Archive for 'Hydrogen research' Category
GM invests in Savannah River hydrogen research
5 October 2005Last month, Toyota kicked in $1 million for hydrogen research at the Savannah River National Laboratory and now GM has joined Toyota with an undisclosed investment of its own. GM recently delayed introduction of the Sequel, its own hydrogen car, due to financial pressures within the company though they stated their committment to hydrogen had [...]
Defective nanotubes might make hydrogen production easier
30 September 2005Researchers at North Carolina State University have used computer models to discover that defective nanotubes may make the production of hydrogen easier and therefore less costly. There is still work to do:
… there are still problems to solve before a truly catalytic process can be devised – for example, how to make this dissociation reaction [...]
Hydrogen from biomass
27 September 2005Among the many efforts to find a cost effective source of hydrogen is this plan to turn agricultural waste products and energy crops like switchgrass into lower cost hydrogen.
a team of scientists from the Gas Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Ill., are trying to invent a very tough, yet permeable, membrane with which to [...]
Toyota invests $1 million in South Carolina hydrogen research
15 September 2005Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with South Carolina’s Savannah River National Laboratory to develop hydrogen fuel systems.
In a boost to South Carolina’s growing automotive industrial cluster, Toyota Motor Corp. has partnered with Savannah River National Laboratory to develop a lighter-weight and cost-effective hydrogen fuel storage system for future hydrogen-powered automobiles.
Todd Wright, Savannah River National Laboratory’s [...]
New hydrogen storage tablets developed
8 September 2005Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark have created a hydrogen storage tablet that is safe and convenient and needs no special handling precautions. When a catalyst is added, the hydrogen is released and the tablets can then be recharged and used again.
Commercial developmet of this technology will be handled by AMMINEX.
The hydrogen tablet is [...]
