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Article #312Re: Electricity Situation
From: Kevin McMurtrie
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 05:24
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 05:24
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In article <3A680A6D.35E0D71D@quiotix.com>, Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> wrote: >Kevin McMurtrie wrote: >> The fuel-cell busses powered by natural gas don't make nitrogen oxides >> because there's no flame. They do still produce CO2, and the CO2 is >> created without producing any useful energy. > >There is a small amount of NOx produced due to the high operating >temperature of the reformer. The numbers I've seen are between a 98% >and 99% reduction. There is also significant (but again, much lower) >carbon monoxide emission. That's a different process than the one I heard of. The process I heard of was from a while ago so it's probably long obsolete. >Mostly they just emit carbon dioxide and water. My only objection to >your claim was your use of the word "pure" to describe the steam >output. "Mostly pure" would be more accurate The test busses were running off pure hydrogen and they did produce pure water. I can't remember where they were. DC? It was a PBS show that aired recently.
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