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Subject: Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Research Author: Betty [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 16:09:18 11/30/04 Tue In reply to: Betty 's message, "Modern nuclear power:Cure for global warming & mid-east war?" on 19:45:47 09/26/04 Sun The conversion rate of water into hydrogen ranges between 45 and 50 percent in high temperatures, compared with about 30 percent in electrolysis, researchers said. "This is ... a crucial first step toward large-scale production of hydrogen from water, rather than from fossil fuels," said Stephen Herring, consulting engineer at INELL. U.S. scientists said yesterday they have made a breakthrough in their quest to make low-cost hydrogen, a technology which is key to finding new sources of energy to end U.S. dependence on foreign oil. President George Bush last year announced a US$1.2 billion plan to develop hydrogen-powered cars. Researchers from the government's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INELL) and the private company Ceramatec Inc. said a computer model shows they can theoretically separate hydrogen from hot water by using a nuclear reactor. The method, if successful, will yield more hydrogen than electrolysis -- which runs electricity through water to separate hydrogen and oxygen. The conversion rate of water into hydrogen ranges between 45 and 50 percent in high temperatures, compared with about 30 percent in electrolysis, researchers said. "This is a breakthrough ... [and] a crucial first step toward large-scale production of hydrogen from water, rather than from fossil fuels," said Stephen Herring, consulting engineer at INELL. The nuclear reactor method is estimate to be cheaper and more environmentally friendly, Herring added. However, the method works with Generation IV nuclear reactors, which the U.S. no longer makes. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]