On another thread on this board there was a discussion about alternate fuel powered vehicles. These vehicles will one day aliveate our dependance on oil and we will be able to tell the oil producing nations to cram it. I'm enclosing an article about the progress of this issue:
Hydrogen Generator Provides Fuel for Hybrid Vehicles
A renewable-energy hydrogen generator will play a key role in Middle Tennessee State University's (MTSU's) agriscience students' plan to set a new distance record for a renewable-energy, hydrogen vehicle next year. Under the direction of Professor of Agricultural Education Cliff Ricketts, Ph.D., the University's School of Agribusiness and Agriscience purchased a HOGEN® RE (renewable energy) hydrogen generator for use in agricultural research and as a fuel input to the school's experimental internal hydrogen-combustion and electric-hydrogen hybrid vehicles. The goal is to run a car with an electric-H2 hybrid engine over 500 miles before refueling, from Mountain City, Tenn. to Memphis, Tenn., in May 2004.
The hydrogen generators transform energy from renewable sunlight and wind to hydrogen, which can be used for industrial purposes or as a zero-emission fuel. The system interfaces directly with photovoltaic (PV), wind, or other renewable sources, and produces hydrogen continuously from renewable energy, grid power, or any mix of the two.
Dr. Ricketts and his students will begin initial tests with their unit in early September.
Hydrogen Generator Provides Fuel for Hybrid Vehicles
A renewable-energy hydrogen generator will play a key role in Middle Tennessee State University's (MTSU's) agriscience students' plan to set a new distance record for a renewable-energy, hydrogen vehicle next year. Under the direction of Professor of Agricultural Education Cliff Ricketts, Ph.D., the University's School of Agribusiness and Agriscience purchased a HOGEN® RE (renewable energy) hydrogen generator for use in agricultural research and as a fuel input to the school's experimental internal hydrogen-combustion and electric-hydrogen hybrid vehicles. The goal is to run a car with an electric-H2 hybrid engine over 500 miles before refueling, from Mountain City, Tenn. to Memphis, Tenn., in May 2004.
The hydrogen generators transform energy from renewable sunlight and wind to hydrogen, which can be used for industrial purposes or as a zero-emission fuel. The system interfaces directly with photovoltaic (PV), wind, or other renewable sources, and produces hydrogen continuously from renewable energy, grid power, or any mix of the two.
Dr. Ricketts and his students will begin initial tests with their unit in early September.
