Hydrogen engines
On 20/01/2020 04:30, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 19/01/2020 20:13, Pancho wrote:
On 19/01/2020 14:16, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
*** Pancho wrote:
On 17/01/2020 14:29, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
**** Pancho wrote:
Hydrogen can also be used as a replacement for domestic gas
heating. So
if we can economically provide enough wind power overcapacity, the
two
technologies would be well suited.
Make far more sense to use electricity produced by wind power to
heat our
houses directly. I'd guess upgrading the grid rather cheaper than
installing a high pressure pipe network.
The point was hydrogen generation can be used as a battery.
It could, but how do you get it to the house?
erm?? Gas pipes!.
would leak hydrogen. Its the smallest molecule there is.
And yet coal gas contained a significant hydrogen proportion. You
remember coal gas, don't you. You know, the gas that we used until the
1970s. You know the 70s, Grocer Heath, Seasons in the sun, Two tone
tonic strides.
https://www.theiet.org/impact-society/sectors/energy/energy-news/transitioning-to-hydrogen-assessing-the-engineering-risks-and-uncertainties/
Quote:
"Hydrogen allows much of our existing gas infrastructure to be used
Most of the local iron mains gas network will have been replaced with
polyethylene pipe by 2030, which can be used with hydrogen. This means
most of the necessary street works would have already been done.
Note. This is all new to me but governments appear to have been planning
for it.
There are problems such as increased tendency to leakage and corrosion,
but pumping hydrogen though pipes isn't entirely new.
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