Sentences with phrase «heat hydrogen fuel»

Achieving fusion — nuclear reactions that have the potential to produce copious, clean energy — requires heating hydrogen fuel to more than 100 million degrees Celsius, causing it to become an ionized gas or plasma.

Not exact matches

On the blackboard, fusing hydrogen atoms produces enormous amounts of heat which can be captured and developed into an energy source, energy that is safe, cheap, does not burn fossil fuels or consume non-renewable resources.

Instead of heating a fossil fuel, his technique, called solid state ammonia synthesis, works by drawing hydrogen out of water vapour through a charged membrane, and then reacting it with nitrogen.

This energy can be converted when necessary into heat and electricity by burning the hydrogen, in the same way hydrocarbon fuels are used.

And if hydrogen is fed into a fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 20Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 2005].

A fuel - cell electric vehicle works by converting hydrogen to electricity, producing only heat and water in the process.

Clean electricity could produce hydrogen for fuel - cell - powered vehicles and replace on - site boilers and furnaces for residential heating.

Fusion is the process of generating energy by melding together light atoms; it requires heating the fusion fuel (hydrogen isotopes) to tens or hundreds of millions of degrees.

Heat from uncovered fuel could ignite the zirconium cladding, and the super-heated metal could then oxidize steam, releasing hydrogen and oxygen.

A pyrotechnic igniter provides the heat to initiate burn in a high - nitrogen, high - hydrogen fuel section, releasing gasses very rich in hydrogen.

Hydrogen fuel cells, which expel only water and heat as waste, are an appealing way to generate clean electricity, but the present technology relies on expensive platinum catalysts.

Bond conceived the idea of using the ultracold liquid hydrogen fuel as a heat sink to take the excess heat out of the incoming air and use some of the hot air to support fuel combustion.

When a star runs out of hydrogen fuel in its center, the core contracts and heats up, inflating the star into a bloated red giant.

The reaction combines the hydroxyl molecule (OH, produced by reaction of oxygen and water) and carbon monoxide (CO, a byproduct of incomplete fossil fuel combustion) to form hydrogen (H) and carbon dioxide (CO2, a «greenhouse gas» contributing to global warming), as well as heat.

The temperature at the focal point may reach 3,500 °C (6,330 °F), and this heat can be used to generate electricity, melt steel, make hydrogen fuel or nanomaterials.

It's actually quite remarkable what's happening: Hydrogen and air flow into a fuel cell, which converts the gasses into electricity and heat.

The Home Energy Station III, which will be displayed at the Show, is a comprehensive system designed to not only supply hydrogen fuel for vehicles, but also meet home energy needs by supplying electricity, heat and hot water.

Plug Power focuses on A fuel cell which is an electrochemical device that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity and heat.

The plant will also, in theory, produce a stream of pure hydrogen fuel and a stream of carbon dioxide in a form ready to pump into the earth for long - term storage so it doesn't heat the climate.

The combination of Sundrop Fuels technology with the efficient reactor - heating and hydrogen - enrichment properties of natural gas can provide a foundation for massive - scale biorefineries, according to the company.

CARB is still trying to ignore the fact that hydrogen fuel cells will not be operating in many cars ever, and in fact any hydrogen fuel cells should be operated instead in a stationary situation to use the heat in a cogeneration system to charge batteries for plug in hybrids whilst providing heat or cooling to a building and to use their high efficiency 24 hours a day instead of a few hours commuting.

I base this view on a trip I took to Iceland a few years ago as a guest of General Motors to see how the island of glaciers and geysers use the earth's geothermal heat to convert water into hydrogen, hydrogen that runs a few demonstration fuel cell cars and buses.

The hydrogen could then be reused to generate electricity when needed, injected into the heating system or used as low - emission fuel for hydrogen fuel - cell cars.

Tessera also owns Stirling Energy Systems, which makes solar units that use a mirrored dish to focus the sun's heat on a hydrogen - fueled engine, said to be among the most efficient forms of solar energy.

With hydrogen as fuel it emits only water and heat (no CO2) and the heat can be used (see co-generation).

Fossil Fuel is a generic term that isn't quite correct Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured from cracked and recombined oil derivativeswhile natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - 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chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damafuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damafuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damaged.

Yes we do because fossil fuels contain carbon and hydrogen, whichboth burn with oxygen from the atmosphere to produce heat which isused to drive an engine.

Instead of burning a fossil fuel for the heat needed to drive the thermal chemistry process, for chemical reactions like splitting H2 (hydrogen) from H2O, scientists have been testing various kinds of reactors heated by the thermal form of solar, using mirrors to concentrate the solar flux.

Or use the hydrogen to generate electricity in a large fuel cell, with full heat recovery - i, e for high - efficiency heat and power generation.

Technically not a difficult thing — and I suggest that with sufficient heat to generate hydrogen — a carbon / hydrogen synthesis is probably the future for liquid fuels.

The best way to do this, in my opinion, is using a fuel cell — a device that can electrochemically convert natural gas into a useable fuel by stripping off the hydrogen portion of the methane molecule and combining it with oxygen to generate clean electricity and some waste heat.

Areas receiving modest cuts or level funding in the Energy Department's FY17 budget included solar and wind energy programs aimed at expanding renewable power and lowering costs for these clean energy technologies; work to advance hydrogen and fuel cellElectrochemical device in which electricity is generated by chemically reacting hydrogen with oxygen; electricity, water vapor, and heat are the only products.

A micro-generation system using solar panels and either hydrogen furnaces or hydrogen fuel cells would supply home heat and electricity.

But to reduce the carbon from the furnaces, we would need to convert to hydrogen - burning furnaces or hydrogen fuel cells in our home heating and electrical systems.

The hydrogen is storage in low pressure tanks and then with the uses of a fuel cell generates electricity and heat supplying the public energy grids.

The idea behind waste gasification is an attractive one: Take trash and subject it to extreme heat under anoxic conditions to produce syngas, a blend of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel source.

While the natural gas (methane) being reformed on - the - fly to make hydrogen in a stationary fuel cell unit produces waste heat, that heat can, in actual practice, be utilized not only to provide domestic hot water and home heat but also to drive adsorption - based air conditioners.

Also, we urge you to be mindful that the hydrogen producing «reformers» used by stationary fuel cells typically emit lower amounts of NOX and SOX per unit of useful work than do the furnaces, gas heaters, and air conditioners that they might one day supplant as heat sources.

Peaking renewable electricity, particularly from marine technologies, would primarily be stored as heat at electricity «regenerator» sites comprising a mix of technologies like molten salt stores and 10 GWe or more of steam turbines, electrolysers and hydrogen fuel cells and compressed air.

Consider this: suppose we were getting hydrogen instead of methane from shale formations and were burning that instead of fossil fuels, there would be no by - product CO2, but the heat would be the same.

Low - pressure hydrogen might also be supplied to the 9.5 million sub-urban homes via the existing (upgraded) gas network to power 10 — 30 GWe of mCHP boilers (possibly fuel cell) and domestic heat pumps.