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my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

RE: my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

(OP)
I'm working on a way better model in auto cad. I refined it and I really think it could work.

RE: my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

(OP)
Yes energy will be lost in the process but I believe that it will be able to store energy better then any battery we have avaliable and it will never need replacing.

RE: my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

(OP)
O yeah just pretend that. Their is a valve that can. Turn off the fuel cell so its a controlable battery.

RE: my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

thecoolbrian ,
Your idea itself is good and would work well in an ideal world, but there are some restrictions in the capabilities of the equipment and some less ideal processes involved:
•    Dissociation of water into hydrogen and oxygen gives gases. In order to store these in acceptable volumes they will have to be pressurized.
•    Having hydrogen and oxygen next to each other gives a nasty explosive mixture.
•    Hydrogen, being the smallest atom, can easily escape and can penetrate many materials.
•    Fuel cells normally do not like large pressures, which would be required to achieve less volumetric storage of the hydrogen and oxygen. Keep in mind that the water created by the fuel cell needs to be on the same pressure as the hydrogen and oxygen.
•    Fuel cells presently do not have a high efficiency in energy conversion to electricity.
•    In the shown configuration gravity is required to achieve a separation between the gases and water.

When you are able to overcome (some of) above restrictions, you have created a wonderful rechargeable battery.

Kind regards,
Frank  Jalink
 

RE: my hydrogen battery idea is it possible

Autocad doesn't understand physics. Using it is worthless. Do the heat and material balance and get back to us later.  

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