hydrogen has great potential as a fuel of future because it is an environmentally clean energy fuel and save us from the undesirable side effects of greenhouse gases. Before becoming it a fuel of the masses we need necessary infrastructure to store it and move it. We will also need fuel cells on economical [...]
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