Jones Beene wrote:
Forget expensive fuel cells. Dead-end street (at least for now) -due to
precious metals! If you have hydrogen as a fuel, and decide to forego its
best use (fertilizer) then the easy answer, staring everyone in the face
these days is - just convert the traditional ICE to burn it.
Jones,
When you say "convert" in this context I presume you mean reengineer the
engine with ceramic coated components, and then build a new production
line. You are not suggesting that we could retrofit existing engines to
burn hydrogen. Right?
That would be an expensive undertaking, but if a practical method of
storing hydrogen can be developed I think this would be a great idea. Much
better than fuel cells, for now, because of the precious metal limitations.
(Plus, we may need those platinum group metals for cold fusion!) However,
as long as we are revamping the production line, I think it would be a very
good idea to make these new engines plug-in hybrids.
A plug-in hybrid hydrogen ICE would get fantastic mileage AND range. You
could recharge both the batteries and the hydrogen at your house overnight,
with a small electrolytic converter. It seems ideal. It would not call for
much new infrastructure. We would need a few hydrogen recharge stations in
large cities, for people who forget to recharge and run out of gas. We
would need many more "hydrogen stations" alongside highways where cars and
long-haul trucks travel long distances, and cannot wait to recharge
batteries or wait for a small electrolytic converter to do its job.
- Jed
- Re: ICEs can't burn h2 Jed Rothwell
-
