Solar hydrogen home Michael Strizki

The First Solar/ Hydrogen House
located in Hopewell New Jersey

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• Hydrogen
• Solar
• Power
• Michael
• Strizki

[belac46]

All of that hydrogen has the same potential energy as 40 gallons of gas? Did I hear that correctly? That looks like a shit ton of hydrogen to me.

[archmayge]

@pilgrim15801 Oxygen is not a fuel. All fuels do not burn without oxygen. I do understand that compressed oxygen is valuable, and can be used for welding. In this instance, the cost in energy, is not worth it. the purpose is to power his house, not power a compressed oxygen factory. It takes energy to compress the gas. By venting it into the atmosphere he is now "storing" oxygen for later use, without requiring additional energy to compress it.

[pilgrim15801]

@archmayge Thanks , I really screwed that whole thought up, I was thinking bbf22000 meant 3 to 4 kw per day, not per hour

[crespok200]

Awesome video man very inspiring, true american innovators

[archmayge]

@pilgrim15801 There is no purpose in storing the oxygen. The atmosphere stores it for him, without requiring more wasted energy to compress it. When he burns the hydrogen he just takes the oxygen right back out of the atmosphere.

[archmayge]

@pilgrim15801 Thats per hour, not per month. 1kwh says that system can produce 1kw every hour. It does not mean it can only produce 1kw total.

[jaedonheartright]

He should use half the tanks for oxygen storage, and combine the hydrogen and oxygen during combustion. He would generate much more power that way.

[w1dhs]

@pilgrim15801 As he mentions, that hydrogen would fit in two normal barbecue size tanks, but his township won't let him compress his own hydrogen and store it in a residential area. Hydrogen is very safe but quite misunderstood. Maybe it's because hydrogen has a nearly invisible flame they are afraid firefighters would walk into it and wouldn't know until it was too late.