<<In a refueling station, it is probably best if the people stay inside the car and the vehicle is fueled by professionals or even robots, as is being done at Munich Airport's new gaseous and liquid hydrogen station.>>
Would this increase (perhaps greatly) the cost?
<<Insofar as accidents and ruptures, hydrogen in nanotube and carbon fiber storage is safer than any other fuel. It is my understanding that only burning gasoline from the other vehicle could raise the temperature enough to release a significant amount of hydrogen, even if the carbon nanotube/carbonfiber hydrogen storage tank has ruptured.>>
That's what I had read also, but I'm thinking that inside the vehicle the H2 must be transfered from the storage to the point of use. Yes, I see the "Lighter than air" property to be a great safety asset, but could there be a problem with "inverted" pooling up into covered areas inside the vehicle(underside the hood,fender wells...)?
<<only burning gasoline from the other vehicle could raise the temperature enough to release a significant amount of hydrogen, even if the carbon nanotube/carbonfiber hydrogen storage tank has ruptured.>>
I know friction in some accidents can create a temp. as great as a auto tank's burning gasoline, and see a problem here.
I know we are headed this way, and think it will be simply wonderful in the end. I just have questions & concerns at this point, & am sure even well after we have started there will be problems - there is with everything as we first move from lab to mass production.
I've even gone so far as to look into raw property costs in
Amarillo Tx because of their Hydrogen supplies.
I just have so many questions at this point... |
