Splitting Water into Hydrogen Fuel

Making hydrogen by splitting water using aluminum-gallium alloys.

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[woodall69]

we store only water and Al and no hydrogen; using any electrical energy on a vehicle is brain damaged. I make no sense to derate electrical energy or electrical power to hydrogen

[woodall69]

Al has a total energy density of 8.8 KWh/kg half of which is combustible hydrogen gas. So, you need to size your application and how you are going use the energy.

use the Hall process, i.e. electrolysis, to regenerate the Al. There is 400 billion kg of scrap metal Al lying on the planet surface. This is enough to generate the entire US electricity consumption for 2 years. This Al is essentially free. Very little added energy needed to make the alloy that splits water.

[22mirkwood]

I didn't think anybody knew Holst.

[woodall69]

Sorry I couldn't find a better online free performance. I own three different versions, but I did not use them because I am a stickler about not infringing copyright laws.

[Lichlord]

You form aluminum hydroxide (bauxite), not aluminum oxide, when you oxidize aluminum in water. This reaction does consume water unlike what the video says at 3:50.

[woodall69]

You are correct! Actually, the equilibrium phase is aluminum hydroxide also known as Bayerite. We are currently looking at the reaction product when we run it without an excess of water. Nonetheless, we still get 1.5 moles of hydrogen gas for every mole of Al that reacts with water.

[foozbong]

They say the car explosions in movies aren't really what happens when the tanks is damaged....

[Me102288]

looks like your storing it = very very dangerous. Hydrogen on demand is more on demand, not from a tank..

and the only device capable of CONSTANT output is electrolysys right now, you know the alternater in a vehicle produces more the enough power to run a car, all of its electronics, and still has leftover power.. its much more simple, electricity, couple pieces of metal and water.. :-\

[faerydhhlo]

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[j912618]

How much aluminum do we have to carry on board? 

And how are we recycling the aluminum again? That required temperatures that are far in excess of current concentrated solar power technology, In likelihood it would have to be reduced...by either C or methane...resulting in carbon dioxide ... that is, if we want to recycle it. That having been said, most of the aluminum out there is already in oxidized form, so we would have to put in a large amount of energy just to make it usable....

[VicJLo]

Nierd fail

[conandrum74]

are you still in opetration? Your website seems to be down.

[CapnCanard]

I first heard of this on NPR, Ira Flatow's Science Friday, May 1997. This really a great find, but the powers that be have a great deal to lose, so that is a big hurdle.

[worldismine69]

Hello

I wan go bought a small amount of gallon to di this can you give me some info