Wednesday, September 11, 2002

Hydrogen storage system solved? From theCarConnection.com: "Peugeot will also launch an important concept car at the Paris shaw. The H2O has two functions: first it is a compact fire engine (based on the very successful 206) that can be very useful in urban areas and secondly, the H2O demonstrates a new system that Peugeot developed for producing hydrogen on board. On board the vehicle, there is never more than 2.5g of hydrogen, the equivalent of a glass full of petrol. Hydrogen is produced from a solution of sodium borohydride (NaBH4) and a catalyzer. The engine, fuel cell and hydrogen production are located in the front of the H2O, whereas the NaBH4-reservoir is in the rear. This reservoir is not bound to have a specific form, which is the case with the hydrogen tank, which always has to be cylindrical. With this system, PSA seems to have found the solution for storage and transportation of hydrogen under pressure." 9:37:39 PM

© Copyright 2003 Joseph Steig. Last update: 3/25/03; 7:24:18 AM. This theme is based on the SoundWaves (blue) Manila theme.