Hydrogen Technology Steams Ahead

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 07/16/2009 - 23:00

Could the cars and laptops of the future be fueled by old chip fat? A group of engineers believe so, and are developing an energy efficient, environmentally-friendly hydrogen production system.

The system enables hydrogen to be extracted from waste materials, such as vegetable oil and the glycerol by-product of bio-diesel.

The aim is to create the high purity hydrogen-based fuel necessary not only for large-scale power production, but also for smaller portable fuel cells.

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