Thanks norway.
Posted on 03/16/2019 4:44:49 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Scenario 1
100 watts solar
20 watts electricity
2.5 watts equivalent H
Scenario 2
100 watts solar
15 watts equivalent H
Not quite an order of magnitude but close enough for government work.
I made a calculation error.
https://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_btu_in_one_liter_of_hydrogen
One liter of hydrogen = 9.54 BTU
9.54 BTU x 250 liters/day = 2385 BTU/day
One liter of gasoline = 114,000 BTU
2385 BTU/day / 114,000 BTU/gallon of gasoline x 128 ounces/gallon = 2.677894736842099 ounces of gasoline
All that for less energy than three ounces of gasoline
It’s amazing that you can’t find your simple, and brilliant, analysis being taught in school or on the news.
Let’s see if I have this right....this a plan to harvest the most plentiful element in the universe and turn it into a buried IED next to my house. Is that pretty close?
See 66.
Same goes to you as to norway. Thanks.
I live by a gas pipeline. Anyway, see 66. This will not work.
re: “Just throwing this out there... “
No useful demos, to date, of such, um, (need a word here) hokum?
There could be an issue between watts, and watt-hours. That would make me off by a factor of 24, assuming Wikipedia averages in time the sun is not shining. However, if you can also look at the rated hydrogen output of 240 liters per day. That’s about 2700 watt hours of energy per day per panel. That’s only 4 times as much.
I said liter of gasoline when I meant gallon.
https://www.answers.com/Q/How_many_btu_in_one_liter_of_hydrogen
One liter of hydrogen = 9.54 BTU
9.54 BTU x 250 liters/day = 2385 BTU/day
One gallon of gasoline = 114,000 BTU
2385 BTU/day / 114,000 BTU/gallon of gasoline x 128 ounces/gallon = 2.677894736842099 ounces of gasoline
All that for less energy than three ounces of gasoline
“You mean like the FAKE NEWS MEDIA did some years back using a GM Pick-up.”
No, I mean the kinds I see on the evening news cast.
Same mass, I mean, not volume. As a result, gasoline and compressed hydrogen will deliver about the same energy per volume.
Jumping in, there is one unmentioned factor.
Producing hydrogen with solar panels has a greater appeal and potential payoff in Belgium than say Texas. Belgium does in fact have sunlight but no oil or natural gas.
If it cuts down costs, that’s fine. I’m just saying it can’t replace fossil fuel. Nuclear power is where we should go, especially fusion, but that’s another subject.
re: “Compressed hydrogen has about 10 times the energy of an equal volume of gasoline, but it’s also 1/10th the density. No real gain there. “
And - the Hydrino “reaction” for an equal mole amount releases about 200x the energy of gasoline ...
Just did some real world research. https://www.gogreensolar.com/products/30000-watt-30kw-solar-panel-ground-mount-installation-kit?s=recomatic
30 kW system takes about 2000 sq feet and would cost just south of $100K installed with no batteries. It throws your numbers into question.
15 watts per square foot at 20% efficiency would mean 75 watts solar energy per sq foot reaching the ground. About 800 watts per sq meter.
From the obvious skepticism in your reply it seems to me that you wouldn't believe anything that I might bring back so why should I even bother?
If you choose not to look into the matter...fine! Don't!
Either way, I don't need your snide commentary.
You can drop the pretense right now.
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