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Gold/Mining/Energy : Global Thermoelectric - SOFC Fuel cells (GLE:TSE)
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To: caveat who wrote (5262)2/17/2001 4:46:58 PM
From: Bob Fairchild  Read Replies (1) of 6016
 
Further digging of the BMW group website unveiled the following text, however this would appear to be related to their work with pure hydrogen and not gasoline:


With our vision for an energy concept based an hydrogen, we have set ourselves an ambitious goal. To ensure that this vision becomes reality, we are working with a number of expert partners to bring in the know-how needed to make this step into the future possible.

The sun radiates more energy over the Earth's surface in 30 minutes than the planet's entire population consumes in one year. We simply need to find ways of harnessing all this energy. With hydrogen produced using solar power for example. In collaboration with Shell, BMW has been developing the technology for dispensing hydrogen from a filling station's pumps into a car's fuel tanks. Parabolic-trough and solar-chimney installations transform heat from the sun's rays into electricity; their simplicity, longevity and ease of maintenance make them particularly cost-effective. Solar Millennium AG and its partners set up such power stations at appropriate locations in the Earth's sunniest places.

Hydrogen is normally a gas and takes up a great deal of space if it's stored as such. By cooling it to -253 degrees Celsius, Linde is able shrink hydrogen to a thousandth of its original volume, thus raising the energy content. Linde has also developed a special fuel tank which keeps the hydrogen at this temperature through high-tech insulation. In collaboration with IFC, a fuel cell was developed that supplies enough power for all the 750hL's electrical needs. Its high efficiency even leaves it with sufficient surplus power to keep the air- conditioning running when stationary.

Updated February 16, 2001
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