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0 pointsknodi12310y ago0 comments

> With this efficiency, it could be feasible to just split the water at the point-of-use.

Isn't it still a pretty slow process? Efficiency doesn't matter if it generates a trickle of H, and you need a large fixed volume.

Splitting at point of use is silly anyway- why use power to split water into hydrogen you can use for a fuel cell to generate power, at the point of use?

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bane10y ago

The engine could draw on a smallish stored reservoir of H2 for normal operation. That reservoir could then be continuously supplied with H2 from the process until it hits some pressure metric after which the system temporarily turns off until the pressure in the reservoir dips below some threshold.

knodi123OP10y ago

okay, so if we need a fixed volume X, and we have a reservoir of (1/2) X, then we only have to wait on the slow trickle of the remaining 1/2 instead of the full amount.

Plus, what do you think the H2 is for? Generally, we think about using it in a fuel cell. Which generates electricity. And the idea of using electricity to split out H2 in order to generate electricity, all in one place....

You're adding complexity, but I'm not sure you're actually improving on simpler approaches.

ars10y ago

That doesn't make much sense. How are you going to make H2 inside a car? You need lots of electricity. Why not just have an electric motor?

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