[Gasification] CONSERVATION OF ENERGY

[Bob Stuart]

I ran the numbers on using this cycle years ago, and it is about 50%  
efficient with a good  fuel cell, and weighs 8 times less than a lead- 
acid battery.

Bob

On 12-Jul-11, at 5:51 PM, GF wrote:

>
>
> The other day I posted an article on this site concerning:
>  Cornish Hydrogen Generator. Keelynet,  which describes a method of  
> converting
> Aluminum into its oxide and in the process cracks water, freeing up  
> hydrogen for use as fuel for a light car.
> By all accounts, using this gas in the place of any other fuel.
> Distances and the amount of metal used in this attainment were  
> mentioned.
> I was hoping for a reaction from one of the many “Energy Economists”
> Who lurk on this site, to respond with negative information  
> regarding the impracticality and waste fullness of such a process?
> I believe there is a large following on this site who are  
> interested in obtaining electrical power using renewable energy,  
> derived from carbon neutral sources.
> They might question the economics and ethics of using a refined ore  
> as fuel.
> Instead of chopping down oxygen producing vegetation.
> In this respect I am a nonconformist. I believe most Aluminum is  
> produced by Hydro electric power and, so the CO2 is not in the  
> equation.
> My second comment is harnessing a “free” supply of high temperature  
> heat which is emitted from most Ice’s in the form of “Hot Exhaust”.
> This is the place to install a reactor capable of converting beer  
> cans into hydrogen as not too much energy would be needed to  
> complete the reaction. Bubbling super heated steam through a molten  
> bath of AL would give pure hydrogen.
> No tar, and the ash is a hot commodity
>
> The real question is: how much energy is locked up in a pound of AL
>
> gfwhell
>
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