The other day I posted an article on this site concerning:
Cornish Hydrogen Generator. Keelynet, which describes a method of converting
Aluminum into its oxide and in the process cracks water, freeing up hydrogen
for use as fuel for a light car.
By all accounts, using this gas in the place of any other fuel.
Distances and the amount of metal used in this attainment were mentioned.
I was hoping for a reaction from one of the many “Energy Economists”
Who lurk on this site, to respond with negative information regarding the
impracticality and waste fullness of such a process?
I believe there is a large following on this site who are interested in
obtaining electrical power using renewable energy, derived from carbon neutral
sources.
They might question the economics and ethics of using a refined ore as fuel.
Instead of chopping down oxygen producing vegetation.
In this respect I am a nonconformist. I believe most Aluminum is produced by
Hydro electric power and, so the CO2 is not in the equation.
My second comment is harnessing a “free” supply of high temperature heat which
is emitted from most Ice’s in the form of “Hot Exhaust”.
This is the place to install a reactor capable of converting beer cans into
hydrogen as not too much energy would be needed to complete the reaction.
Bubbling super heated steam through a molten bath of AL would give pure
hydrogen.
No tar, and the ash is a hot commodity
The real question is: how much energy is locked up in a pound of AL
gfwhell
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