home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!think.com!ames!sun-barr!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!exodus.Eng.Sun.COM!ikkyu!alan
- From: alan@ikkyu.Eng.Sun.COM (Alan Marr)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Hydrogen Re: Implosion Engines... feasible?
- Date: 12 Dec 1992 11:15:52 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
- Lines: 28
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <lijif8INN3mf@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- References: <1992Dec4.162120.12231@mtu.edu>
- Reply-To: alan@ikkyu.Eng.Sun.COM
- NNTP-Posting-Host: ikkyu
-
- In article 12231@mtu.edu, vetter@mtu.edu (STEVEN J. VETTER) writes:
-
- 3. In order to carry enough Hdrogen fuel in
- a tank, it must be in liquid form which is more dangerous
- to store than gasoline, and also more difficult to put into
- whatever storage tank is used.
-
- Wrong. The hydrogen is safely stored as metal hydrides that release
- the hydrogen upon the application of gentle heat.
-
- 4. Hydrogen powered engines don`t exactly have
- that neck-snapping acceleration, but more on par with a
- Yugo.
-
- Not necessarily. Mazda is road testing (or is about to) a hydrogen
- powered twin rotor engine, the HR-X: 998cc, 100 HP. In a
- reciprocating internal combustion engine, H2 has a low flash point
- prone to backfiring and faulty ignition. The rotary engine is more
- suitable.
-
- BMW and Mercedes are currently, and have been for years working on
- Hydrogen powered vehicles.
-
- Mazda is sharing research info with Mercedes-Benz.
-
- Alan.
-
-
-