Re: Na + H2O2 (50%) -> H2?

From: Don Lancaster (don_at_tinaja.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:54:02 -0700

Xen0gen wrote:
>
> "Fred B. McGalliard" <frederick.b.mcgalliard@boeing.com> wrote in message news:<I1803B.Lt5@news.boeing.com>...
> > "Bob Eldred" <nsmontassoc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1090439435.427516@news-1.nethere.net...
> > ...
> > > Furthermore production of methanol uses some of the energy in the carbon
> > > when coal is the percursor. Using only the hydrogen wastes the carbon
> > > component.
> >
> > When the coal is used as the only energy source, it makes no dif (ignoring
> > some possible differences in efficiency)whether you produce H2 only or HxCx,
> > you still use all the energy that was in the carbon. It is probably a better
> > process from a CO2 perspective, to produce hydrogen from some alternative
> > source, then use all the carbon in making a fuel oil, but in that case, you
> > would not want to use the coal at all to make hydrogen. This would, of
> > course, "waste" all the carbon in the coal, eh?
>
> Anyone else seen the recent research about the PSII (photosynthesis
> II) protein. I would assume that mass production of this protein, or a
> simpler version tailored to our needs, could begin within the next
> decade. This would provide the most fuel efficient set up I can think
> of. You could have water stored in a tank (that's easy) and have a
> panel on the roof of the car similar to a solar panel filled with the
> protein and run water through it to get hydrogen. However the storage
> of the separated components is still an issue.
>
> here's a link to what I'm talking about:
> http://www.reactivereports.com/37/37_1.html

See the original metalloradicals papers a few years back in Science.
Also http://www.tinja.com/glib/energfun.pdf for a link. 

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