Hydrogen.....
07-08-2002, 12:10 PM
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Hydrogen.....
Yesterday I searched for information about hydrogen as it relates to rotaries. Hydrogen provides nearly as much power as gasoline given a particular displacement. I thought, "Wow, to drive a 250HP car with no exhaust emissions, (forgetting about negligible oil that makes it's way past seals into combustion)".
Then I read about using just a little hydrogen to turn water vapor into high pressure steam. How great would it be if we started driving steam engines again without any of the dangers of the originals. And with just a little hydrogen used as a catalyst, how economical particularly if you could collect water from exhast ! See http://www.eskimo.com/~ghawk/rotary.html and
http://www.geocities.com/cd23c/hydrogen.html
It seems that the problem of storage ( gaseous hydrogen ) is being addressed with the latest generation of storage tanks (http://www.qtww.com/core_competencies/gf_storage.shtml) and Powerballs (http://www.powerball.net/business/index.html).
Distribution seems to be a big problem, but Germany and Japan each have a hydrogen refuelling station. Given their investment, I was surprised not to see Mazda at the opening of the Japan station (http://www.hydrogenus.com/advocate/ad71jap.asp). Anybody know why ?
I also couldn't find much/any current information about what Mazda is currently doing with hydrogen and rotaries. Anybody ?
How about actual hydrogen conversions of rotaries...any out there ?
Sven
Then I read about using just a little hydrogen to turn water vapor into high pressure steam. How great would it be if we started driving steam engines again without any of the dangers of the originals. And with just a little hydrogen used as a catalyst, how economical particularly if you could collect water from exhast ! See http://www.eskimo.com/~ghawk/rotary.html and
http://www.geocities.com/cd23c/hydrogen.html
It seems that the problem of storage ( gaseous hydrogen ) is being addressed with the latest generation of storage tanks (http://www.qtww.com/core_competencies/gf_storage.shtml) and Powerballs (http://www.powerball.net/business/index.html).
Distribution seems to be a big problem, but Germany and Japan each have a hydrogen refuelling station. Given their investment, I was surprised not to see Mazda at the opening of the Japan station (http://www.hydrogenus.com/advocate/ad71jap.asp). Anybody know why ?
I also couldn't find much/any current information about what Mazda is currently doing with hydrogen and rotaries. Anybody ?
How about actual hydrogen conversions of rotaries...any out there ?
Sven
07-08-2002, 12:40 PM
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07-08-2002, 01:07 PM
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Hi Styjan. Thanks for the reply. I noticed the link you mention, but was looking for something more current ( 97-02 ) with respect to what Mazda was doing with Hydrogen.
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07-10-2002, 11:22 PM
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No big answers here. 
More questions...
How about the petroleum companies having a stranglehold on the global fuel supply market, and putting the kibosh on hydrogen fuel as a viable alternative to fossil fuel? What happens if these technologies are produced and Amoco or Exxon buys the patents and buries them?
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I don't think this multi trillion dollar conglomerates are going to just lie down for this kind of new world rotary order.
More questions...How about the petroleum companies having a stranglehold on the global fuel supply market, and putting the kibosh on hydrogen fuel as a viable alternative to fossil fuel? What happens if these technologies are produced and Amoco or Exxon buys the patents and buries them?
I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I don't think this multi trillion dollar conglomerates are going to just lie down for this kind of new world rotary order.