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Consumer Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Posted by michael on from the no-smoking dept.

axis-techno-geek writes: "Ballard Power Systems of Vancouver, BC (in Canada, eh), has stated that it will start production this friday of their consumer level Nexa(tm) hydrogen fuel cell (article here). The power module generates up to 1200 watts of unregulated DC electrical power that can keep going as long as it is supplied with hydrogen, and produces no toxic by-products (i.e. you can use it in your home). They also have plans for a 250kW unit. No price as of yet."

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  1. multiple simultaneous approach? by _Mustang · · Score: 1, Troll

    Emitting only heat and water as byproducts of power generation, the NexaTM power module allows OEM...

    With heat and water as the byproducts, would it be possible to use the heat to boil the water thereby powering a steam generator of some kind?
    Now take it one step further, couldn't the water byproduct be used to refuel the device. I've read that it's fairly simple to split water from being H20 into it's components (supposed to be in use in prototype alternative-fuel automobiles). Send the hydrogen back into the system; this could be the first true infinity-machine, resulting byproduct then becomes just oxygen.
    That would take care of a host of environmental and social ailments at one fell swoop .