> [Original Message] > From: Are we (all) there yet? Jones Beene. > > > Speaking of the subcategory of H2 generators which use > an intermediary (but recyclable) REACTIVE element to > reduce water, there is another such possibility in the > news this week ... > What is recyclable about using a pound of coal or 1/2 pound of natural gas per KW-HR of electrical power to process some wild scheme "fuel" to react with water for "rapid" H2 production? > > This boron--> boron oxide scheme was developed by > Tareq Abu-Hamed, University of Minnesota and > colleagues at the Weizmann Institute, Israel. > Sounds like they should try more practical academic pursuits.
B2O3 requires Magnesium metal to reduce it to metallic Boron. Hess's Law applies no matter how elaborate the reduction process. You would be better off buying granulated Wyoming coal-derived Coke, or Biomass Charcoal from Wal-Mart and putting an exhaust gas and water coolant heat exchanger on your ICE to get the reaction C (12 lbs) + H2O (18 lbs) ---> CO (28 lbs) + H2 (2 lbs). And you don't have lug an off-peak power re-cycler up to your 13th floor apartment. Fred > > > Jones > >
