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Japanese company lays claim to world's cheapest hydrogen production process

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Japanese company lays claim to world's cheapest hydrogen production process

By Ben Coxworth
20:04 October 18, 2010

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At least half of the world’s usable hydrogen is obtained through a process known as steam reforming, in which steam reacts with fossil fuels such as natural gas to produce hydrogen gas. On a smaller scale, hydrogen can also be obtained through the process of electrolysis, in which ordinary water is split into its oxygen and hydrogen components by running an electrical current through it – consumers can even buy their own electrolysis-based home hydrogen extraction kit, in the form of the HYDROFILL. Now, however, Japan’s FUKAI Environmental Research Institute has announced a new technology for obtaining hydrogen that it claims is less expensive and more efficient than anything that’s been tried so far.

FUKAI’s process involves adding aluminum or magnesium to boiling “functional water,” a proprietary substance that can be produced simply by running regular tap water through a natural mineral-containing "functional water generation unit.” The bonds that join hydrogen and oxygen molecules in regular water, which ordinarily require some energy to break, are weakened in functional water.

The liquid yields 2 liters (122 cubic inches) of hydrogen gas per gram of aluminum, or 3.3 liters (201 cubic inches) per gram of magnesium. FUKAI claims that the cost of producing enough hydrogen to generate 1kWh of electricity is about 18 cents US. That cost could be lowered through the use of recycled aluminum.

The technology is said to not involve the expansive facilities, petroleum-based fuels, or CO2 output of steam reformation. It is also reportedly more energy-efficient than electrolysis, and doesn’t require the growing of crops necessary for experimental biomass-based systems.

“If we make the most of this technology, in the future it will be possible to run automobiles using water only – no need to use gasoline or electricity,” stated Toshiharu Fukai, the developer of the system.

“We are also pushing forward with technology that will allow us to generate hydrogen with zero cost. If we succeed in this development, even ordinary households will be able to produce hydrogen.”

The technology will be publicly demonstrated at a press conference next Monday (Oct. 25, 2010) in New York City.
 

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Japanese company lays claim to world's cheapest hydrogen production process

“If we make the most of this technology, in the future it will be possible to run automobiles using water only – no need to use gasoline or electricity,” stated Toshiharu Fukai, the developer of the system.

“We are also pushing forward with technology that will allow us to generate hydrogen with zero cost. If we succeed in this development, even ordinary households will be able to produce hydrogen.”



If this is successful, then say goodbye to the riches of middle east and their oil based economy.
 

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Press Conference and Public Demonstration Schedule

Date and Time: October 25, 2010
Press conference: 13:00
Reception: 15:00
Venue: The Midtown Executive Club
40 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036
TEL: 212-626-9300
FAX: 212-626-9393

To RSVP , please contact: 
K' Ichiro TOMINAGA
E-mail: [email protected]

For a list of persons available to meet the press on Oct. 25, please see:
http://www.ereleases.com/pic/FUKAI-Oct-25-2010-press.pdf

"Aluminum (powder) is mixed into functional water =>
Generated hydrogen catches fire when ignited"

As of Oct. 10th, a visual record of this experiment can be viewed in English, Spanish and Korean at the following website: http://www.hydrogen-energy.jp/

For further information, please contact:

FUKAI Environmental Research Institute, Inc.
TEL: +81-(0)268-27-3750
FAX: +81-(0)268-27-3740
[email protected]
 

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aluminium and Mg is cheap but what about "functional water"?? honestly i had no idea what this is. if this really works well he would sure win a nobel prize
 

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The oil companies will try to buy these scientists out.

Ever wonder why the development of alternative energy technology is so slow after so many decades?
 

vamjok

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aluminium oxide and MgO can be easily discarded safely without any issue. can just throw to bin for they occurs naturally in the very first place. no env issue. but how much does it cost to produce functional water?
 

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Method for producing functional water useful for fields of processing food and beverage. Chiba, Kanao; Sugai, Takehide. (Reo Research Institute, Japan; Sugai, Michiharu; Naga International K. K.). Jpn. Kokai Tokkyo Koho (2010)

Functional water is produced by (1) generating fine bubbles with a diam. of 1-50 .mu.m in an aq. soln. contg. divalent electrolytic cations in total mole concn. 1.5 times as high as the total mole concn. of monovalent cations, elec. cond. of 300 .mu.S/cm, and pH 7-9; (2) applying phys. stimulus to forcibly make the fine bubbles small to 50-500 nm; and (3) filtering the soln. to apply pressure stimulus. The obtained functional water contains nano-bubbles and is useful for food processing fields.


this is the most applicable one i read briefly and it still need electricity, pressure and aggitation. a bit lan par par lan
 
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