Thanks for the pointer to Powerballs Dick, I hadn't heard of them before. Did you read the Q& A on their site ? <www.powerball.net> one of the responses was .) "If powerballs are made using natural gas, the following reaction will take place: CH4 + NaOH --> CO + NaH + 2 H2 Note that 16 pounds of methane are needed for each 24 pounds of NaH produced from NaOH. The CO and 2 H2 can be burned to produce CO2 and H2O. This provides the heat of reaction needed to drive the above reaction to completion. It turns out that .67 pounds of methane are needed to produce 1 pound of NaH." Looks like this may be a neat way to turn Methane into a transportation fuel. May be more energy dense than compression. Regards John
-----Original Message----- From: Dick Carlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: biofuel egroup <biofuel@egroups.com> Date: Tuesday, 23 January 2001 6:39 Subject: [biofuel] hydrogen marbles >anybody out there know how to take the o out of naoh ? i understand that it can be done by heating, but have no details. > >this would result in nah, which is what 'powerballs' are made of (same as superman's ?) > >supposedly, when you dunk said potent powerballs in water you get h, uncontaminated by o. (the powerball folks actually coat them in plastic, and cut them open as required. their rig works at 125-145 lbs/in2) > >aleks, this is right up your alley, what say ? > >novak's baby is growing up fine. more on its progress next week. > >dick carlstein Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
