Re: World's First Fuel Cell-Powered Train Locomotive Slated for 2008

From: Ian St. John (istjohn_at_noemail.ca)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:17:04 -0400

Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> "Ian St. John" <istjohn@noemail.ca> wrote in message
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>> And if you had done some reading you would know that the FC swticher
>> was using anhydrous ammonia in a tank car as the fuel source, which
>> is a fairly
>> dense storage for hydrogen and easily available since it is generally
>> moved
>> and delivered by freight trains. An interesting concept really. Not
>> much use in cars as anhydrous ammonia is not very 'user friendly'
>> but fine for trains which carry the stuff anyway.
>
> The article states the H2 for the FC would be generated from anhydrous
> ammonia, not that the reformer would be on-board the train. It
> doesn't say the generation isn't on the train either, but one would
> think that'd be an important distinction for them to point out.

Your inability to read or look up references is just beyond belief. Perhaps
the problem is that the subject line was so limited and that is all you
allowed yourself to look at.