Large tanks of pressurized hydrogen

Thu Apr 3 02:43:56 UTC 2003

Um, hydrogen fuel cell != pressurized tank of hydrogen

Most sources of hydrogen for fuel cells will probably be from breaking 
down a hydrocarbon hootch of some sort, stealing the hydrogen and 
(hopefully) storing the rest for recycling...

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-cell.htm

If they are trying to make it safe for use in cars, then it probably 
going to be safe enough to use in a backup generator situation.

/herb

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Eric Kuhnke [mailto:eric at fnordsystems.com]
 > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 5:11 PM
 > To: nanog at merit.edu
 > Subject: Large tanks of pressurized hydrogen
 >
 >
 >
 > Greetings list,
 >
 > I recently ran across this company:
 >
 > http://www.hydrogenics.com/hyups.htm
 >
 > They're marketing a hydrogen fuel cell generator to the
 > telecom market.  I
 > know they have a few competitors (Ballard Power Systems?), with more
 > companies in the R&D phase of product development.  Would you
 > store a large
 > tank of pressurized hydrogen in a downtown Manhattan office
 > building?  Should people legally be allowed to?  Does anyone
 > think fuel
 > cell technology is a viable replacement for Diesel generators yet?
 >
 > NY Times article, 11/19/02 for those who haven't seen it yet:
 > http://ufalocal94.org/news_stories/nytimes/nytimes_11_19_02.html
 >
 >