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To: William of Barsoom
"Why not burn the hydrogen directly?"

Here's one you haven't heard: Even when compressed to 10,000 psi, Hydrogen occupies 7 times the volume of gasoline that has the same energy content. This 7x size doesn't include the tanks to hold the hydrogen at 10,000 psi. The gasoline fits in odd shaped containers tucked into corners of the chassis. The hydrogen must be stored in round pressure tanks. In an accident, you don't call them pressure tanks, you call them bombs.

5 posted on 08/03/2024 4:33:27 PM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Freud: projection is a defense mechanism of those struggling with inferiority complexes)
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To: norwaypinesavage
"Why not burn the hydrogen directly?"

Here's one you haven't heard: Even when compressed to 10,000 psi, Hydrogen occupies 7 times the volume of gasoline that has the same energy content. This 7x size doesn't include the tanks to hold the hydrogen at 10,000 psi. The gasoline fits in odd shaped containers tucked into corners of the chassis. The hydrogen must be stored in round pressure tanks. In an accident, you don't call them pressure tanks, you call them bombs.

I think the op had the right idea.

have you ever heard of LOHC?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_organic_hydrogen_carriers < /a>

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ente.202301042> /a>

12 posted on 08/03/2024 4:48:59 PM PDT by algore
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To: norwaypinesavage

“To achieve the same energy content as gasoline, a methanol fuel tank needs to be approximately 2.5 times larger. This is due to methanol’s lower energy density compared to gasoline.”

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/gasoline-vs-methanol-how-much-ZLjoysDSSdWZNt.GvPkzwg


20 posted on 08/03/2024 5:47:37 PM PDT by dennisw
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