Douglas, The IEEE Spectrum May 1999 issue pages 45-52 had an excellent article on Fuel Cells by Ronald H. Wolk. It gave a number of web site addresses for more
information about fuel cells as follows: http://www.fetc.doe.gov http://www.dodfuelcell.com http://www.nfcrc.uci.edu http://www.epri.com http://www.gri.org A lot of money has been put into these ideas and they are progressing along. Regards G. Rae Dulmage, B. Comm., President TelApprove Services Corporation 1+613 257 3015 http://www.angelfire.com/on/telapprove Douglas McKean wrote: > I apologize if this is really off topic ... > > Having a *friendly* discussion about hydrogen > fuels cells replacing commercial power. I'm > taking the "you got to be kidden me!" side. > > Okey. Sometime in the future, imagine this > actually happens (stop laughing). Hydrogen > is pumped out to everyone where in some shed, > hopefully a quarter mile from my house, equipment > uses the hydrogen for power conversion in the form > of hydrogen fuel cells. Each residence has their > own substation in a sense. > > Question - Besides from some obvious construction > and engineering changes and JUST from a regulatory > point of view, what's involved here? > > I'm thinking it would be a nightmare. > > Gotta be some power people out there that after > they stop laughing might have something to say. > > There's gotta be some hefty building/construction > requirements that are similar to ones that cover > substations. Let alone what's involved with H2. > > Plus, if the cells are operating at a reduced > voltage level, the ampacity of the wires used > from the cells to the house would be unacceptably > large in gauge. My thinking is 3kw or higher fuel > cells to power a small house. > > Anyone care to take a shot? > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], or > [email protected] (the list administrators). --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to [email protected] with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], or [email protected] (the list administrators).
