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HyperSolar to Make Zero Carbon Renewable Hydrogen Gas
http://www.hypersolar.com/news_detail.php?id=32[font face=Times, Times New Roman, Serif][font size=5]HyperSolar to Make Zero Carbon Renewable Hydrogen Gas[/font]
[font size=4]Rather than using conventional fossil fuel as a feedstock, the company’s breakthrough technology uses the power of the Sun and wastewater to produce carbon-free, renewable hydrogen gas.[/font]
[font size=3]SANTA BARBARA, CA - January 23, 2012 - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas using water and solar power, today announced that its proprietary process can make zero carbon, renewable hydrogen gas. Rather than using conventional fossil fuel, such as natural gas, as a feedstock, HyperSolar relies on the power of the Sun and wastewater to produce carbon free, renewable hydrogen gas.
Hydrogen is the most useful and abundant chemical element, constituting roughly 75% of the Universe's chemical elemental mass. However, naturally occurring elemental hydrogen is relatively rare on Earth and hydrogen gas is most often produced using fossil fuels. Industrial production is mainly from the steam reforming of natural gas and is usually employed near its production site, with the two largest uses being crude oil processing (hydrocracking) and ammonia production, mostly for the fertilizer market.
Tim Young, HyperSolar CEO, commented, “The world is short on free hydrogen and unfortunately, to make up for this shortage, the world uses fossil fuels to produce hydrogen gas. We are developing a cleaner and greener way to produce this high value product. HyperSolar’s hydrogen is completely carbon free, made by using the power of the Sun and wastewater. Not only are we mitigating the high cost of wastewater treatment, but we are creating the ultimate clean fuel.”
In addition to the many industrial uses of hydrogen, one of the most intriguing uses is for fuel cells for transportation. A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent, using hydrogen as the most common fuel. Although there are currently no fuel cell vehicles available for commercial sale, carmakers are hopeful that hydrogen fuel cells and infrastructure technologies will be developed in the future.
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[font size=4]Rather than using conventional fossil fuel as a feedstock, the company’s breakthrough technology uses the power of the Sun and wastewater to produce carbon-free, renewable hydrogen gas.[/font]
[font size=3]SANTA BARBARA, CA - January 23, 2012 - HyperSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: HYSR), the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen and natural gas using water and solar power, today announced that its proprietary process can make zero carbon, renewable hydrogen gas. Rather than using conventional fossil fuel, such as natural gas, as a feedstock, HyperSolar relies on the power of the Sun and wastewater to produce carbon free, renewable hydrogen gas.
Hydrogen is the most useful and abundant chemical element, constituting roughly 75% of the Universe's chemical elemental mass. However, naturally occurring elemental hydrogen is relatively rare on Earth and hydrogen gas is most often produced using fossil fuels. Industrial production is mainly from the steam reforming of natural gas and is usually employed near its production site, with the two largest uses being crude oil processing (hydrocracking) and ammonia production, mostly for the fertilizer market.
Tim Young, HyperSolar CEO, commented, “The world is short on free hydrogen and unfortunately, to make up for this shortage, the world uses fossil fuels to produce hydrogen gas. We are developing a cleaner and greener way to produce this high value product. HyperSolar’s hydrogen is completely carbon free, made by using the power of the Sun and wastewater. Not only are we mitigating the high cost of wastewater treatment, but we are creating the ultimate clean fuel.”
In addition to the many industrial uses of hydrogen, one of the most intriguing uses is for fuel cells for transportation. A fuel cell is a device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with oxygen or another oxidizing agent, using hydrogen as the most common fuel. Although there are currently no fuel cell vehicles available for commercial sale, carmakers are hopeful that hydrogen fuel cells and infrastructure technologies will be developed in the future.
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There’s no particular risk in exposing hydrogen to oxygen, unless you have an ignition source.
http://www.cleancaroptions.com/html/hydrogen_safety.html
[font size=5]Hydrogen vs. Gasoline Fires[/font]
The following pictures compare hydrogen and gasoline fires from an experiment conducted by Mike Swain at the University of Miami.
The car on the left contained high pressure hydrogen tanks with 175,000 btu of energy and the car on the right had a conventional gasoline tank with just five pints of gasoline or about 70,000 btus of energy. Spark plugs were installed outside both vehicles to ignite a leaking hydrogen tank and a leaking gasoline line.
The pictures below were taken 3 seconds after ignition
One minute after ignition (below); hydrogen fire nearly extinguished;
One minute 30 seconds after ignition (gasoline image enlarged to show detail; all hydrogen fuel burned)
Two minutes 20 seconds after ignition, just before interior deflagration (explosion of flammable gases inside car):
Two minutes 20 seconds, one frame later showing interior deflagration in the gasoline vehicle as flammable gases from plastic and upholstery ignites:
(Source: M.R. Swain, “Fuel Leak Simulation,” Proceedings of the 2001 DOE Hydrogen Program Review, NREL/CP-570-30535, pg 679)
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The following pictures compare hydrogen and gasoline fires from an experiment conducted by Mike Swain at the University of Miami.
The car on the left contained high pressure hydrogen tanks with 175,000 btu of energy and the car on the right had a conventional gasoline tank with just five pints of gasoline or about 70,000 btus of energy. Spark plugs were installed outside both vehicles to ignite a leaking hydrogen tank and a leaking gasoline line.
The pictures below were taken 3 seconds after ignition
One minute after ignition (below); hydrogen fire nearly extinguished;
One minute 30 seconds after ignition (gasoline image enlarged to show detail; all hydrogen fuel burned)
Two minutes 20 seconds after ignition, just before interior deflagration (explosion of flammable gases inside car):
Two minutes 20 seconds, one frame later showing interior deflagration in the gasoline vehicle as flammable gases from plastic and upholstery ignites:
(Source: M.R. Swain, “Fuel Leak Simulation,” Proceedings of the 2001 DOE Hydrogen Program Review, NREL/CP-570-30535, pg 679)
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