Purdue University develops new Hydrogen making method.

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http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=13355

...?Our novel technology of hydrogen storage, combustible borohydride/metal/water mixtures, makes it possible to develop fuel cell power systems with high specific energy, high power density, safe reaction products and without any catalyst,? said Mr. Shafirovich. ?Chargers based on this technology can dramatically increase portability of various electronic devices in consumer, industrial, medical, and military markets.? ...

The material requires no catalyst and converts 6.7 percent of the mixture to hydrogen, which is more efficient than alternative methods on the market, said Mr. Varma. Researchers hope to bring efficiency up to 10 percent.

Mr. Shafirovich said they hadn?t calculated whether the current efficiency would be enough for a credit-card-sized cartridge to fully recharge a laptop battery.

The researchers said technology could lead to credit-card-sized cartridges. The disposable cartridges would contain a number of pellets with the new material, and would be inserted into laptops and other devices along with a fuel cell and a rechargeable battery.

When the battery needed to be charged, a computer chip would activate one of the pellets in the cartridge and the fuel cell would charge the battery. When all the pellets were used up, the cartridge could be discarded and replaced.

The researchers hope to work with fuel cell manufacturers to develop an integrated power system, including a fuel cell, cartridges, and other accessories.

 

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The researchers, Evgeny Shafirovich, Victor Diakov, and Arvind Varma, say the technology could be used to automatically recharge batteries in laptops and other portable electronics.

Excellent development . . . Arnold Schwarzenegger can run his laptop for days, while he drives his 8mpg Hummer H1.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Beats the monsters we made for the Shuttle.

I wanted to provie a link to United Technologies & thier Fuell Cells, as they are the only
manufactured approved by NASA.
They allow no links to their products.

UTC Fuel Cells

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Beats the monsters we made for the Shuttle.

I wanted to provie a link to United Technologies & thier Fuell Cells, as they are the only
manufactured approved by NASA.
They allow no links to their products.

UTC Fuel Cells

is this what you mean?

http://www.utcpower.com/fs/com/bin/fs_com_Page/0,5433,03557,00.html

 

[redgtxdi]

Forgive my ignorance in hydrogen as a "battery" but does this present possibilities for a "better" fuel to be used in hydrogen based commuter vehicles???????????

 

[CaptnKirk]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat

Originally posted by: CaptnKirk
Beats the monsters we made for the Shuttle.

I wanted to provie a link to United Technologies & thier Fuell Cells, as they are the only
manufactured approved by NASA.
They allow no links to their products.

UTC Fuel Cells

is this what you mean?

Thanks, everything I pulsed was filtered.


http://www.utcpower.com/fs/com/bin/fs_com_Page/0,5433,03557,00.html

Forgive my ignorance in hydrogen as a "battery" but does this present possibilities for a "better" fuel to be used in hydrogen based commuter vehicles???????????

The 'Hydrogen Power' is not from burning it like a combustion engine, it's replaceable and reliable elcetrical power - Electric Cars.
As a burnable fuel the explosive mixture range is 4% to 97% by volume - too dangerous as a dunnage, risks excessive.