Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hydrogen Fuel Cells coming closer for Psubs?

["Herve" <caribsub@coqui.net>]

What would be the source of Oxygen for a fuel cell onboard a PSUB?
Herve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Buchner" <buchner@wcta.net>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Hydrogen Fuel Cells coming closer for Psubs?


> 
> On Thursday, Dec 5, 2002, at 13:33 US/Central, Ian Roxborough wrote:
> 
> >
> > Coleman Powermate/Ballard seem to have finally have
> > there hydrogen fuel cell generator on sale:
> >
> > http://www.airgen.com/airgen.shtml
> >
> > It seems like it will generate 1000 Watts continuously for
> > either 4 or 11 hours (depending on whether you have the big
> > hydrogen cylinder or the little one).
> >
> > The cost is $6000 and I didn't seen the refueling cost
> > anywhere either.  The dimensions are 27.3" x 15.8" x 19"
> > which is reasonable for a small sub.
> 
> 
> Coooool! Can't you get hydrogen cylinders from places that do welding 
> gases? Maybe I imagined that. But it does have to be straight-up 
> hydrogen, not methane or propane (or acetylene?) or other more popular 
> and available fuel, like some ideas I'd heard of. Hm. Like 
> hydrogen-fuelcell cars, that becomes a "they don't sell that around 
> here" type of problem.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> David
> buchner@wcta.net
> Osage, MN, USA
> http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
> 
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