Precursor Technology: Hydrogen Storage with Borohydrides

[saundby]

Traveller, not just science fiction:

Enter the Australian team from the University of New South Wales, which has found that compound named sodium borohydride (that’s NaBH4 for all you chemists out there) can absorb lots of hydrogen and then release it under what the researchers describe as “mild pressure conditions” of four mega pascals (4 MPa).

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/17/safe_hydrogen_storage/

 

[BytePro]

Thanks for the link! BUT,

George W Bush was a fan of the gas: his FreedomCAR program threw a billion dollars at fuel cells among other petroleum-free alternatives.
:rofl::rofl::rofl: o: :nonono:​

Slightly more informative article: http://www.h2journal.com/displaynews.php?NewsID=712

 

[LazarusMP]

These guys (http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/) have been working on the practical use of this tech since the mid-90's...

Their other website is also REALLY cool. Lots of toys for the tinkerer!
http://unitednuclear.com/

 

[hiro]

lazarus

awesome link (united nuclear)

thanks!

 

[saundby]

Was thinking about this with respect to Jump Drive technology.

Thanks for the other links, good stuff!

 

[Murphy]

So it's a hydrogen sponge?
Probably safer than storing hydrogen in liquid form, but much less effective. Good for surface craft I suppose.

 

[aramis]

So it's a hydrogen sponge?
Probably safer than storing hydrogen in liquid form, but much less effective. Good for surface craft I suppose.

Hydrogen sponges are usually BETTER able to store hydrogen by volume...

Not by weight, tho'...