News tagged with produce hydrogen

Making molecular hydrogen more efficiently

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the industrial production of chemicals, often the most indispensable element is one that you can't see, smell, or even taste. It's hydrogen, the lightest element of all.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Chemical engineers invent portable hydrogen reactor for fuel cells

Chemical Engineering students at Stevens Institute of Technology are transforming the way that American soldiers power their battery-operated devices by making a small change: a really small change. Capitalizing on the unique ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

CU method projected to meet DOE cost targets for solar thermal hydrogen fuel production

A report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that a novel University of Colorado Boulder method of producing hydrogen fuel from sunlight is the only approach among eight competing technologies that ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

A road map for greener transport

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University study says the best way to reduce emissions in the short term is a 'drastic downscaling of both size and weight' of conventional petrol and diesel cars.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Producing hydrogen from urine

(PhysOrg.com) -- You do two things at motorway services: fill up one tank and empty another. US chemists have combined refuelling your car and relieving yourself by creating a new catalyst that can extract ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (59) | comments 19