Using A Hydrogen Generator
Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the world, and the sun is basically a giant ball of hydrogen and helium gases. The United States already uses some 10 million tons of hydrogen each year for industrial purposes, including making fertilizer and refining petroleum, for instance. It is believed that in the future we will need at least ten times more than what we have now and this is where the idea of the hydrogen generator comes into play.
What Is A Hydrogen Generator?
A hydrogen generator is a device that is used to produce hydrogen, and you basically have the option of either buying a hydrogen generator or making your own. Purchasing one already made is obviously the easiest and most convenient method, however making your own allows you to customize it however you desire.
Uses For A Hydrogen Generator
A hydrogen generator has many uses, one of the most common being to power a vehicle. This is by no means a new idea, and in fact, almost all vehicle manufacturers around the world are currently working towards the development of a new generation of vehicles that run on hydrogen rather than gasoline.
These new hydrogen vehicles will be incredibly efficient, and not only that but will be much friendlier to the environment. The most major problem with the hydrogen generator idea however, is that these new vehicles are still years away from production, and that they are expected to be very expensive. This means that only people who are very well off financially will be able to afford them, and this is obviously problematic.
If you use your own hydrogen generator in a vehicle, then there are several things you are going to want to be aware of, namely in terms of safety. For one, when it comes to storing the hydrogen, since you can't make hydrogen quickly enough to power a car in real time, it is therefore essential that you produce it separately, and store it as you store your gasoline supply now.
It is important to store the hydrogen as a compressed gas, as a liquid, or as being chemically bonded to a chemical. There will be certain guidelines that you will have to follow depending on which method you choose to use, and for instance if you choose to store it as a compressed gas, you will need extremely large tanks, and quite a few of them as well considering how dense hydrogen is and how therefore each tank will not be able to hold all that much.
