Hydrogen fueled pickup

[Danjet500]

Long (30 minutes) but interesting video of an ex GM employee who built a hydrogen powered pickup.

 

[Jeepnik]

Ever seen the results of hydrogen burning? The world saw that at Lakehurst. And people worry about batteries.

 

[blume357]

That's exactly what I was thinking... my summer job after graduating high school was working at. fertilizer plant just south of Augusta Ga.... one of the things they had there was a tank holding 2million gallons of liquid hydrogen.... think about it.

 

[JackBull]

Look at Nikola and their hydrogen powered trucks.

https://www.nikolamotor.com/

 

[eveled]

They are planning on mixing hydrogen into natural gas. To utilize existing pipelines and reduce emissions. I can't wait.

 

[Jeepnik]

Natural gas already contains hydrogen. The idea is to boost gas volumes be spiking current natural gas with hydrogen to increase its volume.

Adding hydrogen to natural gas will decrease the BTU's of the gas. Thus in order to get the same energy from the gas you will have to burn more.

In refining some processes produce hydrogen (reforming). Others consume hydrogen (hydro treating).

If your production of hydrogen exceeds your need, the excess is put into the fuel gas used for fired equipment. However, if you add too much and the BTU value of the fuel gas drops your equipment becomes inefficient. When this happens some of the excess hydrogen is burned in refinery flare stacks.

Most hydrogen used for other purposes is called electrolytic hydrogen. It is produced from a different process and can range up to 98% pure. This is usually stored and transported in a liquid state.