Make Hydrogen Gas from Modern and Old Time ResearchMake Hydrogen Gas from Eggshells? Did I say eggshells? Yes! EGGSHELLS: Project leader L.S. Fan, an Engineer at Ohio State University, is one of the researchers that has discovered a way to turn discarded chicken eggshells into an alternative energy resource. "The key to making pure hydrogen is separating out the carbon dioxide," Fan said. "In order to do it very economically, we needed a new way of thinking, a new process scheme." - Fan is a distinguished Ohio State University Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the university. Learn about Hydrogen Gas Detection Devices here NANO TECHNOLOGY: Arizona State Scientists Invent a Small Hydrogen Gas Generator Explore a Video of Hydrogen Nanotechnology Possibilities "We're trying to maximize the usable hydrogen storage capacity of borohydride in order to make this fuel cell power source last longer," says study leader Don Gervasio, Ph.D., a chemist at the University's Biodesign Institute, Center for Applied NanoBioScience. "That could lead to the longest lasting power source ever produced for portable electronics." Are there other ways that hydrogen gas can be made from other sources of renewable organic materials? BACTERIA: "Researchers [at Penn State University] have invented a way to harvest protons and electrons from bacteria in a reactor and create small quantities of hydrogen gas." Watch a Video on How Hydrogen is being Produced From Bacteria "Hydrogen is an excellent transportation fuel, but you've got to make it in a sustainable way," said study author Bruce Logan of Pennsylvania State University. - Bacteria Research Source Credited to Anne Minard for National Geographic News November 13, 2007 Return from Make Hydrogen Gas to Making Hydrogen Main Page
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