Hydrogen Power

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Hydrogen Power

• Jenna McClure
• Daniel Knapp II
• Steve Leonard
• Trevor Hawks

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Hydrogen Power

• What it is
• Where it is found, or how it is produced.
• Uses
• Future of Hydrogen
• Advantages
• Weaknesses
• Petrol vs. Hydrogen Fuels

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What is Hydrogen Power?

• Hydrogen is a pure element, its natural state is
  gaseous and combustible. It is a very common
  element, and has much to offer as a future fuel.
• Hydrogen gas (H2) is being explored for use in
  many different ways. To power vehicles, and cell
  power are two major ideas. Hydrogen is being
  considered by all the major automotive companies
  as well as a possible future fuel for power
  plants.

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Sources for Hydrogen

• Is a natural gas in the environment
• Process of electrolysis-
• Removing Hydrogen from Water. By using an
  electrical charge, you can remove Hydrogen from
  Oxygen
• Synthetic gas production-
• Steam reformation of Natural Gas and fossil fuels.

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Uses of Hydrogen

• Current Uses
• Used in fertilizers for nitrogen fixation
• Solidification of liquid oils and fats
• Welding fuel
• Metallic Ore Production
• Possible Future Uses
• Fuel Cells, storing energy
• Electrical generators, energy producing
• As fuel to replace traditional fossil fuels

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Future of Hydrogen Power

• Right now there are currently major car
  companies Mercedes, Honda, Ford, GMs Holden,
  Toyota and BMW that are working on developing
  cars that use either just hydrogen, or can use
  both hydrogen and gasoline. NASA is also
  currently a major player in using hydrogen as
  their main source of power for their shuttles.
  Hydrogen is also being used not only for burns in
  space, but also for making drinking water. One
  pound of hydrogen, mixed with oxygen will make
  nine pounds of pure drinking water. The navy is
  also using hydrogen for their generators because
  it is much more powerful per pound compared to
  gasoline. Liquid Hydrogen has a BTU (British
  Thermal Unit) of 60,000 per pound where as
  gasoline has a BTU of 18,000 per pound. The
  future for hydrogen power being used in abundance
  is very probable. Major oil companies such as
  Exxon, BP, and Shell have all said that hydrogen
  is definitely the fuel of the future. There is
  no certain time table set for the use, but with
  both oil companies and auto manufactures putting
  the money and time into developing uses for
  hydrogen the eventual use of hydrogen is almost
  certain. Its just a matter of time before their
  products are fully developed to use hydrogen.

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Advantages of Hydrogen

• Abundant, it is in water, which covers 70 of the
  earth
• Lessen the stress to rely on other countries for
  other fuel
• Prevents use of fossil fuels
• Environmentally safer then almost all other
  fuels, the only waste is water, which is also a
  source
• Renewable
• Readily stored and transported

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Disadvantages of Hydrogen

• Expensive to synthetically produce/extract
• Likely to leak in certain pipes
• Synthetic Gas Production does release green house
  gases
• Storage is expensive
• Technological limitations

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Petrol vs. Hydrogen
Usable energy produced
http//www.geocities.com/jerblaster23/graphs_of_hy
drogen_vs._gasoline.html
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Petrol vs. Hydrogen
Greenhouse gases and pollutants released
http//www.geocities.com/jerblaster23/graphs_of_hy
drogen_vs._gasoline.html
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Hydrogen Fuels

• Any Questions?

Jenna McClure Daniel Knapp II Steve
Leonard Trevor Hawks
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Works Cited

• Hydrogen Powerhttp//www.geocities.com/jerblaster
  23/hydrogen_power.htmlAppendix
• U.S. Department of Energyhttp//www.energy.gov/
• Hydrogen Energy Centerhttp//www.h2eco.org
• Energy Typeshttp//www.personal.psu.edu/users/m/e
  /mek183/energy_types.htm
• Hydrogen
• http//www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/hydro
  gen.html