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- From: sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford)
- Subject: Re: opening of the first self-sufficient solar house, Press Release
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:04:32 GMT
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- Daniel Pedersen (dpeders1@cc.swarthmore.edu) wrote:
- : I have a question about the hydrogen storage method. I haven't come across
- : this system of storing energy before, and I wonder about the safety of this
- : system. If I remember correctly, hydrogen is an extremely flammable
- : substance, and not something that I would want to live on top of.
- :
- : So. What is the danger involved of sitting on top of 15,000 liters of
- : hydrogen under pressure, as opposed to, for example, an equivalent tank of
- : cooking gas or the "regular" 2 or 3 m^3 (by my vague estimation) tanks that
- : sit by the house?
- :
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- Given the choice, I'd rather work with pressurized hydrogen than other flamable
- gasses. H2 is so light, that it disperses upwards. Unlike propane and
- gasoline whose fumes collect on the ground.
-
- The usual cooking gas cylinder you see by houses is propane. The ~5' x 16"
- cylinders hold 100 lbs of propane.
-
- Most of the problems with propane deal with the plumbing, not the tanks.
-
- Right now I'm considering switching from Natural Gas to propane for my house.
- Propane is three times the price per btu, but I wouldn't have that 12 buck
- per month service charge. (I average less than 1000 cuft/month)
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