Energy Crisis: Car that runs on Water !!!
Read an article that one company called Genpax has designed a car that runs on water....
The article about this can be read at:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/genepax-shows-off-water-powered-fuel-cell-vehicle/
Even rediff ran an article on this:
http://in.rediff.com/money/2008/jun/25car1.htm
Now if you read the first article they talk about something called Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) which is supposedly used to break water moluecules to hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen thus generated in stored in fuel cells and then using fuel cell technology the car runs !
Now the fuel cell technology part is fine.. what is fishy is the MEA. Now to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without using energy, you need to use a metal which will assist in breaking the molecule (which is what is being referred to in the article..) This metal will immediately get a layer of its oxide in this process of generation of hydrogen. Now
(1) you have to device a mechanism to scrape off the oxide layer from the metal
(2) also with time the metal slab/piece will get completely oxidised. You will have to replace the metal !!!
so where on earth did you invent a drastically new solution ??
Some articles debuffing the technology are:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/genepax-water-powered-car-japan-debunking.php
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/06/15/is-genepax-for-real-a-car-that-runs-on-water-highly-unlikely/
Amit
The article about this can be read at:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/13/genepax-shows-off-water-powered-fuel-cell-vehicle/
Even rediff ran an article on this:
http://in.rediff.com/money/2008/jun/25car1.htm
Now if you read the first article they talk about something called Membrane electrode assembly (MEA) which is supposedly used to break water moluecules to hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen thus generated in stored in fuel cells and then using fuel cell technology the car runs !
Now the fuel cell technology part is fine.. what is fishy is the MEA. Now to split water into hydrogen and oxygen without using energy, you need to use a metal which will assist in breaking the molecule (which is what is being referred to in the article..) This metal will immediately get a layer of its oxide in this process of generation of hydrogen. Now
(1) you have to device a mechanism to scrape off the oxide layer from the metal
(2) also with time the metal slab/piece will get completely oxidised. You will have to replace the metal !!!
so where on earth did you invent a drastically new solution ??
Some articles debuffing the technology are:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/genepax-water-powered-car-japan-debunking.php
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/06/15/is-genepax-for-real-a-car-that-runs-on-water-highly-unlikely/
Amit
Labels: Energy Crisis
posted by amitkeerti | 3:08 AM
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