Hydrogen Cars

Many countries are nowadays considering having a so-called hydrogen economy. People are aware that there is a great need to find a stable new source of energy which is at the same time, environment friendly. Hydrogen can, in fact, fuel homes and cars. However, producing usable hydrogen is a problem.

Most of the hydrogen found in the Earth's atmosphere is not in usable form. And the methods used to produce usable hydrogen available today are water electrolysis and natural gas steam reforming only.

Just two methods are not enough to supply many homes and cars with the needed hydrogen as fuel. So, Scientists and researchers are supposed to come up with new and improved methods to meet the growing demand for hydrogen fuel in the coming years. Currently, there are hydrogen renewable sources like ethanol, biomass, tidal energy, wind farms, solar, and hydroelectric energy. Gravitational energy is also an experimental resource at the moment.

Scientists and researchers at this time are looking into the possibility of capturing hydrogen byproducts. Some processes give off hydrogen as a byproduct as this is one way to obtain it. Today's technology is also making use of clean coal to produce electricity. The process gives off hydrogen and so it will be captured and sold to hydrogen facilities as a commodity. There will be fewer noxious fume emissions.

The byproduct in the production of sodium chlorate is also hydrogen. Bleaches and pesticides need sodium chlorate and this would mean a great amount hydrogen byproducts.

Certain laboratories and US departments are conducting continuous studies regarding the use of steam from nuclear reactors to produce hydrogen through electrolysis. The steam will be used to cool the reactor and then perform electrolysis.